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An opening speech for all.
An opening speech for all.
Dear all,
Welcome to the main portal of Saigon South International School Debate.
Saigon South International School Debate is a non-profit organization intended to train students to become eloquent and professional debaters, regardless of their experience. Our club embodies Saigon South International School's core values and motto: to connect our learning to our lives and the international community we live in, with the intent to become global, respecting, and responsible citizens of Earth.
Our most prioritized goal is to make students more comfortable speaking their viewpoints on an argument in a logical and concise manner. Through that, we also teach them to know how to find and cite the most relevant pieces of evidence for their topic, write speeches, refute arguments made by the opposition, and speech techniques to make their arguments more persuasive.
After the students' training, our club offers internal, local, and international debate scrimmages (friendly matches) and tournaments. As part of the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA), debaters also have the chance to compete with other international schools in Vietnam and Asia, as well as university debate tournaments in the United States.
Aside from training students to become proficient debaters, we also offer lots of activities to keep the club fun and interesting for all. These activities help them to be more creative with their responses as well as easily tackle challenges that occur in debates. Students also have a chance to share information with one another, with each claiming a different side of an argument and enlighting everyone in the club with a new perspective.
We hope you will join the Saigon South International School Debate club, as it is intended to show the best and most enjoyable pathway for each and every student to know their voice and thoughts.
The Saigon South International School Debate Executive Team
Upcoming Tournaments
Upcoming Tournaments
SSIS 2024 Fall Public Forum Debate Invitational
SSIS 2024 Fall Public Forum Debate Invitational
We are hosting a fall Public Forum Tournament this year and we are super excited to welcome you to it. For more information please visit the tournament page.
Resolved: The United States should substantially reduce its military support of Taiwan.
Registration Deadline: November 15, 2024
Tournament Date: November 23, 2024
Registration Fee: 250,000 per person (500,000 VND per team)
Judge Fee: 1,000,000 per team (per 2 teams)
Previous Tournaments
Previous Tournaments
Vietnam 2024 NSDA PF Qualifier
Vietnam 2024 NSDA PF Qualifier
We are hosting the 2024 Spring Public Forum Qualigier Tournament this year and we are super excited to welcome you to it. For more information please visit the tournament page.
Resolved: The US Federal Government should ban single use plastics.
Registration Deadline: March 4, 2024
Tournament Date: March 23, 2024
Registration Fee: 150,000 per person (300,000 VND per team)
Judge Fee: 200,000 VND per team
SSIS 2023 Fall Public Forum Debate Invitational
SSIS 2023 Fall Public Forum Debate Invitational
We are hosting a fall Public Forum Tournament this year and we are super excited to welcome you to it. For more information please visit the tournament page.
Resolved: The United States federal government should forgive all federal student loan debt.
Registration Deadline: November 4, 2023
Tournament Date: November 25, 2023
Asian Debate League: Taiwan Members’ Invitational
Asian Debate League: Taiwan Members’ Invitational
Our team will be traveling to Taipei, Taiwan to compete in our first-ever travel tournament in Asia in October. We are really excited about this tournament and hope that we have more opportunities like this in the future.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its military presence in the Arctic.
Registration Deadline: Registration for this tournament is over
Tournament Date: October 7-8, 2023
International Public Policy Forum 2023
International Public Policy Forum 2023
Although this tournament is not a Public Forum tournament, we are really looking forward to competing in it. Last year, our team made it into the Top 32 round and we hope to progress further this year.
Resolved: Governments should provide a universal basic income.
Registration Deadline: Registration for this tournament is over
Tournament Date: This is a rolling tournament, thus, there is no single tournament date
Resources
Resources
Tournament Recaps
Tournament Recaps
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