Huang Yuhua, student of School of Business at Macau University of Science and Technology, won the 2nd prize at the 23rd “21st Century - Coca-Cola Cup” National English Speaking Competition, which was held in Hangzhou.
The “21st Century Coca-Cola cup” National English Speaking Competition was launched by China Daily in 1996; after twenty-two years’ development, the Competition has become recognized as the highest level English competition in China, and has been regarded as a grand annual event by the Chinese English teaching community.
The intense competition consists of three rounds: prepared speech, impromptus speech, and the Q&A session. With her fluent English, standard pronunciation, elegant stage presence, agile mind and excellent critical thinking skills, Huang Yuhua, won the 2nd prize at the national final, ranking among the top 30 out of the 72 finalists. Her good performance also bears testimony to the achievements of the general education program of MUST. Her tutor, Dr. Lei Kai Cheong, also won the 2nd prize in the Best Tutor Award.
The national competition usually starts in May every year and ends in April of the following year, and is comprised of several stages: screening interviews on the Internet, campus-wide selections, speaking tests on the phone, and regional finals; out of over 100,000 contestants from around 1,000 higher institutions from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau, 72 regional winners (top three of each region) are selected to enter the national final. The Competition invites top-level experts from well-known international English teaching organizations, media organizations, foreign embassies in China, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and renowned national and international universities, to serve as the judges for the Competition. Over a million people participated in or watch the competition. The official website of the Competition and many well-known mainland Chinese media organizations provide detailed coverage for the event.
