We begin the programming of the IX Pre-University Debate League CICAE – UCJC, an exclusive initiative for CICAE schools, which includes 40 schools and 300 students per tournament. Europe’s largest pre-university debating competition.
The League is conducted simultaneously in Spanish and English and has an academic team, formed by experts in debate and public speaking, who will accompany teachers and students in the training process.
An enriching opportunity for the hundreds of students who participate each year!
Important dates
- September 5 to October 7, 2024: Registration and payment of teams for Tournaments I and II
- Saturday September 21, 2024: Teacher training workshop
- October and November: Training of students in their schools
- November 15 and 16, 2024: 1st Tournament, at Colegio Liceo Sorolla, Madrid
- January 24 and 25, 2025: 2nd Tournament at Salliver School, Fuengirola, Malaga.
- April 4 and 5, 2025:Final at Camilo José Cela University.
Teacher Training
The League begins with teacher training, an opportunity to learn how the competition works, learn debate tools to accompany students during the course and understand how debates are judged. It is free and open to any teacher interested in the subject, whether or not they participate in the Debate League.
- Saturday, September 21, 2024. From 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
- Universidad Camilo José Cela – Castellana Campus (C/ Juan Hurtado de Mendoza, 4, Madrid)
The training will be carried out in 3 levels, depending on the experience of each teacher:
A) Initiation (in Spanish): aimed at teachers who have not participated in the League or need to learn the basic concepts of academic debate.
B) Intermediate (in English): for teachers who are going to help their students in the English modality. Argumentation strategies and debate preparation will be addressed.
C) Advanced (in Spanish): for teachers who already have a background in debate and have participated in several editions. Strategies with which to drive student progress and how a debate is judged will be discussed.
