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[MyNameIsNobody]

I started a new debate class yesterday to help prepare a handful of students for the upcoming Minsa high school interview stage of the application process. My hagwon director told me that for the last three years, our school has helped students get into Minsa. This year my director really wants to continue the trend, so it�s partly my job to help get our students admitted.

My question really lies with trying to understand the format of the Minsa high school debate interview. I�ve glanced at the Korean Minsa website (English version is unhelpful), but it may take me hours to comb through the pages trying to find relevant information, if any, on the Minsa interview�s debate structure i.e. my Korean ability is frustratingly cruddy. (site: http://www.minjok.hs.kr/)

Every debate organization has its own specific rules, and currently, I�m modeling my class after the International Public Policy Forum�s debate format for quarterfinalists. I picked this one mostly because Minsa high school students competed in the 2010-2011 competition. However, I would really like my class to resemble the Minsa high school debate interview. Ideally, when my students go for their interviews, I would like them to be challenged by the debate topic and not the rules of the game.

Below you can see my present format taken from the International Public Policy Forum (IPPF):

Opening statements: affirmative and negative (5 minutes each)
Second speeches: affirmative and negative (5 minutes each)
Cross-examination: each team member directs one question to an opposing team member that gets answered (10 minutes total)
Questions from judge: directed to each team (20 minutes total)
Rebuttal: affirmative and negative (5 minutes each)
(site: http://www.bickelbrewer.com/debate#/thefoundation)

If anyone has experience preparing students for the Minsa interview, I would greatly appreciate any information you could share on its debate component, particularly its format. I�ll also keep searching for the answer through other avenues. I don�t think this question has been asked before on this forum, so, if I answer my own question, I�ll post the information to the forum later.

Thank you,
MyNameIsNobody

[FMPJ]

I don't know about the interview, but KMLA kids do Parliamentary Debate.