The “Zongheng Cup” is the largest and highest-level secondary school debate competition in Asia. All of the judges are senior debate education experts from home and abroad. This year, the competition attracted schools from Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia.

The budding KWA debate teams consisted of eight Grade 7-9 students. It was the first time for many of the students to attend a debate competition of this scale. Under the orderly organization and patient instruction of KWA secondary school Chinese teachers, the students received debate training from professional debate instructors every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

They learned to analyze and summarize opponents’ arguments at the training sessions. They watched debate videos and collected argument information during their spare time. After nearly a month’s training, the students seemed to have gotten the hang of debate. The teachers organized simulated competitions to help students adapt to the rhythm of the competition as soon as possible. After several such simulated competitions, the students became more logical in their thinking and quicker to react on site.

The two-day competition had a tight schedule. Regardless of the difficulties, KWA students forged ahead. They attended four competitions on Day 1 and six on Day 2. In the last two hours, the competition was not just a competition of ability, but more of a competition of knowledge foundation and endurance.

After the competition, the students said they were very happy about preparing for the debate and acquired a lot of extracurricular knowledge in the process. In the future, KWA Chinese Group will organize a formal debate club to teach students basic debate knowledge, improve their ability to organize language and integrate data, and train their fighting spirit and teamwork awareness, so that they can become fearless, outstanding debaters.