BWDA 2015 RESOURCES INSTRUCTORS FACULTY Jonathan Borock USA/Japan Mariel Golden USA Aaqib Hossain Bangladesh Rhydian Morgan UK Sharmila Parmanand Philippines Jernej Podgornik Slovenia TJ Senamangern (16-21) Thailand Alfred Snider USA Russ Taylor UK Suthen Thomas Malaysia FELLOWS Inkar Aitkuzhina Kazakhstan Mashahed Simanta Bangladesh Magzhan Sovetbekov Kazakhstan Ryan Tartre USA Katherine Tosi USA/China VISITING JUDGES John Harper, UK T. I. Harris, USA David Weeks BWDA SUPPORT Jia Mian Maggie Gao Ann Hunan Steve Qiu Palla Sun Janet Cao BWDA SCHEDULE 2015 Wednesday 15 July 2015 8:15 AM Faculty Meet in hotel lobby, go to breakfast with packet. 900 Head to opening ceremony 9:30 am to 11:30 am, OPENING CEREMONY: Teaching Building No, 5, first floor, conference hall 9:30 Hosts announce the beginning of the Opening Ceremony and introduces the guests. 9:40 Prof. Zhu Guozhen, the executive director of Beihang Elite English Class 9:50 Welcome speech and introduction of faculty by Prof. Alfred Snider, curriculum director of BWDA Orientation to the program: Location, Lecture groups, exercise groups, electives, debates 10:10 Assessment 1020 Explain format briefly – Morgan 10:30 Demo Debate 11:30 Taking group photo outside the venue 1200 Lunch 1300-1400 Lecture 1 Advanced – Position Strategy - Parmanand Experienced – Experienced Format - Hossain Beginner – Format - Golden 1400-1500 Lecture 2 Advanced – Advanced Style - Morgan Experienced – Experienced Style - Snider Beginner – Public Speaking - Taylor 1500-1630 Exercise 1 Advanced – Speaking Style Drills Experienced – Speaking Style Drills Beginner – Speaking Style Drills 1630-1700 Announce motion for Thursday, Form Teams 1700 End & open question period
Thursday 16 July 2015 830-930 Lecture 3 Advanced – Thicker Arguments - Thomas Experienced – Experienced Argumentation - Morgan Beginner – Argumentation - Podgornik 930-1130 Exercise 2 Advanced – Building Thicker Arguments Drills Experienced – Argument Drills Beginner – Critique of Arguments 1130-1200 Open session for questions, teams formed 1200-1300 Lunch 1300-1430 Prep for Debate with help from faculty 1430-1700 Debate 1 with speech redo 1700 End & open question period Friday 17 July 2015 830-915 Lecture 4 Advanced – Strategic Refutation - Parmanand Experienced – Argument Building - Podgornik Beginner – Motion Analysis - Snider 915-1015 Exercises 3 Advanced – Advanced Refutation Drills Experienced - Experienced Argument Building Drills Beginner – Motion Analysis Drills 1015-1200 Debate 2 1200-1300 Lunch 1300-1400 Lecture 5 Advanced – Advanced Points of Information - Snider Experienced – Experienced Motion Analysis - Thomas Beginner – Building Arguments - Morgan 1415-1515 Exercises 4 Advanced – Points of Information Drills Experienced – Motion Analysis Drills Beginner – Building Sample Arguments 1515-1700 Debate 3 1700 End & open question period Saturday 18 July 2015 830-915 Lecture 6 Advanced – Advanced Motion Analysis - Experienced – First Team Strategy - Beginner – Points of Information - 915-1015 Exercises 5 Advanced – Advanced Motion Drills Experienced – First Team Drills Beginner – Points of information Drills 1015-1200 Debate 4 1200-1300 Lunch 1300-1400 Lecture 7 Advanced – Debating Area X - Experienced – Second Team Strategy - Beginner – First Teams - Senamengern 1415-1515 Exercises 6