Asian Debate League

2025-09-28 ADL Tournament Winners Are: Dustin Chen & Jing Chen(NCX); Mathias Kwok(SD)

Novie Policy Debate
Champion: 1st Place Team
Dustin Chen & Jing Chen(TES)
Novice Policy Debate Top 2 Speakers:
Jing Chen(TES)
Olivia Chen(MAT)

Smart Debate
Champion: 1st Place Team
Mathias Kwok(TAS)
Finalist: 2nd Place Team
Ariel Chen & Miwa Miyawaki (IBSH)

2025 Nov 22 & 23 ADL Invitational for NSDA Taiwan Members Sign up!
For more information, please contact ADL staff or visit:
https://asiandebateleague.com/nsda-taiwan-invitational/

🗓️ Registration deadline: Saturday, Nov. 8
✅ Ready to sign up? Fill out the online form here:
https://asiandebateleague.com/individual-entry-form/

Please meet our new "volunteer" Harvard assistant coach Rishi!

Education:
B.A. in Finance from UMass Amherst, Isenberg School of Management, Commonwealth Honors College.

Rishi is a debate coach at Harvard University with 10 years of debate experience. He did policy debate for 4 years in high school and was top 32 at the TOC in 2020. He continued policy debate for 4 years in university and was a 4 time qualifier to the National Debate Tournament. He also has experience coaching world schools, British parli, public forum, lincoln douglas, & various other formats. Rishi is a flexible coach who can coach both policy and k styles of debate. He is also a fast researcher and card cutter.

Please meet our new coach Jared, ranked 6th in the US collegiate debate!

Education:
B.A in Economics with a minor in Political Science from the University of Kentucky

Jared is a former debater at the University of Kentucky with eight years of competitive experience and three years of coaching. In high school, he qualified for the Tournament of Champions twice. In college, he earned a prestigious first-round bid to the National Debate Tournament and was ranked sixth in the country his senior year — a ranking driven by deep elimination round appearances at major national tournaments, including semifinals at both the Harvard and Wake Forest tournaments. During the summers, he enjoys teaching at the Gonzaga Debate Institute and researching various debate topics. Outside of the activity, Jared loves playing basketball, and traveling around the world.

Please meet our new coach Andrea, the top speaker of every tournamentof her senior year!

Education:
B.A. in Communication Studies and B.A. in English Writing at Gonzaga University with Honors. Graduated with Cum Laude

Andrea is a seasoned debater with over seven years of experience, earning top honors across multiple formats. She received numerous First Speaker awards at CARD Debate — a collegiate event modeled after Public Forum — and placed first at every tournament during her senior year. In policy debate, Andrea qualified for the National Debate Tournament (NDT) and reached elimination rounds, including a finals appearance at the Minnesota Invitational. At Gonzaga University, she was named Communication Student of the Year, received multiple awards for conference papers and presentations, and earned a prestigious fellowship to a writers’ conference honoring Washington State’s top emerging writers.

📢 New ADL Writing Classes Opening!

Tr. Brandon has recently expanded the ADL Writing Program!

Fall semester writing classes are now available for elementary school through high school at our Tianmu, Renai/Fuhsing, and Ming Yao locations.

📝 Think & Write – Critical thinking through stories & articles, persuasive/analytical writing, monthly debates, vocabulary & grammar.

📚 English Writing & Grammar – Fix the most common Taiwan grammar errors, self-editing mastery, strong foundation for advanced writing.*

💡 Smart Writing – Step-by-step essay frameworks, evidence-based arguments, advanced vocabulary, gamified grammar, debate skills.*

🎓 Academic Writing – AI-proof thinking, advanced sentence & paragraph craft, monthly deep-dive debates, critique skills, advanced vocabulary.

🏆 Honors Writing – Mentorship for top writers, portfolio creation for scholarships & contests, advanced style & expression, personal branding.

🔗 Full class descriptions: https://asiandebateleague.com/start-here-choose-your-childs-writing-level/

📅 Updated schedule: https://asiandebateleague.com/pre-b-a-m-a-speech-debate/classes/

👨‍🏫 About Tr. Brandon: www.teacherbrandon.online

🍎Tr. Brandon in the classroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gbOtRZmWoQ

*Sign up for Smart Writing and English Writing & Grammar, get 10% off EACH class!

To sign up, call or send a Line message to ADL. Classes start next week!

Congratulations to some of our best speakers from summer speech camp!

Public Forum Top 5 Speakers:
Katherine Maeng (TAS)
Mia Lin (MAT)
Orly Levy (TAS)
Chloe Tseng (TAS)
Olivia Chen (MAT)