Learning to Debate

An Introduction to Analysis and Advocacy

Takeshi Suzuki, David Zarefsky (Northwestern University, USA)

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16 April 2025

Written in an accessible style, this textbook introduces undergraduate students to the theoretical and practical aspects of debate and outlines the fundamental skills of analysis and advocacy.

Debate teaches students how to solve the problems that we face in everyday and public situations. This book allows readers to face such problems head on by equipping them with the knowledge and skills to analyze a situation, propose solutions, and present debates and arguments in a persuasive manner. Organized into two parts, the book begins by laying the theoretical foundations and offering a step-by-step guide to debate. Students are shown how to compare pros and cons, test evidence and reasoning, and defend and develop their own positions. Each chapter in part two explores key sample constructive, rebuttal, and summary debate speeches and includes exercises and assignments to allow students to actively engage with the material and experience debate in the classroom.

Providing students with the tools to become responsible members of a democratic society, Learning to Debate: An Introduction to Analysis and Advocacy is an ideal textbook for undergraduate Argumentation and Debate and Speech Communication courses.

Material for instructors, including PowerPoint slides and an instructor’s manual, is available at https://routledge.com/9781032671390.

By: Takeshi Suzuki, David Zarefsky (Northwestern University, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
ISBN: 9781032671390
ISBN 10: 1032671394
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 16 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Preface Part I Introduction: The Basic Vocabulary of Debate 1. What is Debate? 2. Benefits of Debate Education 3. Basic Structure of Formal Debate 4. How to Analyze the Topic 5. Argument Structures and the Toulmin Model of Argument 6. How to Propose an Affirmative Case 7. How to Propose a Negative Case 8. How to Attack and Defend Arguments 9. How to Identify Fallacies 10. How to Conduct Research 11. Cross-Examination 12. Judging Debates Appendix: For Further Reading Part II Pratical Skill 1 Practical Skill 2 Practical Skill 3 Practicial Skill 4

Takeshi Suzuki is a Professor in the School of Information and Communication at Meiji University, Japan. He is a former president of the Japan Debate Association (JDA) and a Life Member of Clair Hall at the University of Cambridge, UK. David Zarefsky is Owen L. Coon Professor Emeritus of Argumentation and Debate and Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies in the School of Communication at Northwestern University, USA.