Speech Contest英文演講比賽

　　The Beijing Xin Fuxue International Academy speech contest has become an annual tradition. Each year, Xin Fuxue students grades one through nine compete in our informative speech contest. Grades one, two and three receive set speech topics that pertain to their unit of inquiry currently covered in class. Grades four through nine receive a packet that contains a list of speech topics, sample speech, tips on public speaking, and a speech outline. Our foreign teaching staff coaches the young learners on the writing and delivery of their speech. Competition begins at grade level and winners continue competing through to the elementary and middle school finals. This year our finals were held in the Xin Fuxue Sunroom auditorium where students performed their speeches in front of the school. Our speech contest is an academic tool for our young learners plus training and participation for students representing Xin Fuxue in the Good Talk international speech competition.

　　The Xin Fuxue annual speech contest has become an important academic competition. The fear of public speaking is incredibly common, many times teachers complain that only a handful of students in any given classroom will not feel comfortable enough to talk in front of a class let alone the entire school. Our school aims to develop 21st-century skills. Young learners that participate in our speech contest will find they are far better prepared for delivering presentations in future classes.

　　Positive competition is a benefit from participation in the Xin Fuxue and Good Talk speech contests. Many of our students remember who past champions were and work hard to prepare speeches to reach the finals. Young learners work with each other and cheer for their peers showing support and comradery. Some of our finalist this year took the stage for the first time, however many of the students were returning to defend their speech title.

　　The speech contest starts with competition between students at their grade level. Top scores from 3-4 students per grade make it to the final round. The scoring is non-biased. We use middle school foreign teachers to judge elementary students and elementary foreign teachers are used to score middle school student speeches. A custom rubric is used that judges' students on ten different speech criterions, (introduction, body, conclusion, eye contact, use of language, body language, clarity, topic follows assignment adapted to the audience, visual aids and time). The speech contest has many benefits for our students.

　　Performing difficult tasks builds confidence. Our public speech contest and involvement in the Good Talk speech competition provides young learners the coaching to stand before their peers and deliver a speech with confidence.

　　Public speaking can improve a child’s academic performance. The experience acquired through the Xin Fuxue public speaking contest provides a boost in all other areas of their education. Many of our elementary and middle school classes require some sort of presentation in class. Speech training provides experience to deliver good speeches and improve student achievement.

　　The Xin Fuxue speech contest and training also improves a child’s listening skills. The experience of listening to other students speak helps young learners to become better listeners. The children are also exposed to a variety of opinions, viewpoints, and topics different from their own. Public speaking can improve a child's critical thinking skills. Students research and answer critical thinking questions in their classes. Analytical thought processes learned from public speaking can promote well-reasoned answers, communication, and papers.

　　新府學外國語學校英文演講比賽Speech Contest

　　北京市新府學外國語學校的英文演講比賽已成為一年一度的傳統(tǒng)項目。每年，新府學一年級至九年級的學生們都會全員參與到學校的演講比賽中。

　　一年級至三年級的學生們有固定的演講主題，這些主題與他們在課堂上討論的IPC探究單元相關，外教老師們帶著孩子們完成演講大綱的撰寫，再通過課堂上一起探究和搜集的素材，進行演講內(nèi)容的不斷完善，最后站在舞臺上進行演講。

　　四年級至九年級的學生們在比賽前的準備工作中，他們獲得了一個演講文件夾，里面包含演講主題、演講范例、演講技巧及演講大綱。他們獨立完成演講稿的撰寫，再由我們的外籍教師指導他們不斷進行修改和完善，并用自己的方式將內(nèi)容演繹出來，而不是簡單的誦稿。

　　比賽開始時采取同年級晉級的模式，優(yōu)勝者會參加小學組和初中組的決賽，最終參加全校的決賽。我們的英文演講比賽從學術方面給學生們提供了一個良好的總結(jié)學習機會，并鍛煉了他們的語言表達和自信，同時，在此次比賽中脫穎而出的學生也將參加Good Talk國際青少年演講比賽。

　　新府學年度演講比賽已成為學校一項重要的學術比賽，公眾演講的緊張及恐懼是很普遍的現(xiàn)象，尤其當孩子們站在大舞臺上用第二語言表達自己的思想時，對他們而言更是一項挑戰(zhàn)。在新府學，我們的目標是培養(yǎng)學生們具備適應21世紀的技能，參加演講比賽的學生們會發(fā)現(xiàn)，他們經(jīng)過一輪又一輪的磨練，在未來的演講中會表現(xiàn)得更好，也會越來越從容，這將來自于孩子們對自己語言表達的自信。

　　參加演講比賽的益處之一是讓孩子們了解了什么是積極的競爭，我們的許多學生都能記住往屆的是誰，也會努力準備演講，以進入決賽。學生們互相合作，為同伴加油，互相支持，建立友誼。今年，我們有一些新的小選手是次登臺，也有很多學生是連續(xù)三年參加英文演講比賽，他們表現(xiàn)出不一樣的狀態(tài)，無所謂好與壞，因為這個過程對于孩子們是的歷練與成長。

　　在演講比賽的備賽和參賽過程中，孩子們不僅提升了英文聽說讀寫的能力，更重要的是拓展了視野和認知，通過傾聽其他同學的演講內(nèi)容，他們接觸到各種不同于他們自己的觀點和話題，激發(fā)了孩子們的自主反思，提高了孩子們的批判性思維能力。當他們經(jīng)過一輪又一輪的晉級，最終自信地站在決賽的演講臺時，他們已經(jīng)是我們眼中最耀眼的星星，他們發(fā)自內(nèi)心的自信以及從眼神中散發(fā)的堅定，都讓我們?yōu)樗麄兏械綗o比自豪。