THE ENGLISH CLUB OF ZÁKLADNÍ ŠKOLA, PRAHA 13, MLÁDÍ 135 www.zsmladi.cz under the auspices of the Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Czech Republic the auspices of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic and under support of Municipality of Praha 13 City District ANNOUNCES the 9th Year of the Nation-wide Competition
VIDEO CARD FROM MY TOWN
FOR:
This competition is aimed at pupils of all kinds of basic schools and students of the relevant classes of 6 and 8-year secondary schools in the Czech Republic.
INDIVIDUALS AND ALSO GROUPS:
Category I - pupils of 4th and 5th classes of basic schools (ZŠ)
Category II - pupils of 6th and 7th classes of basic schools (ZŠ) and students of the relevant classes of 6 and 8-year-secondary schools
Category III - pupils of 8th and 9th classes of basic schools (ZŠ) and students of the relevant classes of 6 and 8-year-secondary schoolssecondary schools
WHAT:
Contributors have to shoot a short video card in English introducing the place where they live.
DEADLINE:
Send the application form and your contribution by the end of March 2010.
WHERE:
Send the filled in application form and contribution on a VHS video cassette or DVD disc (not CD) in ”DVD-video” format“ to the organisers:
ZŠ, Praha 13, Mládí 135
Anglický klub
Mládí 135
155 00 Praha 13 - Stodůlky
You may not send more than one contribution on one video cassette or one DVD disc.
You have to mention the following data on your video cassette or DVD disc in the appropriate category:
In the categories of groups:
- name of the video card
- name of school
- address of school
- full name of the teacher
- contact e-mail
- contact telephone
- CATEGORY
- number of pupils (students)
- full names of the authors
In the categories of individuals:
- name of the video card
- full name of the individual competitor
- home address of the competitor
- contact e-mail
- contact telephone
- CATEGORY
- name of school
- address of school
- full name of the teacher
- contact e-mail
- contact telephone
Not requested contributions are not returned.
APPLICATION FORMS
Print here: for individuals | for groups
RULES:
The video card has to be recorded in English. The following time limits are valid for both categories of individuals and groups (the minimum of the time limit has to be reached):
| for the 1st Categories | - 2 to 3 minutes |
| for the 2nd Categories | - 3 to 4 minutes |
| for the 3rd Categories | - 4 to 5 minutes. |
The jury of the competition tolerates 30 seconds over the limit. When this maximum limit is exceeded, one penalty point will be charged for each 10 seconds over the limit. Do not count titles into the time limit.
BASIC CRITERIA OF EVALUATION:
The jury mainly judges the CONTENT, CREATIVITY, LANGUAGE (comprehensibility, pronunciation, grammatical correctness, richness of vocabulary), EFFECTIVENESS OF THE USE OF THE LANGUAGE (how much language is used), EFFECTIVENESS OF THE USE OF ALL PUPILS IN THE CATEGORIES OF GROUPS (effective use of the potential of the pupils or students in the group), WHOLE IMPRESSION, TECHNICAL IMPRESSION.
Though the form of the film and technical quality are not the principal criteria of evaluation, satisfactory quality of the sound is essential for the comprehensibility of the spoken language. Spoken English should not be suppressed by the accompanying music.
First of all the competitors should be screenwriters, actors and directors of their video card. Teachers of English will surely help pupils and students in the categories of groups or individuls and parents will support their children in the categories of individuals. The video card should be shot by a person with some basic knowledge and experience of operating the camera.
WHY:
The competition motivates English learning, supports learners’ progress in communicative skills in the target language, creativity of the learners and teachers and it also helps to broaden the use of video technique as a unique language teaching and learning tool. It also helps to improve the quality of EFL teaching in schools in the Czech Republic.
POSSIBLE PRIZES:
The winners might win English books, textbooks, dictionaries, magazines, weekly langure stays and electronic devices. By the end of April 2010 the list of final results will be put on the web page of the competition containing the nominated groups and individuals for the three main prizes. The authors of the nominated pictures will be invited to the final awarding ceremony to be held in May 2010.
FREQUENT ASKED QUESTIONS, TIPS, TRICKS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WORK
can be find here
NEXT QUESTIONS
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We thank our sponsors for the donated prizes and support.
Authors and organisers of the competition: Norbert Tlustý and Doubravka Matulová in cooperation with all teachers of English at ZŠ, Praha 13, Mládí 135, Czechia.
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