Students
As a student, you will attain speech and debate skills such as research, analytical and critical thinking, body posture, and persuasion that will aid you with job interviews and communication in general. These skills also help develop the confidence to speak to a larger audience. Students also learn to accept constructive criticism and use it to improve their skills.

Our Curriculum
Basic Speech
Week 1: Introduction to Speech: Basic Speech structure and Examples of a good Speech
Week 2: How to Write a Speech: The Eight step process
Week 3: Mock Competition
Week 4: Presentation Etiquette: Appropriate Volume, Articulation, Pace and Tone
Week 5: Body Language: Proper Posture, Hand gestures, Pitfalls and Practice drills
Week 6: Mock Competition
Week 7: Final Competition
Advanced Speech
Week 1: What’s an Impromptu Speech?: Difference between Impromptu Speech and Basic Speech, Parts and Topics of an Impromptu Speech
Week 2: How to create an Impromptu Speech: The Steps to create an Impromptu Speech and Conclusion with examples
Week 3: Mock Competition
Week 4: Presentations Skills-Part 1: Outline the Speech, Body Language and Speaking
Week 5: Presentation Skills-Part 2: The Golden Triangle, The Orator’s Box and The Jazz Body Spectrum
Week 6: Mock Competition
Week 7: Final Competition
Basic Debate
Week 1: Introduction to Debate: Introduction and Parts of a Contention
Week 2: How to Write a Contention: Purpose, examples of a contention and the three steps to an argument
Week 3: How to Research: Reliable and unreliable sources, card- cutting and citing sources
Week 4: Evidence Analysis: How to analyze evidence and weighing impacts
Week 5: Counterargument: The purpose of a counterargument and steps to write a counterargument
Week 6: Mock Competition
Week 7: Final Competition
Advanced Debate
Week 1: Review of Basic Debate and Introduction to Debate Format
Week 2: Rebuttals and Flowing: Introduction and Examples on rebuttals and flowing
Week 3: Debate Etiquette: How to convey First Speech, Rebuttals and Summary Speech
Week 4: Refutation Strategies, Correlation and Causation, and Logical Fallacies
Week 5: Mock Competition
Week 6: Mock Competition
Week 7: Final Competition