The Malaysian Preliminary Contest of the 19th Chinese Bridge – Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Student

The Chinese Bridge –Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students
is a large-scale international competition organized by Confucius Institute
headquarters/Hanban to motivate the interests of college students in various countries
to learn Chinese and enhance the world’s understanding of Chinese language and
Chinese culture. This annual event has been held for 18 times. The Malaysian
Preliminary Contest of the 19th Chinese Bridge 2020 will be hosted by the Kong Zi
Institute University of Malaya. Due to the outbreak of Covid-19, the competition will
be conducted online.

Theme: One World, One Family
Date & Time: 08:30-17:00, June 27th 2020

Eligibility of Participants
To be eligible, the participant must meet the following requirements:
1. Current university or college students in Malaysia
2. Age between 18 and 30
3. Non-Chinese nationalities
4. Neither born and raised in China
5. First language is NOT Chinese. Neither of the participant’s parents is a native Chinese speaker
6. Finalists to the competition last year in China may not participate

Competition Platform
The Preliminary Round for this competition will be held via a new online format, such as Zoom, Quizizz, Facebook

Contents
1. Knowledge Quiz on China and Chinese culture (20 minutes)
The quiz will be conducted on Quizizz
2. Chinese Speech (2 minutes)
Each participant is required to give a speech for no more than 2 minutes based on the
given theme. The speech will be conducted on Zoom.
3. Questions & Answers (3 minutes)
After the speech, the participants will answer some questions from the judges.
4. Talent Show (1-4 minutes)
Each participant is required to present a talent show related to Chinese culture for
no more than 4 minutes, including Chinese songs, music, dancing, opera, instrument,
calligraphy, drawing, Martial Arts and so on. The participants need to submit a video
of the talent show for judges’ evaluation.

Evaluation
1. Knowledge Quiz on China and Chinese culture (20pts)
40 one-choice questions, 0.5 pts for each question
Reference questions from previous competitions:
http://bridge.chinese.cn/c18//216/216_6892_1.html
2. Chinese Speech (20 pts)
– l Speech Content (10 pts): the speech need to be closely related to the competition theme.
– l Language accuracy (5pts)
– l Language fluency (5pts): the judges will specially value fluent use of the language, clear pronunciation and the ease of expression.
3. Questions and Answers (30pts)
4. Talent Show (30pts)
– Content(10 pts)
– Skills(10 pts)
– Performance(10pts)

Registration
May 5th to June 5th
Please register through https://forms.gle/ZLjYGZuxqe7fjnvcA
If you failed to register online, please fill the registration form of attachment 3, and send to kongzium@gmail.com

Schedule
June 5th, deadline of registration
June 10th, deadline of submission of the recorded video of speech and talent show
Email address for submission kongzium@gmail.com
June 14th, judges panel review the submitted videos and confirmed the final
candidates for the preliminary
June 27th, Preliminary Competition 8:30-17:00
08:30-08:50 Equipment debugging
09:00-12:00 Quiz on knowledge of China and Chinese culture (Zoom，Quizizz)
14:00-17:00 Speech and Question & Answer (Zoom)
June 27th-June 30th, Talent Show video on Facebook
July 1st, Result Announcement (Facebook)

Prizes
One Champion, RM 1000
One First Runner-up, RM 700
One Second Runner-up, RM 500
Ten Consolation prizes, RM 100 for each prize
One Most Popular Talent Show, RM 500

For more information, please contact:
Ms. Dai Sha
Tel. /WhatsApp 016-5289423
Email daisha151217@gmail.com
Attachment 1, Letter to the Participants
Attachment 2, Commitment Letter
Attachment 3, Registration Form
Kong Zi Institute
University of Malaya
May 6th, 2020