This year the school round of the annual Junior Speaking Contest for bilingual students was held at The College Weert. The winners of the four participating groups (P-H2E, P-V3C, C-A2A and C-G2B) presented their speech to an audience of classmates, teachers and jury (Ms Sarah Neijnens, Mr Abdullah Sarai and Ms Sinéad Hennesy).
Contestants:
P-H2E Sander Alvarez 'Lost Culture' Aase Wip 'Building Bridges' Jop Sforza 'Prejudice' Bram van der Heijden 'Family Weekend'
C-A2A Jesse Biesmans 'Differences between Greece and The Netherlands' Lotte Jacobs 'Courtesy and manners in different countries'
C-G2B Suzanne Hendriks 'Life in syria and the differences with the Netherlands' Diana Hendriks 'Differences between men and women in the world'
P-V3C Tim Dings 'Teenagers of the present' Hannah Kochx 'Morning Habits' Famke Sneep 'Swathe'
This year’s theme ‘Crossing Cultural borders’ resulted in speeches about all kinds of cultural differences like eating habits, differences between generations or between men and women, different values, ways of living etc. After having given their well-prepared speech, the contestants were asked a few questions by the members of the jury.
The winners Sander Alvarez (P-H2E) and Tim Dings (P-V3C) will represent the TTO-department of LVO Weert (Philips van Horne and College) on March 12th in Venlo.
Picture: Tim, Ms Juliette Kempen and Sander. Check fotobook.