The Seventh
English Competition for Catalan Schools (THE FONIX 2014), designed to promote
the use of English among school students through a fun and educational
competition in an informal educational setting, is hereby announced.
The objective
of the competition is to select a finalist from each of the first two stages:
local, territorial and the winners at the final stage.
The exercises
in all the stages of the competition will consist of writing tasks, each based
on a different theme (for example: geography, history or music). The written
tasks contain a variety of activities on vocabulary, reading and writing. In
the final stage of the competition, there will also be an oral section in the
test.
STAGES OF THE COMPETITION:
- LOCAL STAGE: The tests will be held at each school between 16th of January and 21st February 2014 inclusive.
- REGIONAL STAGE: The tests during the regional stage will be held on Saturday 1st March at 12:00 midday, and will last for a maximum of 60 minutes. The location of the examination will be made public well before the test date.
- FINAL STAGE: The final stage of the competition will be held Saturday 3rd May. The test at the Final stage of the competition will consist of an oral as well as a written section. The test will take between 40-50 minutes at the most.
- At the end of May: The FONIX award ceremony of prizes and diplomas will take place.
THE PRIZES:
The following
prizes will be awarded to the candidates who classify for the final stage of
the competition:
- 4 two-week stays in “English Summer Camps” in Catalonia for the four winners in the 5º pri. to 2nd ESO categories.
- 4 two-week stays in an English-speaking country for the four winners in the 3rd ESO to 2nd de Batxillerat/Grau Superior de Cicles Formatius categories.
- 8 standard on line English courses and 8 sets of study materials for the runners-up in each of the 8 categories.
- 32 standard on line English courses for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth placed candidates in each of the 8 categories.
- Sets of study materials for the remaining finalists.
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