Debate
[Tryout Required]
Submission window: July 27 – August 5
Program Overview
Middle School Debate gives students an exciting opportunity to learn competitive debating, train and grow as debaters, enjoy intellectual challenges, and engage with some of the best young minds across Hong Kong. Through debate, students will develop skills including public speaking, critical thinking, and global awareness that are essential for success in today’s world.
Hong Kong's debate scene is extremely strong, consistently ranking as one of the top teams at the World Championships. In recent years, an increasing number of our Middle School debaters have gone on to represent the national team in High School.
In addition to the core debate classes, our program also offers an Advanced class for competition-focused debaters, and a brand new Beginner class this year.
The group is coached by Perry Ge, former HK National Team co-coach, captain, and development squad coach. To ensure students in each class are at an appropriate and similar level, tryouts are required for enrolment (except for Beginner classes). For continuity, Term 1 students in non-Beginner classes will be given priority to re-enroll for Term 2.
In this class, students will:
- Develop core debate skills - critical thinking, knowledge of global issues, argument development & analysis, speaking style & confidence, and debating strategy.
- Prepare for competitions - motion prep, research, team strategy, tournament mindsets.
- Train in competitive debating while refining their skills in public speaking, argumentation, thinking on their feet, teamwork, and knowledge of global affairs.
- Practice developing cases for and debating a multitude of topics covering social, political, moral, environmental, economic, and international affairs. As they progress, they will also cover strategies for winning debates, analysing arguments, and employing rhetoric and rebuttal effectively.
Course & Schedule Details
[Grade 7- 8] Tryout required
Debate (Advanced)
Schedule: Monday 3:15 - 4:45 pm
Fee: $8,500 (17 classes)
Location: TBC
Description:
The Debate program will train students in competitive debating while refining their skills in public speaking, argumentation, thinking on their feet, teamwork, and knowledge of global affairs. Students will learn strategies for winning debates, analysing arguments, and employing rhetoric and rebuttal effectively. They will cover a multitude of topics including social, political, moral, cultural, environmental, economic, and international affairs.
This Advanced class is geared towards higher level debaters with more focus on tournaments and strategy.
[Grade 7- 8] Tryout required
Debate
Schedule: Monday 4:45 - 6:15 pm
Fee: $8,500 (17 classes)
Location: TBC
Description:
The Debate program will train students in competitive debating while refining their skills in public speaking, argumentation, thinking on their feet, teamwork, and knowledge of global affairs. Students will learn strategies for winning debates, analysing arguments, and employing rhetoric and rebuttal effectively. They will cover a multitude of topics including social, political, moral, cultural, environmental, economic, and international affairs.
[Grade 6] Tryout required
Debate
Schedule: Wednesday 3:15 - 4:45 pm
Fee: $7,000 (14 classes)
Location: TBC
Description:
The Debate program will train students in competitive debating while refining their skills in public speaking, argumentation, thinking on their feet, teamwork, and knowledge of global affairs. Students will learn strategies for winning debates, analysing arguments, and employing rhetoric and rebuttal effectively. They will cover a multitude of topics including social, political, moral, cultural, environmental, economic, and international affairs.
[Grade 7- 8] Tryout required
Debate
Schedule: Wednesday 3:15 - 4:45 pm
Fee: $7,000 (11 classes)
Location: TBC
Description:
The Debate program will train students in competitive debating while refining their skills in public speaking, argumentation, thinking on their feet, teamwork, and knowledge of global affairs. Students will learn strategies for winning debates, analysing arguments, and employing rhetoric and rebuttal effectively. They will cover a multitude of topics including social, political, moral, cultural, environmental, economic, and international affairs.
[Grade 6]
Debate - Beginner
Schedule: Thursday 3:15 - 4:45 pm
Fee: $7,000 (14 classes)
Location: TBC
Description:
The beginner Debate program will introduce students to the art of competitive debate. We will cover fundamental skills of content, style, and strategy. Students will learn how to develop and analyse arguments, improve their debate-focused public speaking, organise a debate speech, work as a team, and listen and respond to opponents. Sessions will be a mix of theory, drills, and full practice debates where students will practice combining these skills on a wide variety of topics. Please note that this is a beginner class for Grade 6 students. Students with debate experience should try out for the non-beginner classes instead.
[Grade 7]
Debate - Beginner
Schedule: Thursday 4:45 - 6:15 pm
Fee: $7,000 (14 classes)
Location: TBC
Description:
The beginner Debate program will introduce students to the art of competitive debate. We will cover fundamental skills of content, style, and strategy. Students will learn how to develop and analyse arguments, improve their debate-focused public speaking, organise a debate speech, work as a team, and listen and respond to opponents. Sessions will be a mix of theory, drills, and full practice debates where students will practice combining these skills on a wide variety of topics. Please note that this is a beginner class for Grade 7 students. Students with debate experience should try out for the non-beginner classes instead.
Registration
Tryout required
Tryout Timeline & Instructions
- Registration forms will open on July 24th (Friday).
- In addition to the registration form, students will be asked to record and submit a speech of maximum 5 minutes length on an assigned topic.
- The tryout video topics, alongside full instructions, will be provided on the confirmation screen after submitting the registration form. Please save the instructions on that screen for reference.
- Tryout submissions are due within 3 days of submitting the registration form. The tryout period will run until August 5, and we will aim to release tryout results by August 7.
*Please note that Term 1 students will be given priority to re-register for Term 2. Registration forms will only open if spaces are available.
Contact Information
Perry Ge
- Phone: 5266 4843
- Email: perryge@gmail.com
- Website: https://www.pgdebate.com/
