Speech Contest英文演讲比赛

　　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.

　　新府学外国语学校英文演讲比赛Speech Contest

　　北京市新府学外国语学校的英文演讲比赛已成为一年一度的传统项目。每年，新府学一年级至九年级的学生们都会全员参与到学校的演讲比赛中。

　　一年级至三年级的学生们有固定的演讲主题，这些主题与他们在课堂上讨论的IPC探究单元相关，外教老师们带着孩子们完成演讲大纲的撰写，再通过课堂上一起探究和搜集的素材，进行演讲内容的不断完善，最后站在舞台上进行演讲。

　　四年级至九年级的学生们在比赛前的准备工作中，他们获得了一个演讲文件夹，里面包含演讲主题、演讲范例、演讲技巧及演讲大纲。他们独立完成演讲稿的撰写，再由我们的外籍教师指导他们不断进行修改和完善，并用自己的方式将内容演绎出来，而不是简单的诵稿。

　　比赛开始时采取同年级晋级的模式，优胜者会参加小学组和初中组的决赛，最终参加全校的决赛。我们的英文演讲比赛从学术方面给学生们提供了一个良好的总结学习机会，并锻炼了他们的语言表达和自信，同时，在此次比赛中脱颖而出的学生也将参加Good Talk国际青少年演讲比赛。

　　新府学年度演讲比赛已成为学校一项重要的学术比赛，公众演讲的紧张及恐惧是很普遍的现象，尤其当孩子们站在大舞台上用第二语言表达自己的思想时，对他们而言更是一项挑战。在新府学，我们的目标是培养学生们具备适应21世纪的技能，参加演讲比赛的学生们会发现，他们经过一轮又一轮的磨练，在未来的演讲中会表现得更好，也会越来越从容，这将来自于孩子们对自己语言表达的自信。

　　参加演讲比赛的益处之一是让孩子们了解了什么是积极的竞争，我们的许多学生都能记住往届的冠军是谁，也会努力准备演讲，以进入决赛。学生们互相合作，为同伴加油，互相支持，建立友谊。今年，我们有一些新的小选手是第一次登台，也有很多学生是连续三年参加英文演讲比赛，他们表现出不一样的状态，无所谓好与坏，因为这个过程对于孩子们是最好的历练与成长。

　　在演讲比赛的备赛和参赛过程中，孩子们不仅提升了英文听说读写的能力，更重要的是拓展了视野和认知，通过倾听其他同学的演讲内容，他们接触到各种不同于他们自己的观点和话题，激发了孩子们的自主反思，提高了孩子们的批判性思维能力。当他们经过一轮又一轮的晋级，最终自信地站在决赛的演讲台时，他们已经是我们眼中最耀眼的星星，他们发自内心的自信以及从眼神中散发的坚定，都让我们为他们感到无比自豪。