Workshop of Debating SAFEL UNY 2013



Workshop on Debating (WOD) is an annual program of Public Speaking Department UKM SAFEL UNY. This workshop aims to increase the debating skill of English Debating Society (EDS) UNY members and make people outside EDS UNY members know the basic skill of debating. This year, WOD was held on March 29th – 31st 2013 in Youth Center, Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. This event was held in 3 days with about 18 people joined it. In this event, participants were introduced with two systems of debating: Asian Parliamentary (AP) and British Parliamentary (BP). After knowing the systems, participants were set to have debate competitions with those two different systems. In preliminary rounds, members of each team were selected randomly.  The six best speakers of AP Debate would go to AP debate final round and eight best speakers of BP Debate would go to BP debate final round. The best team and the best speaker of each debate competition would get prizes.
In Asia Parliamentary debate, there are three motions of preliminary rounds
  1. This House Would Subsidize Companies that are willing to Rewrite Classic Fairy Tales to Correct Gender Discrimination and Stereotyping
  2. This House Would Impose Tax on Fatty Food
  3. This House Would Require University Students to Work in Their Country of Origin for a Number of Years after Graduation
After passing the preliminary rounds, 6 speakers were selected to go to the final. They are:
  1. Zidnie Ilma
  2. Sinta Yuliani Alviningrum
  3. Astrinda Nilasastri
  4. Egie Danarko
  5. Puguh Haryanto
  6. Endah Ratnasari
In the final round, they were divided into two teams, affirmative and negative. The affirmative team consisted of Egie, Puguh, and Endah. The negative team consisted of Zidnie, Sinta, and Astrinda.
The motion of the final round of Asian Parliamentary debate is This House Believe That Religious Leaders Should Not Enter Politics.
After having a very dynamic debate, a team was selected as the winner. The negative team (Zidnie, Sinta, Astrinda) won the debate.
The speaker’s scores from preliminary round until final round were accumulated. Zidnie Ilma was the best speaker of Asian Parliamentary debate.

In British Parliamentary debate, there are two motions of preliminary rounds
  1. This House Believe that Sex Education in School Should Move from Teaching Safe Sex to Teaching Good Sex
  2. This House Believe that the World Has Learned Nothing from 9/11

After passing the preliminary rounds, 8 speakers were selected to go to the final. They are:
  1. Zidnie Ilma
  2. Sinta Yuliani Alviningrum
  3. Astrinda Nilasastri
  4. Sapta Abimanyu
  5. Puguh Haryanto
  6. Ratna Yunita
  7. Dewi Thufaila
  8. Siti Fadhillah
In the final round, they were divided into four teams; Opening Government, Opening Opposition, Closing Government, and Closing Opposition. The Opening Government team consisted of Siti Fadhillah and Dewi Thufaila. The Opening Opposition consisted of Sapta Abimanyu and Puguh Haryanto. The Closing Government team consisted of Ratna Yunita and Astrinda Nilasastri. The Closing Opposition consisted of Zidnie Ilma and Sinta Yuliani Alviningrum.
The motion of the final round of British Parliamentary debate is This House Believe That It is Justifiable for Government to Destroy Historical Evidence which Can Cause Social Unrest
After having a very dynamic and hot debate, the teams were ranked.
The 1st rank went to Opening Opposition
The 2nd rank went to Opening Government
The 3rd rank went to Closing Government
The 4th rank went to Closing Opposition
The speaker’s scores from preliminary round until final round were accumulated. Dewi Thufaila was the best speaker of British Parliamentary debate.

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