On Nov. 9th, Zhao Junhua, a student from SFL of SWJTU, won the Silver Medal of 2014 “FLTRP Cup” English Public Speaking Contest of Sichuan Province in Wenhua Activity Center on Wangjiang Campus of Sichuan University, securing the ticket to the National Final in Beijing on behalf of Sichuan province. In the contest, Zhao Junhua received thundering applause from judges and audience with her fluent oral English and quick-witted remarks.
43 contestants from different Universities in Sichuan province jostled for the honor. After a day-long fierce competition, Zhao Junhua and Liu Wanting, both from SFL of SWJTU, pulled down the Sliver Medal and the Outstanding Award respectively.
SFL Vice Dean Tang Yueqing and foreign teacher Jenny Krohman were invited as judge and question master. Song Meihua and Qin Feng, SFL teachers, assumed the role as supervisors and they gave the two contestants instructions and trained them before the competition. The two supervisors also attended the whole day competition.
The National “FLTRP Cup” English Public Speaking Contest is organized by the prestigious Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, co-organized by FLT Advisory Board and ELT Advisory Board under the Ministry Education. It is the top English public speech competition with nationwide influence on the improvement of college students’ English speech ability and classified as a state-level competition by SWJTU. SFL attaches great importance to this competition and holds screening competitions on the class, department, school and university levels respectively every year to select the most talented candidates and to create a good English-learning environment on the campus. This competition has being continuously brought fruitful results.