This competition is designed to provide a stage for students to express their opinions and ideas in English and creativity.  This time, participants can freely and creatively express their views on their hometown. Through this competition, they not only can develop their thinking and expression skills but also learn more about the atmosphere and culture of local and foreign cities through the eyes of their peers.

NSYSU students

Group 1:  DFLL students, EMI students, foreign students, and students who have more than 6 months abroad experience

Group 2: Non-English majored students

The competition is divided into two groups.  The first group is the foreign students, DFLL students and EMI program students.  The second group is non-English related students.  The topic of the competition is “My Hometown”.  Contestants will be judged based on their presentation expressive abilities, content, deportment, and creativity, with the winners receiving awards and prizes.  To encourage student to participate and express the organizers’ appreciation for the contestants’ instructors, all finalists will receive certificate of participation, and all instructors will receive letters of appreciation.

Topic

My city, my pride.

Preliminary phase

In the preliminary phase, a one to one and half-minute video must be uploaded to the following URL.  The way of introducing the hometown is not limited. Participants can use their creativity to describe the characteristics of their hometown in English and record it into a video.  The scoring criteria of the preliminary phase are the same as those of the final (see below). 15 contestants in each respective group will be selected for the final.

Final phase

The finalists will present on 12/17 (Fri.)

The presentation time is 5 minutes for each contestant, and the Q&A time is 3 minutes.

Contest schedule

Registration

Please upload the preliminary video to the following URL.https://forms.gle/gjNsXCpEk9QofD7h9

The format of the preliminary video MUST be mp4.. Contestants with incomplete information will not be allowed to participate, and no further notice will be given by the organizer.

The naming of the video file:

Full name + department level+ student number (e.g., Sun Yat-sen Si Wan College B051234567)

Finalists who use the PowerPoint file to introduce their hometown must submit the file by the deadline for compilation.

If two persons receive the same final score, the ranking will be determined by the higher scores of (1) English expressive ability (2) Content (3) Creativity (4) Deportment.

First Prize: Each contestant receives NT$5,000 and a certificate of award.

Second Prize: Each contestant receives NT$3,000 and a certificate of award.

Third Prize: Each contestant receives NT$2,000 and a certificate of award.

Outstanding Prize: Each contestant receives NT$5,000 and a certificate of award.

Superior Prize: Each contestant receives NT$200 and a certificate of award.

Schedule for the Final: December 17, 2021

Finalists must check in with their own student ID cards at 09:00-10:00 at the Registration Counter on the day of the final. Finalists will be disqualified if they present in the wrong order or do not appear on stage after being called three times.