2020 April 4,5 NSDA Members' Invitational (Middle+Elementary)

Registration Deadline is March 21

CORONAVIRUS PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES

 TOURNAMENT RULES

HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS (top 2 teams qualify to the U.S. nationals)

Disclaimer: High School Events will be held at TAS and operated by the new NSDA Chair Chase Williams, but ADL can help in the registration process.

• Speech: Original Oratory, Dramatic Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking (G9-12); click for instruction
• VPF: Varsity Public Forum (G9-12)
• VCX: Varsity Policy (G9-12); 
• VLD: Varsity Lincoln Douglass (G9-12)

HIGH SCHOOL WSD APPLICATION

Ten (10) World School Debate students (grades 8-12) will be qualified by TSDA to form two “WSD Taiwan” teams for the U.S. Nationals to be held in the third week of June in the U.S.  Read more about it here.

If you are interested, please email Chase Williams <williamsc@tas.tw>.

MIDDLE SCHOOL EVENTS G6 – 8

Disclaimer: ADL will be operating the middle and elementary events.

• OPF: Open Public Forum
• NPF: Novice Public Forum (G6 or lower with 1 year/less debate experience) 
• OCX: Open Policy
• NCX: Novice Policy, speech times are 1/2 of OCX; (G6 or lower with 1 year/less debate experience)
• OES: Open Extemporaneous Speaking

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EVENTS FOR G1 – 5 

• ESD: Smart Debate (G4-5): It is half speech time of PF debate.
• EOO: Speech Block A (G1-5): Original Oratory or  Storytelling
• EI: Speech Block B (G1-5): Impromptu
• Double-Entries must be selected from different time slots (A + B) to avoid time conflicts.  Click for more instruction on kids’ speech preparation.

MIDDLE WSD APPLICATION (G5-G9)

For students grades 5-8, ADL can send an unlimited number of WSD Taiwan teams to the NSDA Nationals Middle school Championship without the above qualifications, but you must register with the ADL staff.

To read more about the debate format of WSD, click here.

DEBATE TOPICS (NSDA April Topics)

• Smart Debate (same as PF topic, but 1/2 PF time): Resolved: The United States should remove nearly all of its military presence in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf.

• Public Forum Debate: Resolved: The United States should remove nearly all of its military presence in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf.

• Lincoln Douglas Debate: Will be released on March 1 here: https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/

• Policy Debate: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce Direct Commercial Sales and/or Foreign Military Sales of arms from the United States.

• World School Debate: Will be released on May 1 here: https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/

LIMITATIONS

• Debate partner can be from a different school for the Taiwan District, but a partner must be from the same school for the U.S. NSDA.
• Double entries ONLY permitted for grade 1-4 if both entries are speech events. For all other situations, NOT permitted.

REGISTRATION METHODS

• Individual Entry Online Registration
• School Entry Online Registration
• Judge Entry Online Registration
• Registration Issues: <il@asiandebateleague.com>
• Registration Fee Issues: <rl@asiandebateleague.com>

VENUE

• 4/4 High school preliminary at TAS
• 4/5 High school elims at NTNU
• 4/4 Middle school preliminary at NTNU
• 4/5 Middle school elims and Elementary entire events at
  • 國立臺灣師範大學公館校區: 116台北市文山區汀州路四段88號
  • NTNU Gongguan Campus (No.88, Sec. 4, Tingzhou Rd., Wenshan Dist., Taipei City, Taiwan).
  • NTNU google map

COSTS

1. Annual School Membership:
   • High School – NT 4,500
   • Middle School – NT 3,000
2. Onetime Student Membership:
   • High School – NT 1,000
   • Middle School – NT 1,000
   • *A student shall pay a total of NT$ 2,000 in their lifetime, if they have been a member of NSDA for Middle and High schools.
3. Tournament Registration:
   • NT$ 2,000 per one high school student (*High school qualifier is sponsored in part by TSDA in alliance with Foundation for Scholarly Exchange, a program within Fullbright.)
   • NT$ 4,000 per one middle school student
   • NT$ 3,000 per one elementary student
4. Judging fee:
   • NT 4,000 will be waived if a school provides either a parent or teacher judge per 6 students; if not, must pay NT 4,000.
5. Optional:If your school does not manage NSDA points for you, then a student can pay ADL 1,500 NT annually to 1) record NSDA points and 2) receive NSDA Certificates. Read more about NSDA points here.

Please read to understand how NSDA tournaments are operated as nonprofit service to the students.

DISCOUNTS

• 30% off for students traveling from Tainan, Taitung, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Kenting
• 50% off for students who qualify for financial aid (the coach must submit a letter of request to <jc@asiandebateleague.com>
• 20% off if registered and paid by 3/7
• 10% off if registered and paid by 3/14

PAYMENT

For your convenience, all fees can be wired to ADL account directly.

Cathay United Bank, Nangang Branch: 國泰世華銀行, 南港分行
Account 帳號#: 106035009666,
Account Name: 臺北市私立亞太思辯文理短期補習班天母分班, 陳南光

CONFIRMATION

If you have questions, please call us at 02-2876-1866 from 2:00 – 8:00 PM (Monday – Friday) and 10 AM – 6 PM (Saturday). You can also LINE us <http://nav.cx/6qTXpan>.

If you have questions, please call us at 02-2876-1866 from 2:00 – 8:00 PM (Monday – Friday) and 10 AM – 6 PM (Saturday). You can also LINE us <http://nav.cx/6qTXpan>.

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