In order to implement the spirit of the Ministry of Education's Several Opinions on Comprehensively Improving the quality of higher Education，We will deepen the reform of college English teaching，Improve college students' English practical application ability，According to the work deployment of the Notice of the Municipal Education Commission on Organizing and carrying out the Discipline Competition Activities of Tianjin University Students in 2024，The School of Foreign Languages will hold the preliminary competition of Tianjin University of Commerce in September。This year's foreign language discipline competition includes a total of six competitions, including 2024 "FLTRP-Guolaicup" "Understanding Contemporary China" National College Students' Foreign Language Competence Competition English Speech, English Comprehensive ability, English translation, English interpretation, English Short video Competition and 2024 "Foreign Teachers Club Cup" National College Students' Cross-cultural Competence Competition，The matters related to the university-level preliminary competition are hereby notified as follows:

1. Object of competition

1.Speech, Comprehensive ability, translation, interpretation, short video competition: full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students, including international students in China;

2.Cross-cultural Competence Competition: Our university full-time undergraduate students, grade, major is not limited。

2. Registration method

Short video, cross-cultural competenceRegister through the registration method published in the event notification group;

Speech, comprehensive ability, translation, interpretation competitions need to pass2024“Foreign Research Press·National Talent Cup”“Understanding contemporary China”Competition official website registration。If the above 4 events are not registered on the official website, the competition results are invalid。Please refer to the registration guide for registration stepshttp://ucc.fltrp.com/c/2024-06-04/523174.shtml。(Note: Our school's Comprehensive Ability and translation school competition are offline competitions, the preliminary time is subject to the notification of each group, and the unified online preliminary time involved in the registration guide is ignored。）

3.All registered students must scan the code to join the notification group of the corresponding eventThe detailed description of each competition, the follow-up arrangement and relevant requirements of the school competition, and the shortlist of the municipal competition will be published in the group. Please scan the code to enter the group at the same time of registration and pay attention to the news in the group, so as not to miss important notices。Please add more than one group for multiple events。

Iii. Content and schedule of school competition

(1) English Speech contest

Registration deadline: 24:00, September 14, 2024http://ucc.fltrp.com

School preliminary: 13:00 PM, September 18, 2024

School final: 13:00 PM, September 25, 2024

Topic: The Chinese Dragon Is Good

Content of the school-level preliminary competition: Contestants will make a 3-minute unscripted English speech with their own sub-title based on the speech title announced by the competition (please see the official website for the introduction of the speech title)http://ucc.fltrp.com/c/2024-03-26/522786.shtml）。

Content of the school-level final competition: set topic speech + judges' questions + impromptu speech. Contestants will give a 3-minute unscripted speech according to the theme of the school-level preliminary competition. After the speech, the judges will ask questions about the content of the speech and answer for 1 minute。The impromptu speech is selected by the contestants, the preparation time is 30 seconds, and the speech time is 1 minute。

Speech Contest Notification Group:

(2) English comprehensive ability competition

Registration deadline: 24:00, September 14, 2024http://ucc.fltrp.com

School Competition time: 9:00-11:00 am, September 21, 2024

Content of the school competition: offline written test + online submission of speech video. Students must take the written test and submit speech video at the same time. The results are valid。

Written test question types: including several objective questions, 1 Chinese-English translation, 1 argumentative writing。The answer time is 120 minutes and the perfect score is 100 points。

Set speech: The contestants will use the set speech title "The Chinese Dragon Is Good" as the basis，Record a 3-minute English speech with a sub-title，And within the specified time through the superstar learning pass to submit，For details, please scan the code into the group and pay attention to the group notice (Please see the official website for the introduction of the speech titlehttp://ucc.fltrp.com/c/2024-03-26/522786.shtml）。

Score basis: Written test score accounted for 70% of the total score, speech video score accounted for 30% of the total score。

Comprehensive ability competition Notification Group:

(3) English Translation Competition

Registration deadline: 24:00, September 14, 2024http://ucc.fltrp.com

School Competition time: 13:30-15:30, September 22, 2024

School question type:习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想关键术语和中华思想文化术语翻译及阐释（若干道）、英译汉1篇（非文学翻译，350-450词）、汉译英1篇（非文学翻译，300-400字）。The time is 120 minutes。

School competition format: offline written test, no electronic devices are allowed in the test, no access to other information is allowed。For details, please scan the code into the group and follow the group notification。

Translation Competition School Notification Group:

(4) English Interpretation competition

Registration deadline: 24:00, September 14, 2024http://ucc.fltrp.com

School competition time: 16:00 PM, September 22, 2024

School question type:融入习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想关键术语和中华思想文化术语等。

School competition format: on-site interpretation, English and Chinese two-way short transmission

Interpretation Competition Notification Group:

(5) Short video competition

Registration deadline: 24:00, September 20, 2024, after scanning the code and entering the group, arrange the registration according to the group

Submission deadline: 17:00 PM, October 6, 2024

How to submit works: Log in to the Super Star Learning platform as a student of Tianjin University of Commerce and join corresponding classes. Upload short videos and related information in the form of attachments according to the requirements of the topic。For details, please scan the code into the group and follow the group notification。

Competition title: Participants will create an original short video based on the theme of this year's competition "Digital China". The video length is 3-5 minutes, with Chinese and English subtitles。

Competition mode: Players can choose to participate individually or as a team。Each team shall have no more than 5 participants and no more than 3 instructors. Cross-school teams are not allowed。Each contestant can only participate in 1 work. If any violation is found, the contestant and the contestant's team will be disqualified。

Requirements for works: The works must be original, and the content of the works is the responsibility of the contestants themselves. If the materials of others are quoted, the source must be marked with text at the end of the video to ensure that there is no copyright dispute。In case of disputes arising from the right of portrait, right of reputation, right of privacy, copyright, trademark, etc., all legal responsibilities and consequences shall be borne by the contestants, and the Organizing Committee reserves the right to cancel their eligibility and award。The works must meet the requirements of national laws and regulations, the content is positive, and the positive energy of society is disseminated。English audio that must be dubed by team members (artificial intelligence voice, editing software subtitles cannot be dubed, etc.)。The contest icon needs to be inserted in the upper right corner of the entry. Please download the icon in the group file after entering the group。

Short video competition notification QQ group (group number 904275728) :

(6) Cross-cultural competence competition

Registration deadline: 24:00, September 14, 2024, after scanning the code into the group to arrange the registration within the group

School competition time: 15:00 PM, September 25, 2024

Qualification: Full-time undergraduate of Tianjin University of Commerce, no restrictions on grade or major

School competition format: Individual competition, field case presentation and analysis。

The school competition will select 6 winners to form 2 school teams to participate in the city competition。Students from different disciplines (majors) are encouraged to form teams. Each team contains a maximum of 1 English major student. Cross-school teams are not allowed。Each team may appoint a maximum of 3 instructors。If a member of the school team withdraws from the city competition, the honors and prizes won in the school competition will be cancelled, and the students who rank behind them will take part in the city competition。

School question type:

Case presentation and analysis。Participants choose a theme from the three themes of multicultural life, public diplomacy and business communication, and from the perspective of cross-cultural communication, based on their own experience, observation or reading, develop an original cross-cultural communication case related to the theme and make a 3-minute presentation and analysis。Shall not directly copy, imitate film and television works。

Both English and non-English majors are welcome to join。

Intercultural Competence Competition Notification Group:

Iv. Award setting

According to the quota allocation arrangement of the discipline competition, our school won 6 places in the Speech competition, 6 places in the comprehensive ability competition, 3 places in the translation competition, 2 places in the interpretation competition, 4 places in the short video competition and 2 places in the cross-cultural competence competition。The organizer will set up awards at all levels of the school competition, and recommend outstanding players to represent the school to participate in the Tianjin regional competition according to the ranking of the school competition。

5. Precautions

For more information about speech, comprehensive ability, translation, interpretation and short video competitions, please visit FLTRP official website (http://ucc).fltrp.com/) or follow FLTRP Unipus wechat public account;For more information about the events of the cross-cultural competition, please follow the wechat official account of WExpress。

Contact: Mr. Wang Office phone: 26667557

School of Foreign Languages

September 9, 2024