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Result List of 9th Year of the Competition

The awarded video cards have met the major criteria of the Competition. English was easy to understand, phonetically correct and the contestants also avoided basic filming mistakes, such as shooting against light backgrounds, shooting at noisy places without using a microphone or spoiling the spoken language by too loud music. The performance of the contestants in front of the camera was also satisfying. The effectiveness of the contestants in group work and the work of the teachers in leading and facilitating the pupils was also evident. Good preparation before the shooting was also visible. The winning video cards distinguished from most of the others also in the idea, which helped to succeed in the Competition.

The awarding Ceremony took place at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on May 19th. Total of 82 pupils and students were awarded. Ms Miroslava Kopicova, the Minister of Education took part in the event. The patron of the Competition was represented by Mr Alex Pykett, the Second Secretary of the Ambassador of the UK in the Czech Republic. Other dear guests were Mr. Petr Bratsky, Member of the Parliament with his spouse, Mr Pavel Drtina, director of the School Department of the Prague Magistrate, Mr Lawrence Benjamin and Ms Tana Rybenska from the British Council. The organising school ZS, Praha 13, Mladi 135, was represented by the headmaster of the school, Mr Jaroslav Vodicka. Bridge Publishing House was represented by Mr Jan Dosoudil. Among the guests there were representatives of the sponsors, jury members and a few foreign students, who take part in the Erasmus Mundus program in the Czech Republic.

All the speakers agreed that it is worth taking part in this Competition. They all appreciated the original forms of presenting and choice of information in the video cards, the level of English and also the sense of humour, which could be felt in the winning video card in the third group category from Usti nad Labem.

The ceremony took place in a very pleasant atmosphere and all the speakers appreciated also the work of the teachers behind the video cards who managed to motivate their pupils and students to gain such great results.
At the ceremony the organisers announced a new category for the anniversary tenth year of the Competition in collaboration with the BRIDGE Publishing House. This new category is to be addressed to students of the 1st and 2nd classes of the four year secondary schools and appropriate classes of the six and eight year secondary schools.

GROUP CATEGORY I:
pupils of 4th – 5th Classes of Elementary Schools

GROUP CATEGORY II:
pupils of 6th – 7th Classes of Elementary Schools and students of appropriate classes in Secondary Schools

The jury did not award the 1st place.

GROUP CATEGORY III:
pupils of 8th – 9th Classes of Elementary Schools and students of appropriate classes in Secondary Schools

The jury did not award the 2nd place.

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY I: pupils of 4th – 5th Classes of Elementary Schools

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY II:
pupils of 6th – 7th Classes of Elementary Schools and students of appropriate classes in Secondary Schools

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY III:
pupils of 8th – 9th Classes of Elementary Schools and students of appropriate classes in Secondary Schools

The organizers of the Competition would like to thank all the contestants, who sent in their contributions. We also thank all the teachers who led their pupils and students in the work and facilitated, advised and helped them. We also thank the schools, which contributed to the Competition for the second or third time, and we thank the newcomers who sent their films for the first time. Let us also thank all the people who helped and supported the contestants, parents, friends and acquaintances. We cordially thank Her Excellency, the Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms Sian MacLeod, Patron of the Competition. We also thank the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport for the patronage and the Town Hall of Prague 13, especially the Mayor of Prague 13 City District, Mr David Vodrážka for the support. Finally we thank all the sponsors.

The jury of the 9th year of the Competition:
Philip Bennet – Young Life, native speaker
Barbara Iverson – Young Life, native speaker
Jan Jirák - AV Park - video and film expert
Lenka Lánská - Department of the English Language and Literature of the Pedagogical Faculty of Charles University Prague, European Language Teacher of the year 2006 European Language Award LABEL
Doubravka Matulová – ZS, Praha 13, Mladi 135, EFL teacher, co-organizer of the Competition
Kristýna Poesová - Department of the English Language and Literature of the Pedagogical Faculty of Charles University Prague
Norbert Tlustý - ZS, Praha 13, Mladi 135, EFL teacher, author and co-organizer of the Competition, European Language Teacher of the year 2006 European Language Award LABEL
We kindly thank the members of the jury for their free time they spent on patient watching and careful judging of all video cards. Foreign students hosted by the Pedagogical Faculty of Charles University Prague in the Erasmus Mundus Program were guests of the jury.