09.02.2013 Views

Archives of Peking University News - PKU English - 北京大学

Archives of Peking University News - PKU English - 北京大学

Archives of Peking University News - PKU English - 北京大学

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Debating contest 2004 is Firing away<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2004--10—10<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=97462367<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, Oct 10th, 2004 : Debating contest <strong>of</strong> the year 2004 is<br />

coming. This time <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> Law School is going to add some new twist to<br />

the traditional debating contest mode. Oregon, the debating contest mode, which<br />

has been prevailing in America, is adopted in the contest for the first time.<br />

The Oregon mode was originated from the courtroom argument in the<br />

Anglo-American law system. <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> Law School is the first school in<br />

China to introduce the Oregon debating mode in the contest <strong>of</strong> argumentation and<br />

the school has been playing a vanguard role in the debating-mode-reforming<br />

movement.<br />

The Oregon mode overcomes those shortcomings existing in the former one. With<br />

the Oregon mode, the contest is held between two teams, each team has three<br />

contestants. The whole process is divided into several stages--opening statement,<br />

inquiry, rebuttal, and closing statement. Those contestants are supposed to compete<br />

in the contest with their language skills, logic capability, and the ability <strong>of</strong> dialectical<br />

thinking. The way those competitors arguing with each other are more like a<br />

contesting vision <strong>of</strong> moot court argument, that is why the law school adopt the<br />

Oregon mode for the contest to follow this time.<br />

The umbrella topics cover issues <strong>of</strong> problems in the realities <strong>of</strong> life. Each party is<br />

supposed to discuss it with an ideology <strong>of</strong> criticism. With the philosophy going<br />

"seeking the truth from the facts‖, the new debating contest mode is going to be a<br />

good chance for all the participants to improve their ability <strong>of</strong> logical thinking.<br />

Edited By : Wang Fanfan<br />

Translated By : Wu Zhejian<br />

Source : <strong>PKU</strong> <strong>News</strong> (Chinese)<br />

Related Topic :<br />

Related <strong>News</strong> :<br />

Related Feedback:<br />

1066

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!