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The National Speech and Debate Association, (formerly the National Forensic League) is the largest interscholastic speech and debate organization serving middle school, high school, and collegiate students in the United States. The Association provides competitive speech and debate activities, resources, training, scholarship opportunities, and advanced recognition to over 130,000 students and coaches every year. The National Speech & Debate Association is the oldest and largest high school speech and debate honor society in the world. The Association is one of four major national organizations which direct high school competitive speech and debate events in the United States. The other three are the National Catholic Forensic League or NCFL, the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association or NCFCA, and Stoa. The National Speech & Debate Association Board of Directors meets twice a year for rules revision. It votes on each rule change, which affects the entire high school forensics community. On May 17, 2013, the National Forensic League Board of Directors voted to change the name of the organization to the National Speech and Debate Association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Forensic League Announces Plans to Change Name to National Speech and Debate Association, effective Fall 2014 )〕 ==Code of Honor== Members of the National Speech & Debate Association are expected to abide by the Code of Honor, adopted on September 23, 2007.〔(Our Code of Honor: Speech, Debate: National Forensic League. )〕 The Code of Honor was initially proposed by Harold Keller, a member of the Board of Directors, in recognition of the Honor Society nature of the League. The Code of Honor consists of an oath and five tenets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Speech and Debate Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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