The Debater's Guide, 3rd Edition

Being a first time Coach/Judge/Teacher, this really came in handy. Debate really changed my classroom around and got the kids wanting to learn and their speaking abilities soared higher than I ever expected. I recommend this book for any college or high school instructor who has to teach oral communication.

As I prepared for teaching a Cross-X Debate class, after being out of debate for over a decade, this book was incredibly helpful for reminding me of the basics. Ericson gives a lot of helpful ideas on how to approach arguements, and arguement in general, as well as the backbone of various forms of debate, with the standards and the outliers or possibilities. It would be more helpful if it was newer of course, with some updates to our reality, especially the web, but there is little reasonable in my asking the book to write itself at a later date!

"ONE STOP SHOPPING" I highly recommend this book for professors teaching undergraduate Critical Thinking and Debate Courses.For days, I searched for a book that my students (could afford $)would ENJOY reading. In addition to Freeley's book this is the one I adopted for my class at Emerson College.It CLEARLY (using pleasant layout & copy) explains * The Debate Process * Building The Debate Case * Elements of Debate * Research * Constructing Affirmative and Negative Cases * Refutations * Cross ExaminationSpeakers Duties, Delivery Style, etc.THIS 143 PAGE PAPERBACK CAN GO ANYWHERE...