The17th English Pronunciation and Intonation Contest of FELC

June 14^th - The 17^th Annual English Pronunciation and Intonation Contest for the Faculty of English Language and Culture (FELC) was held in the lecture hall of the sixth teaching building at GDUFS on the evening of May 30^th. Several special guests attented the event including the famous Professor Wang Guizhen, Secretary of the Party Committee Wang Bin, and FELC Vice President Yu Shengming.

The English Pronunciation and Intonation Contest is one of seven traditional contests held by the FELC. It has been very influential in improving students' awareness of the importance of English pronunciation and intonation. It also creates a great environment for students to learn English.

The contest consisted of two parts - personal reading and film dubbing. In the part of personal reading, Zhu Yuehan from Class 1213 won the first prize due to her fluency and her clear pronunciation.

Personal Reading

After the personal reading came the film dubbing part. Group A from 1212 gave the prelude of the contest by dubbing the film named Become Jane, which attracted the audiences attention. And then, came Sex and the City  which was dubbed by students from Class 1202. The features of the four women in the film were fully revealed through the special voices of the four students. Moreover, student Chen Xi, who was the voice of Samantha gave an execellent performance and went on to win the Best Female Dubbing Award.

Four students from Class 1202 dubbing a film.

Group A from Class 1213 chose the film, JaneEyre, which was adapted the novel written by Charlotte Bronte. Group B from Class 1212 dubbed the film, The Women. Their great performance won strong applause from the audience. The last performance, Emma, was dubbed by two students from Class 1205 and won first prize. Not only did they have good pronunciation as well as intonation, but they also relayed an expression of real emotions, which clinched the win.

Excellent dubbing of the film, Emma.

At the end of the contest, Professor Wang Guizhen congratulated the students on their improvement of pronunciation and intonation. She also pointed out that some contestants of the personal reading part still had some small problems. For example, they failed to make a clear distinction between the pronunciation of letters "l" and "n". She then taught the students some useful skills. Moreover, Professor Wang emphasized that speaking English is a process of communication and advised, "If you want to be good at speaking, you need to take great pains to practice it."

Professor Wang Guizhen giving feedback.

Group photos.

Source: GDUFS News Website