i have a little comment as to the style itself. not saying that it is not interesting or unsatisfactory... firstly, i would think that 3 questions to first and second speaker is too many. it distort a speaker's mind flow. even in english debate, similar style, each speaker will have 7 minutes, they only required(mandatory) to take 2 questions(english term: point of information), any amount more than that would be see as detriment to ur own case, because u r merely giving opportunity to ur opponent to strike on u. second, trick can be used by the opponents in the 1st and 2nd speaker's sppech, therefore the chairperson must implement the rules strictly. no question in the first and last 30 second means no question will be asked, eventhough the question asked before the bell ring, once the bell rang, the person asking question must immediately sit down. it only will be fair to the speaker. third, the cross-examination session of the third speaker. it looks to me very mess. what is more appropriate, i think is to adopt the cross examination session that used by the third speaker in quan bian. quan bian style provide both the speaker an opportunity to explain their case, so that things like 'kou mao zhi' would not happen and it produce a fair opportunity to both side. however, the invention of the new style is a good start to malaysia chinese debate. the aadition of the point of information, cross examination session will train up the mind of the debaters to react quickly. it will produce debaters that are competent to win some international title and make the local debate arena to be more competitive. afterall, this is a fun, interesting yet entertaining style of debate. cheers, kaiyet |