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    YG YEAR END SPONTANEOUS SPEAKING TOURNAMENT

    Saturday, 28 May 2022

    DEADLINE
    23 May 2022
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to elementary, middle, and high school students
    PLATFORM
    Online through NSDA Campus

    Information

    YG Bay Area Speech and Debate Academy is excited to provide this year-end opportunity of Elementary, Middle, and High School students to practice their spontaneous speaking skills.
    ​
    This tournament will take place online via NSDA Campus.


    EVENT DESCRIPTIONS

    Elementary Students
    • 2ND/3RD YOUNG ACTIVIST SPEECH
      Students deliver a persuasive speech addressing a social, political, or environmental issue impacting the world. Students should state what they are advocating for, give several specific examples that exemplify this, and offer possible solutions. No visual aids are permitted and students may not assume an alternate persona.
      Speech time should be 2-3 minutes.
    • 4TH/5TH GRADE IMPROMPTU SPEAKING
      Students will be given three nouns to choose from, and may take 3 minutes to prepare a 2-3 minute long speech. No research may be done on the topic during prep time. Students may speak from notes.
    • 4TH/5TH EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
      ​Students are presented with a choice of three questions related to current events in the US and the world. In 30 minutes, they must then prepare a speech answering the selected question. Students may use the internet during preparation for research. Notes are permitted
      Speech time should be 5-7 minutes long.
      Topic Areas Will Be As Follows
      Round 1: U.S. Affairs
      Round 2: The Environment
      Round 3: International Affairs
    • 4TH/5TH GRADE SPAR
      ​Short for "Spontaneous Argumentation," SPAR is an event that involves quick thinking and clash. The Affirmative speaker will be given the choice to pick the topic, both Aff and Neg will then have a moment of preparation time, before beginning their cycle of speeches. Research is not permitted during prep time. Notes are permitted.
      Time allocation will be as follows: 2 minutes prep/1 minute constructive speeches for Aff and Neg/2 minutes cross-examination/1 minute rebuttal/closing speech for Aff and Neg.

    Middle School Students
    • MIDDLE SCHOOL IMPROMPTU SPEAKING
      ​Students will be given topics to choose from, and may take 2 minutes to prepare a 3-5 minute long speech. No research may be done on the topic during prep time. Students must speak without notes.
      Topic Areas Will Be As Follows
      Round 1: Concrete Nouns
      Round 2: Abstract Nouns
      Round 3: Aphorisms
      Final Round: Quotes
    • MIDDLE SCHOOL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
      Students are presented with a choice of three questions related to current events in the US and the world. In 30 minutes, they must then prepare a speech answering the selected question. Students may use the internet during preparation for research. The speech is delivered from memory - no notes are permitted.
      Speech time should be 5-7 minutes long.
      Topic Areas Will Be As Follows
      Round 1: U.S. Politics
      Round 2: Russia
      Round 3: Democracy and Autocracy
      Final Round: The Middle East
    • MIDDLE SCHOOL SPAR
      Short for "Spontaneous Argumentation," SPAR is an event that involves quick thinking and clash. The Affirmative speaker will be given the choice to pick the topic, both Aff and Neg will then have a moment of preparation time, before beginning their cycle of speeches. Research is not permitted during prep time. Notes are permitted.
      Time allocation will be as follows: 2 minutes prep/1 minute constructive speeches for Aff and Neg/2 minutes cross-examination/1 minute rebuttal/closing speech for Aff and Neg.

    High School Students
    • HIGH SCHOOL IMPROMPTU SPEAKING
      Students will be given topics to choose from, and may take 2 minutes to prepare a 3-5 minute long speech. No research may be done on the topic during prep time. Students must speak without notes.
      Topic Areas Will Be As Follows
      Round 1: Concrete Nouns
      Round 2: Abstract Nouns
      Round 3: Aphorisms
      Final Round: Quotes
    • HIGH SCHOOL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
      Students are presented with a choice of three questions related to current events in the US and the world. In 30 minutes, they must then prepare a speech answering the selected question. Students may use the internet during preparation for research. The speech is delivered from memory - no notes are permitted.
      Speech time should be 5-7 minutes long.
      Topic Areas Will Be As Follows
      Round 1: U.S. Politics
      Round 2: Russia
      ​Round 3: Democracy and Autocracy
      Final Round: The Middle East
    • HIGH SCHOOL SPAR
      Short for "Spontaneous Argumentation," SPAR is an event that involves quick thinking and clash. The Affirmative speaker will be given the choice to pick the topic, both Aff and Neg will then have a moment of preparation time, before beginning their cycle of speeches. Research is not permitted during prep time. Notes are permitted.
      Time allocation will be as follows: 2 minutes prep/1 minute constructive speeches for Aff and Neg/2 minutes cross-examination/1 minute rebuttal/closing speech for Aff and Neg.

    ​Entry Price

    One event and parent is judging $80
    One event and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $160

    Two events and parent is judging $110
    Two events and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $190

    Three events and parent is judging $140
    Three events and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $220

    Each person in a PF/Policy/Duo team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF/Policy/Duo team would need to either provide two judges, both pay the judge fee, or one of each option.

    Registration will not be complete until payment is received.
     
    NOTE: We will charge set up fees if we have to create tabroom.com accounts for judges. It is recommended you do so on your own.

    Schedule

    Saturday, 28 May 2022
     
    Please note: We have scheduled breaks in between each round for 30 minutes - and we strongly encourage students to get up from their computers to rest their eyes and stretch their legs for this time!

    8:00 - 9:00 AM: Judging Instructions
    *(Every judge must attend, as this is when we will check you in for the tournament - judges who miss this training will be fined $50)
    9:00 - 9:30 AM: Welcome Assembly
    9:30 - 10:45 AM: Round 1
    10:45 - 11:15 AM: Break
    11:15 AM - 12:30 PM: Round 2
    12:30 - 1:00 PM: Break
    1:00 - 2:15 PM: Round 3
    2:15 - 3:00 PM: Break
    3:00 - 4:15 PM: Final Round (Middle & High School students only
    5:00 PM: Award Ceremony

    ​All times listed above are in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)

    Drop Fee

    Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops. Drop requests should be made to Victor and Nadia.

    Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

    Contact Info

    Victor Rivas Umana
    Contact email:  [email protected]

    Nadia Budiman 
    Contact email: [email protected]

    Or [email protected]

    Registration Form

    ​

    STUDENT INFORMATION
    If this is your first time competing, make sure to first create a Tabroom account here: https://www.tabroom.com/user/login/new_user.mhtml
    It's super simple and quick (<1 minute), but follow the guidelines here in case anything is confusing: ​https://docs.tabroom.com/Sign_Up

    PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
    Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email.

    EVENT SELECTION

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    Judges must make sure that they attend the "Judging Instructions" training session listed in the schedule above. Otherwise, the tournament will impost a $50 fine.

    ​Click here to complete the highly recommended 
    Cultural Competency judge training course

    Signing up a judge without having a Tabroom account will result in us charging you for the set up fee.
    ​You can do this easily on your own by going to tabroom.com. It literally takes less than a minute.


    First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.
    ​There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.​

    ​Tournaments encourage judges to have a paradigm on their Tabroom account, which can be a few sentences on your preferences of debating styles, etc. See here for example. It doesn't need to be this long, but make sure to add something before you sign up. For example: "I am a parent, please speak clearly and slowly and avoid technical jargon".​

    ​
    More tournament resources can be found here.

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Submit/take to payment

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Check our home page for the schedule!


School year Hours

M-F: 3:45 pm - 8:30 pm 
Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
510-470-0531

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: [email protected]

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Cupertino: 20432 Silverado Avenue Suite 211, Cupertino, CA 95014

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135 

​​​​Dublin: Loving Tree Academy, 6693 Owens Dr, Pleasanton, CA 94588​​
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