ENGLISH DEBATE/SPEECH MOST TRUSTED SOURCES

Looking for most trusted national news?

 Philippine Daily Inquirer (most accurate source)

 Philippine Star
 Manila Bulletin
 CNN Philippines

Looking for most trusted international news/statistics?

 The Times
 New York Times
 Bloomberg
 BBC
 HuffPost (Huffington Post)
 Washington Post
 Wallstreet Journal

Looking for most accurate statistics/data?

 PSA (local)
 NEDA (local)
 DOH (local)
 The World Bank Data
 International Monetary Fund Data and Statistics
 UNESCO Data Center
 EuroStat
 UN Comtrade
 Bloomberg

Looking for journals?

 ERIC
 Google Scholar

What to read?

 Almanacs
 Periodicals like Reader’s Digest
 Dictionary
 Thesaurus
 Book of Quotations (for good hooks)
 Broadsheets (Newspapers)

PARTS OF A GOOD DEBATE ARGUMENT

Question/Topic – Hook – Main Point 1 – Explanation – Subpoint (up to 2 only) – Explanation
BASIC ARGUMENT STRUCTURE

There are various ways of dividing up cases according to groups of arguments, such as,
social/economic/political etc. You could assign each speaker to handle a group.

Place the most important arguments first, for example, "The media has more influence on
self-esteem than anybody else. This is true for three reasons. Firstly (most important
argument) … Secondly…, Thirdly (least important argument) ..."

To structure an argument, follow these steps:

1. Claim - present your argument in a clear statement. This claim is one reason why
you're in favor of/against the motion.
2. Evidence - the evidence supporting your claim, such as, statistics, references, quotes,
analogies etc.
3. Impact - explain the significance of the evidence - how does this support your claim?