GIVING FEEDBACK TO THE DEBATERS
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1. START WITH A POSITIVE
COMPLEMENT ON THE DEBATE such as “This was a very enjoyable debate. You did
great!” 2. THEN, STATE YOUR DECISION “I voted for the Prop team.” 3. THEN, EXPLAIN THE REASON FOR YOUR DECISION Explain what
argument(s) the winning team presented that convinced you and why that was
the strongest argument. EXAMPLE: “The prop team showed water contamination is growing and that many cities lack the funding and oversight to assure water is properly treated and safe. The opp team responded that cities are empowered to have safe drinking water—but they did not show they have the money and help to make that happen. So, I concluded that water contamination is a real problem.” “The prop showed water contamination and weighing that argument versus the opp team’s cost argument, I vote prop because the prop showed water contamination really threatens people’s lives and can have catastrophic economic consequences whereas the opp did not really explain nor impact the cost argument.” Best
Decisions explain what a team needed to argue to win. EXAMPLE: “The con team needed to present stronger impacts to tilt the debate to their side.” EXAMPLE: “To win, the prop team needed stronger responses to the Inflation argument.” 4. GIVE ONE COMPLEMENT AND
ONE REDO TO EACH DEBATER. COMPLEMENTS
SHOULD BE SPECIFIC. “You were good” isn’t going to be helpful—and not felt
much. “You have a great voice—sounds good” or “Your responses to the cost
argument were excellent” WILL be felt. FOR YOUR
REDO, You should state what 1-2 minutes of their
speech they will redo and how they will redo it better. NO: “You
need more analysis.” TOO VAGUE YES: “Do a
Redo where you List out 3 reasons for your first point.” NO: “You
need better delivery.” TOO VAGUE YES: “You
are going to speak for 1 minute speaking louder.” What are “Redos” Redos are: You tell a debater a specific thing to improve
on in their speech. The debater redoes that specific thing, presenting that
part of the speech again to you. The Point of Redos To
assure the debater can put into practice better debating. How to do a Redo Tell
each debater the specific thing you want them to redo. Be
specific and be clear. EXAMPLE:
“I want you to redo your solves argument and I want you to present at least 2
reasons the topic would solve the problem.” EXAMPLE:
“I want you to make 3 concise responses to their second contention and I want
you to do it in less than 1 minute.” Give
them a few minutes to do their redo. (I usually tell all
of the debaters the redo they will do—so they can prepare in part
while I am saying what they should redo). Call
on the student to redo asking them to remind you of what they need to
redo if needed. Complement
students who do it right. Stop kids who aren’t doing it right—and correct
them, preferably by saying/doing it the right way and then having the student
do it. At
all times be kind and professional but also direct and clear
what you want. Below are suggestions for
your comments: INTRODUCTION ___ I liked your introduction (state why) ___ Your intro needs to be longer-less abrupt ___ Your intro needs to be shorter-more concise. ___ Your intro needs a more persuasive angle/point ___ You need to state the topic in your introduction. ___ You should provide a preview of your speech’s main points ARGUMENTS ___ You need clearer main points ___ You need stronger support for your points. Use experts, quotations, statistics, stronger reasons, etc. (remember that for an impromptu topic, debaters do NOT use experts/quotations/etc.—the reasoning is most important) ___ You need more source cited arguments (quotations in LD and Public Forum debate) ___ You need stronger links/solves reasons/arguments ___ You need stronger impacts RESPONDING
DEFENDING ___ You need stronger responses to this argument __________. ___ You need to defend your partner’s case contention/responses more. ___ You can’t make new contentions/arguments in the later speeches in the debate. CONCLUSION OF
THE SPEECH ___ Your conclusion needs to be shorter/more concise ___ Your conclusion should not cover new material that you didn’t cover in your speech
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