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2013 Chinese Speech, Composition, Calligraphy & Talent Contests
The Confucius Institute at Portland State University (CIPSU) is pleased to announce the 2013
Chinese Speech, Composition, Calligraphy & Talent Contests to be held on Sunday, May 19th at
PSU. Specific arrangements and rules of participation are as follows:
Composition, Pen & Brush-Pen Calligraphy Contests *
1. Deadline for registration and submitting compositions and calligraphy works for
2013 Chinese Speech, Composition, Calligraphy & Talent Contests: April 30,
2013
Please send your composition in Chinese characters in the Word format via
email to: cipsu@pdx.edu; please send the calligraphy works to:
By Mail (post marked on/by 4/30:
Confucius Institute at
Portland State University
P.O. Box 751, OIA-CI
Portland, OR 97207-0751
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In Person / Drop off by 5:00 PM on 4/30:
Confucius Institute at PSU
306 East Hall
632 SW Hall Street
Portland, OR 97201
*Please include your email address and phone number when sending your composition,
Pen & Brush-Pen Calligraphy works
2. Eligibility of Participation: Anyone studying Chinese as a second/foreign
language or in a Chinese immersion program can sign up for the contests.
Contestants will be grouped into: Group A (for K2-5 grades students), Group B (for
K6-8 grades students), Group C (for K9-12 grades students) and Group D (for
college and graduate students and adults).
3. Topics for compositions (Please choose one from the following topics.)
Why do I like China and
Chinese people?
Who do I like Chinese
Language and Chinese
Culture?
Why do I learn Chinese?
My Chinese Teacher(s)
My Chinese /American
/Foreign friend(s)
The importance of
learning Chinese
My family and friends
My favorite class/course
at school

An unforgettable
Chinese class
An unforgettable trip to
China
My impression about
China
A Comparative view of
Chinese & US Cultures
What are similarities
and differences between
China and the US
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What are similarities
and differences between
Chinese people and
American people?
How does my teacher
teach Chinese?
How do I learn Chinese?
4. Requirements for the composition contest:
1) The composition is limited to 300-500 characters (for Groups A & B) and 500-
800 characters (for Group C and D)
2) Grading method/criterion: 30% for meaningful content, 30% for sentence
structure, 20% for choice of words and 20% for Chinese characters.
Speech Contest:
1. Time for the Chinese Speech Contest: 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM, May 19, 2013
(Sunday)
2. Venue of the Speech Contest: Classrooms in PSU School of Business Building.
The opening and awarding ceremony will be held in SBA 190 (631 SW Harrison
Street, Portland OR 97201). Rooms for each group’s contest will be assigned at the
opening ceremony.
3. Participants please fill in the attached registration form and send it by email to:
cipsu@pdx.edu before April 30, 2013 or drop off to the CIPSU’s office by 5:00 PM
on April 30 th (632 SW Hall Street, Room 306, Portland, OR 97201)
4. Eligibility of Participation: Anyone studying Chinese as a second/foreign
language or in a Chinese immersion program can sign up for the contests.
Contestants will be grouped into: Group A (for K2-5 grades students), Group B (for

K6-8 grades students), Group C (for K9-12 grades students) and Group D (for
college and graduate students and adults).
5. Requirements for the speeches contest:
1) Each speech contestant must deliver a speech on one of the following topics for
no longer than 4 minutes in Standard Putonghua Chinese with
correct pronunciation, tones and fair fluency. Due attention should also be paid
to speech manners.
2) A panel of judges consisting of 3-5 native Chinese language teachers will be
formed to select winners of the 1st (1 winner), 2nd (2 winners) and 3 rd (3
winners) places for each group based on scores each contestant obtains.
6. Topics for the speech contest (Please choose one):
Why do I like China and
Chinese people?
Who do I like Chinese
Language and Chinese
Culture?
Why do I learn Chinese?
My Chinese Teacher(s)
My Chinese friend(s)
The importance of
learning Chinese
My family and friends
My favorite class/course
at school
An unforgettable
Chinese class
An unforgettable trip to
China
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My impression about
China
A Comparative view of
Chinese & US Cultures
What are similarities
and differences between
China and the US?
What are similarities
and differences between
Chinese people and
American people?
How does my teacher
teach Chinese?
How do I learn Chinese?
7. Certificates of winning will be issued and awards will be given to contest winners.
All the participants will each be given a souvenir.

8. Each contestants can participate in one or more contests, i.e., speech, writing,
calligraphy, talent show etc.
9. Participants please fill in the attached registration form and send it by email to:
cipsu@pdx.edu before April 30, 2013.
Talent Contest:
1. Time for the Talent Contest: 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM, May 19, 2013 (Sunday)
2. Venue of the Talent Contest: Classrooms in PSU School of Business Building.
The opening and awarding ceremony will be held in SBA 190 (631 SW Harrison
Street, Portland OR 97201). Rooms for each group’s contest will be assigned at the
opening ceremony.
3. Participants please fill in the attached registration form and send it by email to:
cipsu@pdx.edu before April 30, 2013 or drop off to the CIPSU’s office by 5:00 PM
on April 30 th (632 SW Hall Street, Room 306, Portland, OR 97201)
4. Eligibility of Participation: Anyone studying Chinese as a second/foreign
language or in a Chinese immersion program can sign up for the contests.
Contestants will be grouped into: Group A (for K2-5 grades students), Group B (for
K6-8 grades students), Group C (for K9-12 grades students) and Group D (for
college and graduate students and adults).
5. Requirements for the Talent Contest:
Every speech contestant is required to give a five-minute Chinese culture talent
show. The talent show includes, but is not limited to, singing, playing musical
instruments, dancing, magic performance, on-site painting/drawing, etc.
6. Certificates of winning will be issued and awards will be given to contest winners.
All the participants will each be given a souvenir.
7. Each contestants can participate in one or more contests, i.e., speech, writing,
calligraphy, talent show etc.
8. Participants please fill in the attached registration form and send it by email to:
cipsu@pdx.edu before April 30, 2013.
9. For questions, please email cipsu@pdx.edu or call 503-725-9810 9:00 am-6:00pm,
Monday through Friday.
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Confucius Institute at Portland State University
March 19, 2013