YTN·HUFS Youth English Debating Championship

Judge Conflict & What to bring

Judge Conflict

This is the regulations on the Championship regarding Chapter 6 Adjudication, Paragraph 3 section 14 [Blocking]:
Prior to the contest, all participants and judges will go through the process to verify each other based on the regulations. The Chief Adjudicator will identify any relationship between the participants and judges prior to the tournament and during the orientation. Any judge who knew a student in the course of education or coaching cannot be involved in evaluating such a student’s contest. These regulations and procedures will be strictly applied to all participants and judges, and in any case of ignoring or deliberately misleading behavior discovered at a later date, the involved students and judges will result in forfeiture of the prize. If any report of the relation between the participant and judge is omitted in the course of writing JUDGE CONFLICT by mistake and its omission is recognized later before the start of the Championship, the judge can be replaced after reporting to the chief judge immediately.
If there are any violations of regulations, the student is not allowed to participate in this Championship gain. The student’s school will also be notified with official documentation.
Such a judge will be disqualified as a judge of the Championship organized by the HUFS and YTN and it will be announced on the board message of the Championship’s home page.

This Championship will be proceeded to and evaluated for each debate in real time. If any violations of the Blocking regulations are discovered during the contest or later, the involved team will be forfeited but it will not affect the winning scores of the existing competitions. Such behavior will be an irreversible disadvantage to another team, so, all participants, parents and teachers should be particularly cautious about it.

Materials allowed in each tournament

Materials (available to be carried) in the prepared debate

Any materials (printed notes, copied ones, hand-written ones, and etc.) are allowed to bring.
Notes, sticky notes (Post-it), study cards, etc.
One paper dictionary per team. It does matter whether it is Eng/Eng, Eng/Kor, or Kor/Eng.
Two dictionaries are okay for elementary school championship.
One paper almanac per team. Two almanacs are okay for elementary school championship).
Single-function stopwatch. Note that mobile phones, laptops, or any other digital devices are not allowed for time checking.

Materials allowed in the impromptu debate

No materials are allowed (printed notes, copied ones, hand-written ones, and etc.).
Only color paper(A4 size) provided by the host is allowed.
One paper dictionary per team. It does matter whether it is Eng/Eng, Eng/Kor, or Kor/Eng.
Two dictionaries are okay for elementary school championship.
One paper almanac per team. Two almanacs are okay for elementary school championship).
Single-function stopwatch. Note that mobile phones, laptops, or any other digital devices are not allowed for time checking.

※ If a debater reads previously prepared materials during the proceeding of impromptu debate, he/she willbe disqualified from the Championship. So, please be particularly cautious on this.

※ Purchase of Almanac: Almanac is sold in major bookstores such as KYOBO BOOK CENTRE and BANDI&LUNI's.