2020 16th Chinese Language Bridge Cup Contest for K-12 Students
Date: Saturday, March 7th and Sunday, March 8th, 2020
Location: Marina Middle School, 3500 Fillmore St. San Francisco, CA 94132
Division of International Education (DoIE) at SF State and San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) are proudly presenting the 16th Chinese Language Bridge Cup Contest (CLBCC) for K-12 Students. This contest is sponsored by Education Office of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in San Francisco, and supported by the Chinese Language Teachers Association of California (CLTAC).
The purpose of the contest is to provide more opportunities for students to demonstrate their linguistic and cultural talents, and showcase their interest and achievements in learning the Chinese language and culture with help from their teachers and parents. An award ceremony will be held at Marina Middle School on Friday, April 10th, 2020.
Through the Chinese Language Bridge Cup Contest, we hope that the study of Chinese will not just connect the students with the language, but also with the culture, literature, and rich history of China.
Contest details:
How to register and registration deadline:
Questions:
Please contact Mr. Jiaxin Xie at 415-405-2868 or email jwang24@mail.sfsu.edu for further questions.
Contest handouts:
Date: Saturday, March 7th and Sunday, March 8th, 2020
Location: Marina Middle School, 3500 Fillmore St. San Francisco, CA 94132
Division of International Education (DoIE) at SF State and San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) are proudly presenting the 16th Chinese Language Bridge Cup Contest (CLBCC) for K-12 Students. This contest is sponsored by Education Office of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in San Francisco, and supported by the Chinese Language Teachers Association of California (CLTAC).
The purpose of the contest is to provide more opportunities for students to demonstrate their linguistic and cultural talents, and showcase their interest and achievements in learning the Chinese language and culture with help from their teachers and parents. An award ceremony will be held at Marina Middle School on Friday, April 10th, 2020.
Through the Chinese Language Bridge Cup Contest, we hope that the study of Chinese will not just connect the students with the language, but also with the culture, literature, and rich history of China.
Contest details:
- The contest will be held at Marina Middle School located at 3500 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94132.
- Participants will be placed in the grade division based on their grades at daytime school.
- There will be one champion, a few 2nd and 3rd place winners and several honorable mentions awarded for each event per group. Champions, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive trophies and certificates. Honorable mentions will receive certificates.
- Participants (3-5, 6-8, 9-12 grade students) may register for two Chinese Calligraphy contests (both Brush and Pen) at the same time, but all those participants register for both pen and brush contests MUST complete two contests in 90 minutes.
- Participants may register for only one Poetry Recital contest (Mandarin or Cantonese).
- Poetry Recital contest is divided into "heritage speaker" and "non-heritage speaker" for both Cantonese and Mandarin contests. The definition of “heritage” or “non-heritage” Cantonese and Mandarin speaker is determined by the registered Home Language Survey provided by the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), and will be double checked with the school district if the eligibility of a student is questioned.
- The contest schedule for each contest group will be posted on this page by March 3rd, 2020.
How to register and registration deadline:
- Complete the online registration (coming soon) form by February 22, 2020. There is no paper applications - Faxed and emailed registrations form are not acceptable.
- Registration deadline is February 22nd, 2020. No late registration will be accepted.
Questions:
Please contact Mr. Jiaxin Xie at 415-405-2868 or email jwang24@mail.sfsu.edu for further questions.
Contest handouts:
| 16th_chinese_bridge_cup_contest_program_description.pdf |
| rules_and_regulations.pdf |
| poems_required_for_poetry_recital.pdf |