2016 Global Village Children and Youths Bilingual Speech Competition
On Saturday 23rd July and Sunday 24th July, 10 Chinese language students represented MGC and attended 2016 Global Village Children and Youths Bilingual Speech Competition in Melbourne. There were 180 contestants and our MGC students made wonderful achievements.
This competition is co-organised by Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and Chinese Language Teachers' Association of Victoria. Contestants joined not only from across Victoria, but also from China. The competition is to strengthen students’ inter-cultural awareness and encourage their use of both languages on a global stage.
In the preliminary section of the competition on Saturday, Heidi Morris, Claudia McLeod, Viva Wilton, Savarna Chandra, Eirene Carajias, Jacqulin Green, Jessie Radda, Roisin Casinader, Hannah Ross and Katherine Jessop represented MGC. Their confidence, fluency and expressiveness amazed the judges. They achieved a fantastic result: six of them became finalists!
The final section of the competition was a paired performance. Each pair of one Chinese student and one Australian student presented a conversation on the stage using both their second languages. The conversations were on the topic of ‘My Hometown’. MCG students kept receiving applauses from the audience for their fabulous collaboration with their Chinese partners and their competent use of Chinese language. At the end of the day, MCG students won 4 second prizes and 2 third prizes.
The winners were:
Savarna Chandra (8L, 2nd prize)
Jacqulin Green (8L, 2nd prize)
Claudia McLeod (8R, 2nd prize)
Viva Wilton (8R, 3rd prize)
Kate Jessop (9L, 2nd prize)
Hannah Ross (9L, 3rd prize)
These outstanding results are true reflection of all the hard work our students have put into their everyday Chinese studies. Well done to all students who participated. The experience will be valuable.
Congratulations to those who won!
Mrs. PingPing Elliott
Chinese Teacher