Author:Undergraduate League Branch of the Department of Linguistics Class of 2021 Yubo Dong Xinyi Peng

To help the freshmen to adapt into their new campus life more quickly and practice their oral English skills, on the afternoon of October 17, 2021, The Oral English Contest for the Freshmen of the Department of Linguistics was held. The contest includes three parts: self-introduction by the contestants (one-minute time limit), prepared speech (Red Star Over China), and questions-and-answers.

The host announced the start of the oral contest.

Self-introduction by the contestants

In the self-introduction session, three contestants introduced themselves respectively, which left a deep impression on the judges and the audience.

Contestants introduce themselves.

Prepared speech

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and The Oral English Contest for the Freshmen also follow the theme of "Red Stars over China". It is not only a ability test for the players to tell the stories of China in English, but also a great opportunity for them to deepen their understanding of China’s remarkable development. In this session, the contestants show a confident and high-spirited posture to tell China stories in their eyes. From them, we saw the vigorous vitality of the new era and our country.

Questions and Answers

Teacher Feng Ye and Teacher Meng Xue give their comments.

Finally, Zhang Bomiao is picked out to represent the Department of Linguistics to participate in the 23rd Oral English Contest of Beijing Language and Culture University.We look forward to his wonderful performance. We also hope that the students of the Department of Linguistics can shine on more stages.

A group photo of the contestants.