First Speaker in Debate : A Newbie's Perspective
Depending on the mindset, the world of debating can be quite simple or a bit daunting. If you’re like me, it would be the latter. In an environment where you must think quickly, efficiently, critically, and accurately to push your case, sometime you get lost in the way, especially if you have no prior experience. In this article, I would like to give you some kind of guide for the role. As someone who is really new to the scene, I was quite interested to tap into the world. After experiencing IVED 2024 first-hand as the First Speaker of my team, there is several insight from my perspective that I would like to share about it, especially how to build your case and establishing it in the speech if you got the role on this article. What is IVED you may ask? Indonesian Varsities English Debate (IVED) is the first university-level parliamentary debate competition in Indonesia. It was held annually since 1998. Beforehand, do note that IVED 2024 uses Aus...