ST. LOUISE DE MARILLAC COLLEGE OF SORSOGON INC.

HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Burgos St. Sorsogon City

ENGLISH SOCIETY
Annual Plan
S.Y: 2022-2023

Debate

TOPICS:
1. (Mother Tongue) – Is the usage of mother tongue applicable to be use in elementary and high school
education?
2. (Decline Literary) – Literacy in Decline: student or teacher factor?
3. (Philippine Level of Education) - Is the Philippine level of Education on par to the international standard of
education.

Guidelines:

1. This Competition is open for all bonafide students of Higher Education Department of St. Louise de Marillac
College of Sorsogon, Inc.
2. This will be participated by students from 1 st year to 4th year from the five different courses. AB, and BPED
program shall have one Team only and compose of Three (3) Members, for BSBA, EDUCATION, and HM program
shall have Two (2) Teams per Program.
3. Students who are interested to join must send a message to their Respective Governors to be an official
participant.
4. The Format will be Asian Parliamentary.
 There two opposing teams in an Asians Format of Debate:
Government side- proposes and defends the motion;
Opposition side- refute and negates the motion.
 Each team will have three speakers. Three in Government and three in Opposition and they will speak in
alternating order.
- The speakers will be speaking in the following order:
Government:
 Prime Minister (PM)
Define context and parameters of debate. For example, in an open motion like “This House Would
Support Musicians”, the debate could be contextualized into whether music should be a commodity for
trade, or it should be available gratis (i.e. free music download and transfer)
▪ Provide concise background or history leading to the issue
▪ Give framework of government bench’s case. I.e. mechanisms (if any), argumentation flow (what the
government’s first argument is and what the Deputy Prime Minister will talk about)
▪ Introduce 1st argument
▪ Assert Government stand
 Deputy Prime Minister (DPM)
▪ Rebut first argument from Leader of Opposition
▪ Rebut rebuttals to PM’s argument
▪ Introduce 2nd and 3rd argument
▪ Reassert Government stand and case
  Government Whip
▪ Rebut Deputy Leader of Opposition, and Leader of Opposition
▪ Rebut rebuttals to DPM and PM arguments
▪ Provide a deeper level of analysis for previous arguments and rebuttals
▪ No new arguments, but new angles of arguments should be given
▪ Brief summary of entire case of Government
▪ Reassert Government stand and case
 Opposition:
 Leader of Opposition
▪ Agree or disagree with context/ parameters of debate (any definitional challenges,
accusations of squirreling, or unfair set up should be made from the LO speech and no later)
▪ Rebut Prime Minister’s argument
▪ Give framework for Opposition case (if Opp agrees to problem, then their case should
provide solution, or at least effectively highlight how Government proposal will worsen the
situation)
▪ Introduce first Opposition argument
▪ Assert Opposition stand
 Deputy Leader of Opposition
▪ Rebut DPM and PM arguments
▪ Rebut rebuttals to LO arguments
▪ Introduce 1st and 2nd (if any) argument
▪ Reassert Opposition stand and case
 Opposition Whip
▪ Rebut DPM and PM arguments
▪ Rebut rebuttals to LO & DLO arguments
▪ Provide a deeper level of analysis for previous arguments and rebuttals
▪ No new arguments, but new angles of arguments should be given
▪ Reassert Opposition stand and case

(The speech is first delivered by the opposition side and followed by the government side who will close the debate.)
5. Observe proper usage of Point of Information and respectful behavior towards the opposing team.
6. Strictly no reading materials in possession of the teams.
7. Failure to comply to the guidelines shall result in disqualification of entry.
8. The decision of the judges is irreversible and final.

Judges:

Mr. Jose Antonio Lagata

Ms. Ella Caguia
Ms. Alyssa D. Pura
 Criteria

Weight and Relevance 30%

Order and structure of the Speech 25%

Clashes and Rebuttals 20%

Clarity of Speech 15%

Fluency 10%
Total 100%