THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION

Promoting international understanding through the English language

Patron: Her Majesty The Queen

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION

ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION, an international cultural organization with its headquarters in London, UK, is delighted to announce the Public Speaking Competition, that will be organized on March 14, 2015 in Chisinau. The aim of this competition is to promote both cultural communication and education through the English language. It has three overall objectives:

• to give young people practical experience in the fundamental skills of public speaking;

• to give students from a variety of countries and backgrounds a chance to meet, exchange views and form friendships;

• to provide a focus for the learning of effective English and communication skills among young people in countries where English is not the first language.

The competition is open to students aged between 16 and 20 in full-time education at the time of the competition.

The participants will have to make a five minute speech in front of the public.

In 2015 the theme of the National Public Speaking Competition is

“To be Ignorant of the Past is to Remain a Child’’. Speakers may interpret the theme in any way they see fit, but they should not use the theme as their title.

The winner of the national public speaking competition will be granted a Diploma and participate at the finals of the International Public Speaking Competition in London, UK, that will be held during Monday 11 May 2015 to Friday 15 May 2015.

To register for the competition please submit a motivation letter to the following e-mails: ecaterina_crecicovschi@hotmail.com; enofreiciuc@hotmail.com by March 10, 2015. The Competition will take place at Moldova State University ( Kogalniceanu, 65) in the British Culture Center. Only those selected will be invited to the competition.

For further details on the Competition and to access Public Speaking Manual please visit www.esu.org.