News Express: UM student wins third prize in national foreign language contest
新聞快訊：澳大學生於外語賽獲全國季軍
李響（右）於全國大學生外語能力大賽獲季軍
Li Xiang (right) wins a third prize in a national foreign language contest
澳大學生於外語賽獲全國季軍
澳門大學學生李響在2024“外研社‧國才杯”全國大學生外語能力大賽國賽表現出色，在英語組國際傳播綜合能力賽項中獲得全國季軍。比賽在全國共有31個省千餘所院校約70萬名學生參加。經過10個月的初賽、複賽和省賽，共有1,138名選手進入全國決賽階段。
是次比賽是澳大工商管理學院、何鴻燊東亞書院的大二學生李響繼全澳英語演講比賽中獲得亞軍以及在“21世紀杯”全國英語演講比賽中獲得一等獎後，再次站上英語演講比賽的頒獎台。李響表示，能夠進入總決賽是一份榮譽，亦深感經過多場比賽後，其演講能力、思維深度和臨場發揮都進步了不少；未來她將繼續努力提升其英語水準，為學習和工作打下堅實的基礎。
比賽期間，李響得到澳大人文學院英語中心導師陳嘉麟和博士生李月明的專業培訓和指導。陳嘉麟還在比賽現場與李響一起研究比賽策略，對她的成功起到關鍵作用。李響在是次比賽展現出優秀的英語演講技巧與創意，並運用豐富的生活經驗和對國情的了解，充分展示了澳大學生的風采和文化底蘊，贏得了評委和觀眾的高度評價，最終獲得該賽項的全國季軍。值得一提的是，她在第三輪獲得小組的第二高分，成為粵港澳大灣區唯一一位晉級全國總決賽的選手。
今屆比賽主題為“理解當代中國”，決賽分為四輪進行。第一輪為書面綜合考查，內容涵蓋閱讀、翻譯、寫作等多種形式。第二輪為定題演講，選手需以“The Chinese Dragon is Good”為題，準備3分鐘的演講並回答問題。第三輪為即興演講，選手需在30分鐘內準備3分鐘的即席演講。第四輪為全國總決賽，以9人擂台賽的形式進行，每人完成3分鐘的定題演講，並回答對擋選手及評委的提問。
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UM student wins third prize in national foreign language contest
A student from the University of Macau (UM), Li Xiang, excelled in the ‘2024 “FLTRP·ETIC Cup” “Understanding Contemporary China” National Foreign Language Contest for College Students’ and won a third prize in the International Communication Comprehensive Ability category of the English group. A total of 700,000 students from over a thousand institutions in 31 provinces participated in various categories of the contest. After 10 months of preliminaries, semi-finals, and provincial finals, 1,138 contestants advanced to the national finals for the International Communication Comprehensive Ability category.
Li is a second-year student in the Faculty of Business Administration and Stanley Ho East Asia College and has previously won a second prize in the 23rd Macao-wide English Speech Contest and a first prize in the 29th ‘21st Century Cup’ National English Speaking Competition. Li impressed the judges and audience with her exceptional English public speaking skills and creativity and reached the national finals. Notably, she was the only contestant from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area among the finalists. Li’s outstanding performance was also attributed to Chan Ka Lon, an instructor in the English Language Centre, and Lei Ut Meng, a doctoral student in the Department of English, who provided her with professional training and guidance throughout the contest.
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https://www.um.edu.mo/news-and-press-releases/presss-release/detail/60013/