• 5/24 Secondary Events Preliminary Rounds
• 5/25 Secondary Events Elims & Finals
• 5/25 Elementary Events

• ESD:Smart Debate (G4-5): It is half speech time of PF debate.
• EST:Speech Block A (G1-5): Storytelling.Click for instruction.
• EOO:Speech Block B (G1-5):Original Oratory.Click for instruction.
• EIS:Speech Block B (G1-5):Impromptu Speech.Click for instruction.
• Creative Writing: Creative nonfiction, short story, script, poetry.Click for instruction.
• Double-Entries must be selected from different time slots (A + B) to avoid time conflicts.Click for moreinstruction on kids’ speech preparation.

• OOO:Open Original Oratory (G6-12);Click for instruction.
• OES:Open Extemporaneous Speaking (G6-12);Click for instruction.
• NPF:Novice Public Forum (G6 with 1 year/less debate experience)
• OPF:Open Public Forum
• NCX:Novice Policy (G6 with 1 year/less debate experience)
• OCX:Open Policy
• Creative Writing: Creative nonfiction, short story, script, poetry.Click for instruction.

For students grades 5-8, ADL can send an unlimited number of WSD Taiwan teams to the NSDA Nationals Middle school Championship without the above qualifications, but you must register with the ADL staff.

To read more about the debate format of WSD, clickhere.

• Smart Debate (same as PF topic, but 1/2 PF time):Will be released on April1 here:https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/

• Public Forum Debate:Will be released on April 1 here:https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/

• Policy Debate:Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

• World School Debate:Will be released on April 1 here:https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/

• Debate partner can be from a different school for the Taiwan District, but a partner must be from the same school for the U.S. NSDA.
• Double entries ONLY permitted for grade 1-5 if both entries are speech events. For all other situations, NOT permitted.

• Individual Entry Online Registration
• School Entry Online Registration
• Judge Entry Online Registration
• Registration Issues:<info@asiandebateleague.com>

• 德明財經科技大學
  臺北市內湖區環山路一段56號
  又新樓
• Takming University of Science and Technology
  No. 56號, Section 1, Huanshan Rd, Neihu District
  又新樓

1. • High School – Free (*High school qualifier is sponsored in part by TSDA in alliance with Foundation for Scholarly Exchange, a program within Fulbright.)
   • Middle School – NT 3,000
2. Onetime StudentMembership:
   • High School – NT 1,000
   • Middle School – NT 1,000
   • *A student shall pay a total of NT$ 2,000 in their lifetime, if they have been a member of NSDA for Middle and High schools.
3. Tournament Registration:
   • NT$ 4,000 per one High School student
   • NT$ 4,000 per one middle school student
   • NT$ 3,000 per one elementary student
4. Judging fee:
   • NT$ 3,000 per one for all Policy entry/team
   • NT$ 4,000 will be waived if a school provides either a parent or teacher judge per 6 students; if not, must pay NT 4,000.
5. Optional:If your school does not manage NSDA points for you, then a student can pay ADL 1,500 NT annually to 1) record NSDA points and 2) receive NSDA Certificates. Read more about NSDA pointshere.

Please read to understand how NSDA tournaments are operated as nonprofit service to the students.

• 30% off for students traveling from Tainan, Taitung, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Kenting
• 50% off for students who qualify for financial aid (the coach must submit a letter of request to <jc@asiandebateleague.com>
• 20% off if registered and paid by 4/19 (two weeks before the deadline)
• 10% off if registered and paid by 4/26(one week before the deadline)
• No discounts for the following:
  • NSDA membership fees
  • School Judging Fees
  • Policy Entry Judging Fees
  • International Entries

For your convenience, all fees can be wiredto ADL account directly.

Cathay United Bank, Nangang Branch:國泰世華銀行, 南港分行
Account 帳號#:106035009666,
Account Name:臺北市私立亞太思辯文理短期補習班天母分班, 陳南光

No refund after two weeks prior to the tournament, as we have already paid for expenses such as trophies, rooms, and most other tournament expenses.

If you have questions, please call us at 02-2876-1866 from 2:00 – 8:00 PM (Monday – Friday) and 10 AM – 6 PM (Saturday). You can also LINE us <http://nav.cx/6qTXpan>.