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Hong Kong Schools

Speech Festival

Here at Buddhist Yip Kei Nam Memorial College,
we believe that the key to second-language learning begins
with speaking. In saying that, we do our level best to provide
students with key opportunities for public speaking. One of the ways
we do this is by being consistently involved in the Hong Kong Schools
Speech Festival. The Hong Kong School Speech Festival is a city-wide
speech competition garnering more than 70,000 competitors each year. It
is very often regarded as one of the most esteemed annual events of Arts
education in Hong Kong.

Students who compete in this competition and come back
with success show higher levels of confidence and, as a result,
demonstrate higher levels of fluency. Throughout the years,
we have had some excellent results from students taking
part in the HKSSF; this is a trend we would like to
continue. This year, we sent a total of 70 students to
compete in the solo-verse division of the Hong Kong
Schools Speech Festival.

Owing to pandemic restrictions, we were compelled to
change the entire training process. Both teachers
and students worked hard despite all the social
distancing regulations; from audio-visual
recording exchanges to online training,
everyone worked hard to ensure
students maximised their learning
opportunities during this
unorthodox time.

Despite all the hiccups, our
students gave it their all and were able
to produce some truly fantastic work.
Unfortunately, they were not able to perform
in front of a live audience this year. Instead, they
faced the cameras. We are glad to be able to say
that our talented students took to the change like ducks
to water. They churned out some of their best work, not
compromising on creativity, fluency or confidence.

We are incredibly proud of our students’ enthusiasm and
adaptability and hope to see them shine once again next year. We would
also like to extend our deepest gratitude to the teaching staff as well as the
parents who supported us throughout this endeavour.

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