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Time to Talk Public

Speaking Competition

Organised by the Regional NET Coordinating Luana Hasell of the
Team (RNCT), the Native-speaking English Teacher EDB NET Section.
(NET) Section, CDI and the Education Bureau (EDB), In addition to being
the Time to Talk Public Speaking Competition aims to complimented on their
engage students of all ability levels to: speech, students were
• learn public speaking techniques to hone their also praised for their
presentation skills; creativity. We would
• experiment with the use of English to develop like to congratulate all
confidence in front of an audience; participants. The top
• develop research, collaboration and IT skills to four teams were awarded their trophies
improve their communication skills; and in assembly, and they are:
st
• develop positive values and attitudes in the course 1 : 3A: Kuromi Cheung (5), Stephy Fong (10)
nd
of preparing for participation in the competition. 2 : 3A: Jasmine Chow (7), Leanne Lee (14), Hitomi
Leung (15), Lily Sum (23)
Students from the S3 Excel class worked in rd
teams of 2 – 4 to deliver a 3-5 minute public speech 3 : 3B: Kitty Li (20), Lammy Lam (16), Maggie Lui
in English, supported by the use of IT. The speech is (23), Annabelle Wong (29)
usually delivered face to face, but due to the pandemic, Merit : 3A: Ceci Leung (16), Ariel Lui (18), Fiona Siu
this year the competition was in the form of a video (22), Daisy Wong (28)
submission created on Zoom. The winning project was an eye-opening speech
about innovation leading the way, with the metaverse
Round One was held within our school, with
seven entries from the Excel class being judged by used as an example. This team, along with two
additional team members, will now re-enter the video
into Round 2, which is the final, and will be competing
against other schools in Hong Kong. We wish them all
the best.

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