Tunghai University-News--Chinese Language Center’s Photo, Writing, and Speaking Contest Came to an End Successfully

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Chinese Language Center’s Photo, Writing, and Speaking Contest Came to an End Successfully

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Date : 2020-05-13

The Chinese Language Center(CLC) of Tunghai University holds The “Photo, Writing, and Speaking Contest” was held by every spring semester. This is the 8th year and it was held on April 29th at the Language Building. Due to the COVID-19 situation, this year’s contest only allowed the participants, judges, and staff members to be at the competition area and safe social distance measures were observed ; all other students who were interested in watching the competition were asked to watch in their own classrooms in order to prevent cluster infection. The whole contest was live-broadcasted on Facebook, and the broadcast was set up at every CLC classroom for students to watch and to cheer for their classmates or friends with real-time responses on Facebook!

Chief International Officer of the Office of International Relations, Dr. Annie Y. Tsai, giving an opening speech to encourage the participants

The Chief International Officer of the Office of International Relations, Dr. Annie Y. Tsai, also personally attended the competition to encourage the 26 participants. In her speech, she mentioned that the learning of a language will affect how a person thinks and processes messages. According to many research, brains of bilingual speakers start up in a different way when processing messages, which make them view the world with a different perspective and a multi-cultural aspect. This will also help them to be more flexible when facing different situations. She also gave recognition to all teachers of the CLC for working hard in teaching and nurturing the students, and hoped that the students would show the fruits of their labor in the contest.

Right: Participant from Canada,Left: Participant from Japan

The photo and report given by the students were all amazing! Every photo taken is from the heart of the student’s during their visit of Taiwan; every word written is their reflection on all things they saw and heard in daily life or while travelling. The content of their work included Taiwan’s beauty in human relation, cultural customs, historic building, foods, and views; “COVID-19”also became one of the content this year in students’ work, which is the real reflection of their current lives. All works presented are very wonderful and valuable!

Other than the contest, Dr. Tsai also came to the Center with CLC Director, Dr. Mei-Hui Liu, to visit the students and teachers. She gave thanks to the teachers who put their full effort in teaching the students, cared for the students’ learning condition, and encouraged everyone to continue improving their language skills and cherish their stay at Tunghai University.

Group Picture of Judges, Participants, and the Director of Chinese Language Center (front, 4th from the left)

This year due to the spread of COVID-19, the CLC cancelled many student events, and only Photo, Writing, and Speaking Contest was allowed. In order to make up for the absence of students’ teachers to cheer for the participants, the CLC used Facebook live-broadcast, which became a new advertising tool. There were 1573 views by the time this article is posted. Every year CLC holds the Photo, Writing, and Speaking Contest to provide a platform for students to show themselves, This event also plants the seed of hope in the center. This year’s contest was broadcast through social media, which not only connects all alumni, but also connects to the world beyond!

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