The 49th Mandarin Chinese Speech Contest (2025) Chinese Language Teachers Association of California 第 49 届中文演讲比赛通知（2025） Registration Deadline: March 15, 2025 Contest Date: April 20, 2025 Location: Menlo School, Atherton
The Chinese Language Teachers Association of California (CLTAC) is pleased to announce that the 49th CLTAC Mandarin Chinese Speech Contest will be held at Menlo School, Atherton, on April 20, 2025. Please refer to theofficial rules of the speech contest in this file for more details.
As a signature event of CLTAC, the annual Mandarin Chinese Speech Contest aims to provide a platform for students at all educational and proficiency levels to demonstrate what they have accomplished in their study of the language and culture. Since the first session held in the 1960s, the Mandarin Chinese Speech Contest hosted by CLTAC has attracted more than several hundred contestants in recent years, with over a thousand teachers and parents participating annually. Seen as one of the highlights of the Chinese language teaching calendar, the contest has not only done much to promote teaching the Chinese language in California but has also been viewed locally as a highly influential event.
To participate in the 49th CLTAC Mandarin Chinese Speech Contest, each contestant will prepare a speech in Mandarin commensurate with their learning experience and level of proficiency and deliver it in person on the day of the competition. The teachers, who must be current members of CLTAC, will register their students by March 15, 2025, following the registration guidelines below.
Topics Contestants may speak on any appropriate topic commensurate with their level of Chinese. Sample topics include Learning Mandarin, Family Life, Favorite Sports, A School Event, My 2025, and Travel to China/Taiwan/Hong Kong, etc. The purpose of the speech contest is to foster good language skills. Emphasis will be placed on accuracy in pronunciation and tones, fluency, delivery, cadence, and content.