The English Speech Contest was
taking place in Kuang-Fu
Junior High School today,
and over eighty schools, including public and private
junior schools, had their students participate in this contest. Those schools were divided into four groups based on the number of
their classes to create a fair chance for all. To show their concern for this competition,
several high-ranking officials came to pay their respect to the teachers who
dedicated so much to coach their students.
Three given
topics were “A Book I Will Never Forget”, “All That We Have to DO For Our Earth”
and “If I Were The Mayor of Taichung City”. Therefore, contestants were supposed
to have sufficient time in preparation for the three topics beforehand. Each contestant
had to draw lots to decide which topic he or she was going to present and got
six minutes to prepare for it. Those little mayors-to-be did voice their valuable
perspectives on education, culture, environmental protection and transpiration of Taichung City that
maybe the real mayor should heed and take action accordingly.
Delivery
and content accounts mostly for the judges’ evaluation for each contestant. If you
closed your eyes and just listened, you would think you were listening to a
native speaker because some of the students’ pronunciation, intonation and
stress were so perfect that made the judges’ job even more challenging. As for
the content, a judge specifically pointed out that it should relate to students’
real life and allow their imagination to run free. Personal styles were
encouraged as long as they are properly and naturally performed to help get
their points across
No matter
what the outcome was, each contestant already got their English proficiency recognized
and was given such a wonderful opportunity to be able to compete with the elites
of other schools. Of course, for those who were awarded, we congratulated on
your remarkable achievement because you truly proved yourselves; for those who
weren’t, take it as a good learning opportunity and keep polishing your speech
skills because you are going to win the next speech contest some time in your
life. Who knows?
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