Teacher Zhao Chaoyong of the School of Foreign Languages instructed Wang Yan, a law student, to achieve another good result in the finals of the "21st Century Coca-Cola Cup"

Wang Yan Takes Second Straight Win in the “21st Century Coca Cola Cup”

From October 5th to 8th, The the semi-finals and finals of the 25th China Daily "21st Century Coca-Cola Cup" National College Students English Speaking Competition was were held from October 5th to 8th, 2020 at Guangzhou Baiyun International Conference Convention Center. Wang Yan, instructed by Associate Professor Zhao Chaoyong, won the second runner-up in the grand final.  Zhao Chaoyong, Associate Professor of College English Teaching Department led Wang Yan from the Department of Law to participate in the competition. Wang Yan was the champion of last year’s competition. This year, faced with In the finals with strong players and fierce competition, Wang Yan once again demonstrated extraordinary strengthcompetence. , qualifying first in the semi-finals, and finally won the national third place in the finals.

The China Daily "21st Century Coca-Cola Cup" National College Student English Speaking Competition is the most authoritative, influential, and largest English speech contest in China. Students participating in this contest can can learn to develop their ability in critical thinking and gain valuable experience in public speaking. gain valuables in preparation and competition, the ability to think in English and public speaking experience. This year, 66 outstanding players from 25 regions in Chinese mainland and Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan broke into the finals through online screening and preliminaries on the university and regional level.  

The competition was selected through the Internet trials, campus trials, and regional trials. Finally, 66 outstanding players from 25 competition areas across the country and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan competed on the stage.

The theme of this year's national semifinals is “No person is an island” , and the theme of the national finals is “Seize the day”. In her speech, Wang Yan used vivid and authentic examples to explained that why "Being true to oneselfpersistence to true self" is the essence of “Seize the day ”with real and vivid examples, authentic spoken language, and quick thinking, and accurately and answered the questions of the judges in idiomatic spoken English. Her performance reflects her , which fully reflects the students of her solid English skills, excellent critical thinking ability and excellent psychological qualitythe ability of staying calm under pressure. In the end, Wang won the third place and “Coca-Cola China Power of Care Special Award”.Wang Yan successfully won the national third place. At the same time, she also won the special award for "Care for Power" in China.

In recent years, the English speech training team of the School of Foreign Languages has repeatedly achieved many good results and fruitful results, which have greatly boosted students’ enthusiasm for English learning . Wang Yan won the national championship of the FLTRP·ETIC Cup English Public Speaking Contest last year. These achievements have greatly inspired the enthusiasm of our school's students for English learning. This is a testament to the high quality English teaching of the school, and based on it the School of a full affirmation of the teaching of English speech courses and team training, and a high recognition of the level of English teaching in our school. On this basis, the School of Foreign Languages organizes English Speech and Debate Workshops of Foreign Languages uses the English Speech and Debate Workshop as a second classroom platform, aiming to improve students’ speaking and debating skills. dedicated to the cultivation of students' English speech and debate ability. In May 2020, the project named “Output- Oriented Model of Improving Students’ English Speaking Skills Through Competition”"English speaking ability training model with competition to promote learning and output orientation" led by Associate Professor Zhao Chaoyong was strongly supportedfunded by the Office of Academic Affairs Office. and was selected as the support of the "East China Normal University Teaching Reform and Research Project". At present, the project is proceeding in an orderly manner, providing Up to now, this ongoing project has served as a high-quality training platform and helped a large number of outstanding students to demonstrate their excellent skills and improve their ability. more outstanding students with a high-quality training platform to demonstrate their English expression skills and improve their oral English quality.