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Enrichment • Series

DebateX: Debating 101 - From Novice to Professional Tournaments

Shivansh G

Series Details

Sessions

Public Discussion

This series was cancelled by the tutor on March 1, 2023. We're very sorry–you can explore more Enrichment series here. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

Series Details

About

Hi Everyone! I am Shivansh and I am absolutely a nerd of debating! I have been debating since I was 7 and loving it since forever and I absolutely cannot wait my learnings with you all! As seen by the growth of debating so much during the pandemic and now that it has become an academic activity that far surpasses any other due to the rigour debating brings, it is essential to learn such a skill! I am starting this Debate series to teach it from scratch! Don't worry if you do not know debating --- THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE! Here is just a small, little, teeny, tiny glimpse of what my series is going to entail (I want some parts to be a surprise :) for you!):

#Session 1: Orientation: Meet and Greet and Introduction to the Debate - Debate is less theory and more Fun :)!

#Session 2: Debating Basics 101: Learning What Debate is? What am I doing here on a Sunday Morning :) And Also How to Debate?

#Session 3: Novice Debating 101: Theory and Drills - Debating, Rationality, Logic and NEW FORMAT - WSDC Debating

#Session 4: Novice Debating 101: Practice Debates on WSDC, feedback and fun!

#Session 5: Novice Debating 101: Theory - WSDC Advanced

#Session 6: Intermediate Debating 101: Practice Debating on Harder topics, less time and fun!

#Session 7: Intermediate Debating 101: Theory - Logical Fallacies, Speaking Strategies and Judging

#Session 8: Advanced Debating 101: Debating Test - Check for Review - Quiz + Practice Debates

#Session X....

I are also looking to help you go into professional and prestigious debate tournaments after a rigorous amount of training, these include Stanford, Harvard, Oxford and many more debating competitions!

So, if you are someone who though debating was hard or someone who has excelled at debate all your life, this series is for you! Whether a beginner or a pro, you always have something new to learn in our sessions!

Note: Every session we will be doing a whole lot of practice debating, so do not worry about forgetting the skill! And plus, incase you want I can assign homework (But personally I do not like homework too!). Anyways, this course will go level by level - Novice, Intermediate, Advanced and Varsity! But we can have as many catch up sessions and as many series sessions added as the course is structured according to you! So what are you waiting for? Ready to take the Debate Series challenge?

Tutor Qualifications

Hi, my name is Shivansh Gupta and I love to debate! I have been an experienced debater for over 7 years - I have won 1st Best Speaker at Georgetown University's Debate Tournament, placed 2nd at Stanford University 2023 Debate Tournament, won at Oxford University's Finals Debate (In-Person Invite Only), won at King's College London Silver Finals, won a Harvard Debating $1000 funding, crowned NSDA India Champions in Debate, India's Second Best NSDA Speaker, WSDC Team India Top 24, IIT Delhi (India's best engineering university) Debate Winner and much more! I have experience in over 6+ formats, including but not limited to WSDC, BP, APD, Policy, Public Forum, LD, Spar, Impromptu and more!

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

None! Yes, you read it right! None! If you miss out, we have notes to recap! I of course want you to be present and would highly recommend you being in the classes but due to any issue if you cannot join, DO NOT WORRY - My notes will help you catch up with us in no time!

Dates

February 22 - February 22

Learners

10 / 100

Total Sessions

About the Tutor

Hi I am a grade 8 student and I love Maths, Science, Coding, Debating, Music and Learning Languages through which I have received numerous awards. I loves mathematics and science and have shown his knowledge through multiple global competitive competitions like Olympiads, AMC 8, CEMC, securing distinctions and awards. I love music and have produced multiple compositions on my own. I am a national debating champion and 2nd best speaker in NSDA’s India Tournament, I have won 1st best speaker in Georgetown University's Tournament and have gone to Oxford University for their finals debate! I am a coder knowing over 15 languages and frameworks in computers and have built over 500+ applications to help society! I have won numerous hackathons and wish to be an engineer when I grow up! I love circuits and the Arduino/Raspberry Pi and have gotten great awards at the World Robotics Olympiad! Apart from coding languages, I love linguistics and I learn Japanese and Spanish. I have participated in several chess tournaments at state and national levels. I enjoy playing the guitar, drums and piano for which I has cleared Trinity Exams! If you too have a passion for maths or science/coding, or even hate maths, thats ok! I would love to teach maths/science/coding if you need and and share the love for it around the world! So, if you want to learn maths, lets enjoy mathematics, not as a subject but as an art, where your creativity is your paint and your mind is your canvas! If you want to study science, remember its not the study of formals, but the art of patterns! If you wish to study coding, remember its not learning a language that sets coding apart but its using simple logic and a whole lot of imagination that creates 100s of solutions to the same coding problem! Enjoy learning and spreading the love of Maths, Science and Coding!

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Upcoming Sessions

Past Sessions

Feb

Session 1

Orientation

Wed Feb 22, 2023, 3:30 PM

As mentioned! This is an orientation session! We are here to learn, to enjoy, but today to firstly get to know our classmates and students! So feel free to join and introduce yourself to your new friends for the course and for learning Debating! Additionally I will be talking more in depth about the course structure and how it will work, including the syllabus so I highly recommend joining and enjoying learning together!

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