On March 13th, The 2016 CCTV Hope Star International Oral English city finals competition was held at Canadian Foreign Language School in Cambridgeshire Garden. After the preliminary rounds, some competitors, who came from Nancun town and our school’s surrounding areas, succeeded in clinching a spot to continue to the city finals. Our distinguished judges came from the Guangdong English committee.

CCTV Hope Star International Oral English Competition is an educational program that is broadcasted simultaneously in more than 100 cities across the country. The competition has been held annually since 2000 and since then it’s had a huge impact on China and it’s media. Furthermore, the program is famous for its unparalleled academic status. Today, over one hundred million people participate in the event, thousands in Guangzhou alone, and it’s considered the biggest competition of its kind in the country. Now in 2016 we had the honor and privilege of hosting the CCTV Hope Star International Oral English Competition sub-Division for the first time in our school’s history!

Even though it was raining, it was not affect the parents and students’ enthusiasm at all. During the competition, the students showed their wonderful talent, humorous English scene description, word spelling and question answering. All the players spoke  English fluently, whether their standard pronunciation or humorous performances won the great applauses from the judges. 

The competition is meaningful, it does not only cultivate the students’ sense to participate in activities actively, but also improve the students’ enthusiasm and initiative to learn English. Thanks for all the players to show us a wonderful English performance. We wish all the players to get an outstanding achievement come to participate in the provincial finals English competition, come on!