Phoenix Chinese School’s Chinese Character Recognition Competition and Festival Celebration (Photos)

Phoenix Chinese School’s Chinese Character Recognition Competition and Festival Celebration (Photography) (Contributed by Phoenix Chinese School) Phoenix Chinese School held a ceremony at 1:4 pm on November 3rd...

(Contributed by Phoenix Chinese School) Phoenix Chinese School will hold a word recognition competition for students in grades five to eleven on November 3 at 1:45 pm. The purpose of the school's literacy competition is to allow every participating student to learn Chinese and teamwork through the game. Before the game, students from grades 5 to 11 were divided into five teams by drawing lots, with teams of five colors: red, yellow, blue, white and black. Each team has about 6 people. The theme of this year's competition is mainly Chinese festivals. Each of the six teachers in the senior grade is assigned a festival, including Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival, Teachers' Day and Mother's Day. Teachers prepare fifteen words and five questions based on the assigned festival. The final screening competition question bank consisted of 60 words and 15 questions. In addition, Teacher Pan, who is in charge of the Lantern Festival, also provided many interesting lantern riddles. Later, five lantern riddles were added to the competition question bank.

The host, Teacher Lu Zhenling, explains the rules of the competition. Before the competition officially begins, the host, Teacher Lu Zhenling, first explains the rules of the competition, and then assigns the order of answering questions to each team member. In the first round, the red team starts first. Each person can choose any number from one to sixty. After revealing the word, they must pronounce the word correctly. Each person is given ten seconds to answer. If unable to answer, they can ask for help from their teammates, but points will be deducted. If the person cannot answer the question at all, the host will count to three and choose the person who raises his or her hand the fastest to answer the question. Then it’s time to answer the next group of questions. After the words have been passed through each group three times, switch to the question part. After the question part is repeated once, the word questions are repeated again, and the process is repeated until all questions are answered.

The game is in progress. As soon as the game started, the atmosphere seemed tense and warm. The children answered the questions seriously, and the parents watched with concern. When some children couldn't answer the questions, their teammates and children from other groups all wanted to rush to answer and raised their hands, bringing the competition to a climax. Some children danced happily because they picked their lucky numbers and got simple questions; some children picked a more difficult question, so they just shook their heads and sighed, asking for help from their teammates; some children looked confident and answered every question, and the judges and the audience applauded and praised them. The students all liked the riddle questions. Every question was answered correctly by the original answerer. There was no chance to rush to answer, which made other children feel a little disappointed. The game lasted for more than an hour in a tense yet joyful atmosphere.

Group Writing Finally, because the scores of each group were very close, the host temporarily decided to add another writing question. The team members drawn by lot must write the words spoken to the host in order to score points. At the end of the game, the black team won, and each student received a movie ticket. The second-place yellow team each received a gift card, and the remaining contestants also received a prize and candies prepared by the host. Although there must be winners and losers in the competition, every student's performance this time was outstanding, winning recognition and applause from teachers and parents.

The winner of the black team took a group photo with principal Cheng Xiuling (first from left). The school is particularly grateful to the six teachers from grades five to eleven for discussing with the academic affairs department to formulate the competition methods and rules, and using various methods before the competition to allow the students to practice words and questions diligently. We hope that through this competition we can build students’ confidence and ignite their interest in learning Chinese. If you want to know more about Phoenix Chinese School or want to join this big family, please contact the principal Cheng Xiuling (480-620-1982) or visit the school website (http://clsphoenix.org/).