Melbourne Girls' College

Global Village: Bilingual Speech Competition

Taking a group photo with Chinese students

On July the 27th, 8 of our Chinese students participated in the Chinese Bilingual Speech Competition. Students from Prep to Year 12 of more than 50 Victoria schools competed for the finals.

Considering that the competition was state-wide, we started to practice from June. Students were required to memorize their Chinese scripts, which is a great work. All of them can recite fluently and make their Chinese speech naturally after two months’ preparation.

Heather Behan and Charlee Boltuc are performing their Chinese conversation
Eloise Higgins and her Chinese partner are playing the game of “sticking nose”
Heather Behan and Charlee Boltuc are performing their Chinese conversation
Eloise Higgins and her Chinese partner are playing the game of “sticking nose”

The pre-finals held in Melbourne Grammar School lasted for 4 hours and we had 3 contestants get into the finals. They were paired with Chinese students and asked to reorganize their speech. Our students came up with the ideas of sitcom and debate. Preparing for the finals from 28th to 29th, they tried their best to get good results from 30 pairs of final contestants. 

Tug of war----we must win!
Taking a group photo with Chinese students
Mrs. Elliott and Huan are tutoring Matilda Smithers and her Chinese buddy
Tug of war----we must win!
Taking a group photo with Chinese students
Mrs. Elliott and Huan are tutoring Matilda Smithers and her Chinese buddy

The final was held in Ruyton Girls' School. All of them provided high-quality speech for this competition. Finally, Year 9 student Samantha KINTANAR and Year 11 student Hannah ROSS got the third prize, and Year 11 student Matilda SMITHERS has won the first prize. Matilda Smithers has been offered a free trip to visit China at the end of 2018 sponsored by Chinese government.

Samantha Kintanar and her buddy are making Chinese-English speech
Winners of “Global Village” Bilingual Speech Competition From left to right: Yiyang Dong, Matilda Smithers, Hannah Ross
Group photos of Chinese teachers and our students From left to right: Will Li, Mrs. Elliott, Matilda Smithers, Samantha Kintanar, Bibo Shi, Huan Bao and Hannah Ross
Samantha Kintanar and her buddy are making Chinese-English speech
Winners of “Global Village” Bilingual Speech Competition From left to right: Yiyang Dong, Matilda Smithers, Hannah Ross
Group photos of Chinese teachers and our students From left to right: Will Li, Mrs. Elliott, Matilda Smithers, Samantha Kintanar, Bibo Shi, Huan Bao and Hannah Ross

Written by Will Li, Confucius Classroom Assistant Teacher