The GEO Presentation Contest which took place last Wednesday through Friday, January 25 to 27, in Catholic University of Korea’s International Hall Room 267 Conference Hall was a success. The contest went smoothly. All the contestants conducted their speeches successfully and they were able to express their ideas on their given themes well. Speeches and presentations vary depending on the GEO level that the student is in. The topic for GEO level 1 and 2 students is “Looking forward/ visionary”. In particular students were expected to talk about how they envision Korea in the next twenty five years. Level 3 students on the other hand were asked to discuss about the impacts of Korea to the world, “The Here and Now – Outward”. Levels 4 and 5 students were tasked to share about how Korea is impacting Korea today, “The Here and Now – Inward”.
There were a total of eight teams who participated in the GEO level 1 and 2 presentation contest. Whereas there were six teams who participated in the GEO level 3 presentation contest and seven teams for the GEO level 4 and 5. Topics that level 1 and 2 students tackled include medicine (Team two mute guys), baseball (Team Minki and his emergency food), developments in technology (Team Kung Pooh), Korean soccer (Team Bros), cosmetics (Team Beauty), social welfare (Team Dynamic Duo), eco-friendly cars (Team JSJ), smartphones (one woman team, Kim Da Hee). For level 3, the teams shared their knowledge about various topics which include: medical advancements (Team Medical Tourism), Korea animation (Team DKS), Korea’s street dance (Team Funky guys), medical tourism (Team CG), Korean sports stars (Team Room 927) and impacts of Hangeul to the world (Team Hun Min Jung Um). Finally, for level 4 and 5, they discussed topics that relate to economic, political and technological impact of the world to Korea (Team K2&J), cohabitation (Team Juju Couple), influence of Iphone (Team Angry bird and hungry bird), youtube, facebook, twitter, blog and black mirror (Team Mignon), radiation (Team K), music (Team Ta-ara) and globalization (Team Semper Seminariae).
General content, content organization, fluency, pronunciation, voice volume and pitch, grammar and language usage, contact with audience, physical presentation and graphics and visual aids were among the criteria that were used by the panel of judges to evaluate the presenters.
Students commented that the contestants were very well prepared and they all spoke with confidence. They learned a lot of things from the speeches. Moreover the professors shared that they had a hard time to judge the students as they were very impressed with them. They were very satisfied that the aim of the Presentation Contest was met. (GEO holds the English Presentation Contest in order to challenge and encourage students to use the English language in a public setting. It aims to hone their skills and build their confidence in using the English language.) Each day, students are getting better and better and they are very happy about the results of the contest. The contest proved to be a very exciting and entertaining competition for everyone to witness.
Congratulations to everyone who participated and gave their best for the presentation contest. And to our event organizers and our masters of the ceremony, TA Gellene and TA Hani, job well done ❁◕‿◕❁
By: Abigail Go, GEO Blog Editor
