Activities & Events
2020 "Chinese Bridge"
Chinese Proficiency Competition for Secondary School Students in Thailand
oncordian International School won another C highly renowned contest, 2020 Chinese Bridge: Chinese Proficiency/Speech Competition for Secondary School Students in Thailand (汉语桥泰 国中文演讲大赛), organized by the Thai Ministry of Education, CLEC-Bangkok, etc. This year, 50 contestants were selected to enter the 2nd round out of hundreds of participants from all over Thailand, and eventually only 8 contestants made it to the final round, two of whom were from Concordian. It was Concordian’s first time participating in this annual national speech competition and our students Sheen (Grade 7) and Pleng (Grade 10) both won the Bronze Award! Concordian also received a Contribution Award as a recognition of our outstanding results.
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Due to the covid restrictions, the competitions and awarding ceremony were mostly held online during I might not do well but in the end things worked out, and I assure you that this event could really benefit the winter break. you. As they say, you won’t know if you don’t try. Ms. Min, Secondary School Vice Principal of Learning & Teaching, and the Secondary School Pleng (Grade 10): After being informed that I could Chinese Department join the speaking competition in the last 2 days Sheen (Grade 7): This year’s 汉语桥演讲比 before the competition, there were many challenges 赛 was really eventful, filled with excitement and that I faced throughout the preparation time. As determination, I participated in this marvelous event. I needed to start writing the script about the chosen Not only did this event hone my skills and convince topic yet memorize it within 2 days, I had to admit that me into becoming the best of myself but also taught it was very difficult for me, especially because Chinese me valuable lessons: how confidence plays a vital language is not my mother language. However, role in expressing my ideas, and how creativity can in only 2 days, I realized that I had gained a lot of drastically improve speeches. I also learned where experience throughout the preparation. One big my strengths are and where I needed to improve lesson I learned was that opportunities can come to that way I can slowly learn from my mistakes and us anytime, and we should always prepare ourselves gradually improve. Furthermore, the event helped for the opportunity. Although I wasn’t able to finish refine my Chinese skills, not only in speaking but my speech plus wasn’t that fluent, the preparation also in creating, writing text, further enhancing my process allowed me to spend more time developing skills as an individual. Boosting my confidence and my Chinese. On the other hand, I believe that the my critical thinking skills. Additionally, this fantastic speech I made would be impossible without the help event gave me something that is essential to life, to of my teachers. Not only did they give me productive advancement, to development, it gave me feedback, but they also spent their time during the experience. Experience in talking, experience in holiday checking on me whether or not I feel ready or creating, experience in everything, because I need any help. Therefore, despite the fact that my experience can’t hurt you but only to assist you in speech may not be as good as how I expected it to learning and enhancing. I believe that this event can be, I had gained more confidence from spending my aid you along the road of life, teach you valuable time to develop my Chinese speaking skills yet reallessons, and do you good, giving you the experience ized that my teachers would always be there for me of a lifetime. At first, I was nervous and afraid that whenever I need help.