[NTNU] 2017 Chinese Speech Competition
Posted by Yannick Lin in Day Event
- Goal:
- Improve students’ Chinese proficiency and enhance their ability to express themselves in Chinese.
- Select and train foreign students who have potentials in making Chinese speeches to represent NTNU to compete in national speech contests.
* All contestants of MTC Chinese Speech Competition will have a chance to win 20-hours’ free course of “1-on-1 tutoring of oral expression.”
- Date: September 29th, 2017 (Friday) 2:30-5:30 PM
- Location: R504
- Qualification of Contestants: MTC students or NTNU international students
* If contestants are Chinese heritage students, please sign up for Chinese Narrating and Singing Art Competition
- Application Deadline: now – September 22th. Please sign up in R601.
- Speech Topic (please select one topic from below):
- The Taste(Experience) of Happiness in Taiwan
- Confidence and Humbleness
- The Revelation of Nature
- Small things make big impact
- Take Responsibility for your Own Decisions
- The grading standards:
- Content: 40%, Expression: 30%, Posture: 20%, Time-control: 10%
- The time limit is 4-5 minutes. The bell will be rung once when the speech reaches 4 minutes, rung twice at 5 minutes. If the speech surpasses 6 minutes, the bell will be rung three times and one point will be deducted for every additional minute over the time limit.
- Prizes: Top 5 winners are awarded when 25 or more contestants entered in the competition. Top 4 winners are awarded when less than 25 contestants entered in the competition.
- 1st Place: 6,000 NTD, an award certificate and a medal
- 2nd Place: 4,000 NTD, an award certificate and a medal
- 3rd Place: 3,000 NTD and an award certificate and a medal
- Consolation Prize:1 or 2 winners. A MTC souvenir and an award certificate will be awarded.
- Notes:
- Deposit: NT$200 (will be returned upon attending the competition)
- Contestants should arrive at R504 before 14:10 p.m. on Sep. 29th to receive number cards to decide the order of their performance.
- The cash prizes listed above will be taxed up to 20% according to tax regulations for foreigners in Taiwan
- In the interest of fairness, contestants may not use the school presentation aids, such as computers, projectors, mobile devices, Power points, etc.
- Winners of the competition must represent NTNU to compete in national speech contests. If winning students cannot represent NTNU, their awards will be forfeited.
- The competition has no level requirements. 3 hour’ supplementary hours are given to students who enter the contests. All MTC students are welcome to join.
- 2 hours’ supplementary hours are given to students who watch the competition. Welcome to cheer for the contestants on September 29th.