M.R.Savovoj's article is devoted disclosing of a role of educational debate and discussions in perfection of the standard of speech of students. M.R.Savova understands the standard of speech as culture of speech activity. The special attention in given article is payed to development of communicatively-speech abilities, first of all abilities to formulate the position, to listen and consider the point of view of partners in dialogue, to build argumentative texts, to convince of the correctness, to observe requirements to correct behavior during dispute and discussion. In article polemic, discussion and debate are analyzed and compared from the point of view of their importance for formation common cultural competence. At this M.R.Savova defines polemic and discussion as dispute versions, and debate as a discussion version that, in its opinion.
