Grade 3 and 4 English Speech Contest!

Last Monday was the start of the English speech contests for my school. Students from grade 3 to grade 6 were responsible for writing a speech in English, obviously, and then one group from each class would be chosen to compete. Monday was the grade 3's, so I was responsible for judging the contest along with my co-teacher Enee. The students did really well considering their age level, but some of them really struggled to answer my interview questions at the end of their speeches. Here are some pictures from the grade 3 speech contest: 

This is me and Enee introducing the students to the judging criteria and wishing the contestants good luck. 

These are two of the grade 3 contestants, who matched their outfits for the contest. 

Unfortunately, these are the only pictures I have of the grade 3 English speech contest. I will try to find some more pictures on my school's website.

Tuesday was the grade 4 English speech contest, so myself and my grade 4 English co-teacher were the judges. Here are some pictures from the grade 4 speech contest: 

The principal gave a speech at the beginning of each speech contest and it was at least 10 minutes long and rather boring. I'm sometimes glad I don't understand korean. 

This is Tae-ho and Changmin from the 4-1 class. They were the winners of the 2009 English Speech Contest. Their topic, 'What Happened to the Polar Bears?' - on Global Warming. Tae-ho won the contest last year in grade 3 as well. his topic last year, was 'Poverty in Africa.' 

These two girls were really enjoyable to listen to, but their pronunciation and fluency was not that great. 

The grade 3's and 4's were very enjoyable to watch and listen too. Some of the topics were very in depth for their age level, while other topics were simple and basic. I was really proud of the students and it's nice to know the English I'm teaching them is paying off.