Concours d`art Oratoire - French Speech Festival General Information

Concours d’art Oratoire - French Speech Festival
Sponsored and organized by Canadian Parents for French - Kamloops
General Information (Updated 2015)
Students are invited to enter, at any level, regardless of whether their class/teacher is involved or not.
Students do not need to be currently in a French language class to enter.
Contact Susan Hammond to register: 250-573-3127, [email protected]
Prizes for the competitive level categories grades 6 to 12 are gift certificates for Aberdeen Mall:
First; $50, Second; $30, Third; $25.
Level and Timing Information
Kindergarten to Grade 3: Non-competitive level
Total time for the whole class, regardless of number of groups, is 5 minutes or less.
Please respect this time frame. All primary classes may participate from each school.
Grades 4 and 5: these students may compete at one of two levels.
A. Non-competitive: Alone or with others; original or taken from a secondary source. Time frame is
maximum 3 minutes total. These are speeches not dramatic presentations.
Maximum 3 groups or individuals per grade from each school may participate.
B. Competitive: Time frame is between 2 to 4 minutes. The time is clocked from when the student
begins to speak. Penalty: 1 point for per 30 seconds (or less) over or under the time frame. These are
speeches not dramatic presentations.
Maximum 5 individuals per grade from each school may participate.
All participating students in grades 6 to 12 must be at the competitive level.
Grades 6:
Competitive: Time frame is between 2 to 4 minutes. The time is clocked from when the student
begins to speak. Penalty: 1 point per 30 seconds (or less) over or under the time frame. These are
speeches not dramatic presentations.
Maximum 5 individuals per grade from each school may participate.
Grades 7 to 12:
Competitive: Time frame is between 3 to 5 minutes. The time is clocked from when the student
begins to speak. Penalty: 1 point per 30 seconds (or less) over or under the time frame. These are
speeches not dramatic presentations.
Maximum 5 individuals per grade from each school may participate.
The Francophone category includes students with one or more of the following:
* who speak and comprehend French with native fluency, and are from homes where one or two parents are speaking French
regularly
*who have benefited linguistically from living for one year or more, in the past three years, in a community where French is
commonly spoken
*whose mother tongue is French and who have attended French First-Language schools for at least 1 year in the past 4 years
*who have attended French-First-Language schools for more than three years.
Competitive Speech Rules
1.
The student may choose his or her own topic. Speeches must be an original work by the student,
not a recitation of another person’s work. The presented speech may not have been used in a
previous provincial or national Concours d’art oratoire competition. This is a speech arts
competition as opposed to dramatic arts. Poems, songs and dramatic pieces are not allowed.
All information in the speech must be written in the student's own words/voice. Direct quotes or
original ideas/information may be used if the original author is given credit during the speech.
Be careful to re-write information rather than to copy it directly from your sources.
2.
The speech must be memorized. The speech cannot be read; it must be presented.
Notes on cards may be used, but only as an aid.
3.
Students introduce themselves by name but must not state school or school district.
Penalty: Disqualification.
4.
The student must include the opening expression:
"Chers juges, chers parents, chers professeurs et chers amis".
Penalty: 1 point for failure to do so.
5.
The student must state the title of the speech within a sentence or two of beginning their speech.
Penalty: 1 point for failure to do so.
6.
Costume and/or support material may not be used.
Penalty: Disqualification.
7.
Gestures must be kept to a minimum. It is not necessary for the head and hands to remain
completely motionless, but gestures must be natural and spontaneous, as opposed to dramatic.
Examples of unacceptable gesturing: wild arm movements (flapping wings), pirouettes, kneeling,
demonstrating characteristics, turning one’s back to the audience, etc.
Penalty: 1 to 3 points for excessive gesturing.
8.
The speech must come to a logical conclusion.
9.
The student may not use a microphone.
10.
Right after the speech, the student will be asked two or three questions related directly to the
speech by the judges. Students should answer in full sentences and be more than yes or no.
Les réglements pour le Concours d’art Oratoire, competitive
1.
Le choix du sujet est libre. Les discours doivent représenter un travail original de l'étudiant, et
non pas être une reproduction du travail de quelqu'un d'autre. Le discours présenté ne peut avoir
été utilisé dans un Concours d'art oratoire provincial ou national précédent. La compétition est un
concours d'art oratoire et non pas un concours d'art dramatique : poèmes, chansons, et extraits
dramatiques ne sont pas admis.
All information in the speech must be written in the student's own words/voice. Direct quotes or
original ideas/information may be used if the original author is given credit during the speech.
Be careful to re-write information rather than to copy it directly from your sources.
2.
Le discours doit être présenté de mémoire. Il ne peut être lu, mais doit être présenté.
L'étudiant(e) peut se servir de fiches, mais seulement comme aide-mémoire.
3.
Les élèves disent leur nom mais ne doivent pas dire leur école ou leur conseil scolaire.
Pénalité : disqualification.
4.
Les concurrents doivent commencer leur présentation par l'expression:
"Chers juges, chers parents, chers professeurs et chers amis."
Pénalité: 1 point pour manquement à cette règle.
5.
Les concurrent(e)s doivent donner le titre du discours au début de leur présentation.
Pénalité: 1 point pour manquement à cette règle
6.
Les costumes et/ou accessoires de support sont interdits.
Pénalité: disqualification.
7.
Seule une utilisation minimale de gestes sera tolérée. Il n'est pas demandé que la tête et les mains
soient immobiles, mais les mouvements doivent être naturels et spontanés, et non pas effectués
dans un but dramatique. Voici des exemples de gestes inadmissibles : faire des grands
mouvements des bras (comme des ailes battantes), faire des pirouettes, s'agenouiller, tourner le
dos aux spectateurs, etc.
Pénalité : 1 à 3 points pour gestes exagérés.
8.
Le discours doit se terminer par une conclusion logique.
9.
L'usage d'un microphone est interdit.
10.
Immédiatement après la fin du discours, les juges poseront deux ou trois questions à l'élève
concernant sa présentation.
Teacher / Student Information for Concours Judging
Public speaking competitions should be judged by three impartial adjudicators.
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Where students are participating with the expectation of moving on to other levels of
competition, they must be evaluated according to judging forms and penalty forms developed by
Canadian Parents for French-BC. Teachers should explain these forms and their criteria to all
participating students.
As stated, the judging forms remain the confidential property of the sponsoring organization.
When selecting judges, coordinators should strive to balance the panel in order to reflect the
various criteria such as grammar and expressiveness.
Judges must be impartial. Judging requires, amongst other things, the ability to pose questions.
All students must be questioned in order to ensure continuity.
Suggestions for judges include teachers and principals, school board or ministry officials, federal
government employees, Radio Canada personalities, university or college professors,
Francophone parents and Embassy or Consulate personnel and graduates.
A time keeper is also required.
Les concours d'art oratoire devraient être jugés par trois juges impartiaux.
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Lorsqu'un(e) élève participe avec l'intention d'accéder à d'autres niveaux de concours, il/elle doit
être évalué(e) selon des critères d'évaluation et de pénalisation mis au point par l'organisme
provincial de la CPF. Il revient aux professeurs d'expliquer ces formulaires et ces critères à tous
les élèves participants.
Comme indiqué dans le règlement, les formulaires d'évaluation demeurent la propriété de
l'organisme parrain et sont de nature confidentielle.
En sélectionnant les juges, les coordonnateurs(rices) doivent s'efforcer de constituer un jury
équilibré afin que les divers critères soient dûment pris en compte, par exemple la grammaire et
l'expression orale.
Les juges doivent être impartiaux. Pour bien juger, il faut, entre autres choses, avoir l'art de poser
des questions judicieuses. Tous les élève doivent être interrogé(e)s afin d'assurer une cohérence
dans l'organisation.
On peut suggérer comme juges des professeurs ou directeurs (rices) d'école, des membres de
commissions scolaires ou des fonctionnaires du Ministère, des employés du gouvernement
fédéral, des personnalités de Radio Canada, des enseignants des grandes écoles ou d'université,
des parents francophones, ainsi que le personnel d'ambassade ou de consulat et les élèves
diplômés ayant terminé leurs études.
Il faut aussi un chronométreur.