| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, March 23, 2013 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM | External Event, Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., University of Toronto |
SPEECH CONTEST
1. Deadline for Online Application & Speech Submission: Saturday March 2 , 2013
Application is accepted online at the TKSC homepage (http://www.utoronto.ca/csk/speech/index.html)
Speech submission: tksc2013@gmail.com
2. Qualifications:
Applicants must satisfy all of the following criteria:
18 years of age or older
Not enrolled in a secondary school at the time of the contest
Not a native speaker of Korean
Qualify for one of the contest categories
Note: Applicants do not need to be attending a post-secondary institution at the time of the contest. If any questions arise regarding applicants’ qualifications, the Organizing Committee’s decision will be final. Past contestants and winners are eligible to participate. However, past first place prize winners are not allowed to participate in the same category in which the prize was won.
3. Categories:
(1) Beginner
Not have a parent/guardian who is a native speaker of Korean
Studied the Korean language for less than 130 hours
Not stayed in Korea for more than a total of three months after the age of six
Note: It is presumed that the “parent(s)” lived with the applicant until the applicant finished secondary school. “Hours of study” means the number of instruction hours of Korean language study. Hours of study should include all hours of Korean language study, including private lessons, by the time of the contest.
(2) Intermediate
Not have a parent/guardian who is a native speaker of Korean
Studied the Korean language for less than 260 hours
Not stayed in Korea for more than a total of six months after the age of six
(3) Advanced
Not have a parent/guardian who is a native speaker of Korean
No limit on hours of study
Not stayed in Korea for more than a total of six months after the age of six
Note: Applicants who have stayed in Korea for more than a total of six months must apply for the Open category.
(4) Open
No limit on hours of study
Can have either or both parents/guardian who are native speakers of Korean as long as the applicant is studying Korean as a foreign/heritage language
If born in Korea, can have stayed in Korea for up to 4 years of age from birth
4. Speech Title and Content:
Applicants should:
Submit speech to the Committee at time of application
Choose own title and subject of their speech
Write own speech
Memorize the speech
Note: Reading or using cue cards will be subject to demerit points. Small disparities between the written speech and the oral presentation will not be subject to penalty as long as the content is the same.
5. Speech Length:
Beginner: 3 minutes
Intermediate: 4 minutes
Advanced & Open: 5 minutes
Note: Contestants who exceed the time limits will be subject to demerit points.
Speech Samples: Beginner l Intermediate l Advanced l Open
Speech Presentation
6. Judges and Evaluation Criteria:
Panel of three judges comprised of individuals involved in the Korean-Canadian community in Ontario
Speeches assessed according to content, grammar, organization, presentation and pronunciation
7. Certificates and prizes:
All contestants will be awarded a participation certificate and a souvenir
Top 3 winners in each category will be awarded prizes
One Grand Prize Winner across all categories will be awarded a place in 2013 Summer Regular Program at Korea University in Seoul, Korea plus a round-trip airline ticket*
* Some restrictions apply including blackout dates.
QUIZ CONTEST
– Open to all non-native speakers of Korean.
– Application is accepted on-site. (Free gifts and Korean food provided for contestants.)
– The format of the quiz is similar to Korean Golden Bell Quiz. (Participants submitting wrong answers are eliminated.)
– Question items include (but not limited to) the topics of K-pop, K-drama, food, tourism, and culture.
– Questions are provided in English.
– Contestants may write answers either in English or in Korean.
– The final 3 contestants will be awarded prizes. The top finalist will be awarded a LG TV and a place in 2013 Summer Korean Language Program in the Catholic University of Korea (airfare not included).
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