*2012 Chinese Speech Contest*
The Confucius Institute at Portland State University (CI-PSU) is glad to announce that a Chinese Speech Contest will be held on 9:00am-12:30pm, May 6th, 2012 on the PSU campus. Specific arrangements and rules of participation are made as follows:
1. Time for Chinese Speech Contest: 9:00am-12:30pm, May 6th, 2012 (Sunday)
2. Participants eligibility: Anyone studying Chinese as a second/foreign language or in a Chinese immersion program can sign up for the contest. Contesters will be grouped into Group A (for elementary school students), Group B (for middle school students), Group C (for high school students) and Group D (for college and graduate students and adults).
3. Topics for speech contest (Please choose one from the following topics. Topics with an asterisk are for Group D only.):
China and I (我与中国)
My Experience in China (亲历中国)
My Days in China (我在中国的日子)
The Chinese Language Enriched My Life （汉语丰富了我的人生）
My Chinese Teacher （我的汉语老师）
My Chinese Companion （我的中国伙伴）
My China Dream （我的中国梦）
China, My Second Home （中国，我的第二故乡）
I Traveled in China （我在中国旅行）
Happiness in Learning Chinese （快乐学汉语）
*A Comparative View of Chinese & US Cultures （中美文化比较）
*Chinese & American Peoples （中美两国人民）
Why Do I Learn Chinese （我为什么要学中文）
My Favorite Chinese Food （我喜欢的中国饮食）
*China-US Relations in My Eyes （中美关系之我见）
*China-US Relations in the Next 30 Years Down the Road （未来30年中美关系展望）
4. Requirements for the speech contest: The contester should deliver a speech on one of the above topics for no longer than 5 minutes in Mandarin Chinese with correct pronunciation and fair fluency. Due attention should also be paid to speech manners. Contestants are required to recite the speech without reference to the written content. Speech with reference to the written content will lose 20% of its score.
5．A panel of judges will select winners of the 1st (1 winner), 2nd (2 winners) and 3rd (3 winners) places from each group.
6. Certificates of winning will be issued and awards will be given to contest winners. The 1st place winners will be recommended to participate in the Chinese Bridge Speech Contest sponsored by Hanban China.
7. Participants please email the completed registration form to ; send snail mail or drop off your completed registration form to the following address by 5:00 PM, Monday, April 30th, 2012.
Download Registration Form
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For questions, please email
or call 503-725-9810.
Confucius Institute at PSU
Portland State University
P.O. Box 751, OIA-CI (632 SW Hall Street Room 306)
Portland, OR 97207-0751