The 5th “Southeast Asian languages competition” held by the New Taipei City Education Bureau attracts more than 1000 participants

To arouse students’ interest and motivation in learning Southeast Asian languages, and to provide the best stage for students to show their learning achievements, the New Taipei City Education Bureau (新北市政府教育局) has launched the “Southeast Asian languages competition” in 2016 and has entered its fifth year. The contest is divided into three categories, including group reciting (團體朗讀組), kindergarten song singing (幼兒園歌謠) & parent-child song singing (親子歌謠).

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New Taipei City has been promoting the “Southeast Asian languages competition”. (Photo / Provided by the New Taipei City Education Bureau)

The chief of Education Department, New Taipei City Government - Chang Ming-wen (張明文), stated that the New Taipei City has been promoting the “Southeast Asian languages competition”. Through competitions, teachers and students can master the knowledge of learning languages and at the same time to have fun during the process. A performance stage is provided for students to showcase their achievements.

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The competition has attracted more than a thousand participants. (Photo / Provided by the New Taipei City Education Bureau)

The “group reciting” enables students to show their familiarity with pronunciation and intonation and emphasizes the spirit of team cooperation. Both “kindergarten song singing” and “parent-child song singing” allow students to show teamwork as well as their overall costumes & deportment according to the themes chosen.

The competition would let parents be willing to support their children in learning of new immigrants' languages. At the same time to provide an opportunity for students to gain confidence and enthusiasm for learning.