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~2024年南澳州中文学生知识问答之夜~

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1) 2024 Term 2 Quiz Flyer

2) Photo Consent Form

 

RATIONALE

The OzChin Quiz Bowl for Chinese language students is a fun and engaging event that aims to foster intellectual curiosity and academic achievement. Covering topics related to the Chinese language and general knowledge, this quiz night encourages critical thinking, problem-solving, and effective communication. By participating in the OzChin Quiz Bowl, students have the opportunity to showcase their skills, learn new things, and build their confidence in a friendly and competitive environment.

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ELIGIBILITY

• The OZCHIN Quiz Bowl welcomes students in Years 7-12 from South Australian Public, Independent, Catholic, or Community schools with an interest in Chinese language and culture. The competition is designed for both Second Language Learners and Background Language Learners (students whose first language is not Chinese but who have a Chinese cultural or linguistic background).

• Country school teachers and students are particularly encouraged to participate through Zoom. Since the event does not include dinner or other services for online participants from country schools, student registration is complimentary. Zoom information will be distributed to teachers after they register

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PRIZES

Certificates, trophies, and awards will be presented to the top individuals and teams.

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ENTRY FEE 

• $15 per student (students of CLTASA member teachers), dinner included. 

• $30 per student (students of non-CLTASA member teachers), dinner included. 

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FOOD

Packed food and soft drinks will be provided to all participants.

 

DATE & VENUE

17:30-20:00 Friday 21st June 2024

McGREGOR Hall, McGregor Campus (Junior School), Seymour College

 

What to bring

Mobile phone and laptop (scrap paper and pencils will be provided by the CLTASA).

 

PEARSON IN CHARGE

Mingxia Wei (mwei@seymour.sa.edu.au)

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REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT 

For event registration, please use our Trybooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CSEVY

Make sure to register by Friday, 7th June 2024.

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• We kindly request that the responsible teacher registers all teachers and students as a single booking.

• Teachers are reminded to carefully register students under the correct learner category, with the registration process prompting the selection of year level and language category.

• After receiving the registration information, CLTASA will email an invoice to the school teacher for all registered students.

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PHOTOGRAPHY PERMISSION FORM

School teachers are responsible for collecting a signed photo consent form from each student (if the student has not previously submitted one to the CLTASA) before they participate in the OzChin Quiz Bowl. Please email all students' photo permission forms in a single email to Shiyi Li at shli@stpetersgirls.sa.edu.au

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QUIZ FORMAT

1) Hybrid Questioning Approach

Our quiz uniquely blends traditional paper-and-pen questions with online queries, engaging participants in both individual and team-based challenges. To aid preparation, comprehensive quiz revision booklets will be distributed to all teachers (or directly to students, should teachers provide student email addresses) during the quiz week.

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2) Equitable Competition Structure

To guarantee a level playing field, we present the same topics to both Second Language Learners and Background Language Learners across Years 7-12, tailoring the difficulty to suit various levels of language proficiency. This ensures a fair demonstration of skills. For example, in the Individual Challenge, Parts 1 and 2 are structured into four categories for optimal fairness:

• Category 1: Years 7-9 Second Language

• Category 2: Years 10-12 Second Language

• Category 3: Years 7-9 Background Language

• Category 4: Years 10-12 Background Language

 

Individual Challenge

 

Part 1 Chinese Knowledge Written Quiz (15 minutes)

Each student is given a set of competition questions and an answer sheet to complete the written quiz within the specified 15 minutes. The questions and answer sheets will be collected and manually graded by the teacher at the end of the allotted time.

 

Part 2 Cultural Knowledge Quiz (20 minutes)

Each student needs to bring a mobile phone or computer to participate in the Kahoot quiz. The scores will be automatically calculated in the Kahoot backend. The quiz questions in this part only cover cultural knowledge and do not involve language skills.

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The competition questions in Part 1 and Part 2 are divided into four groups of different difficulty levels to ensure fair competition for first language and background language students. Therefore, teachers are requested to strictly classify student registrations according to their actual year levels and language backgrounds on Trybooking. 

 

The highest score in the individual challenge will be awarded to the participating student with the highest total score in Part 1 and Part 2 of the competition questions. The gold, silver, and bronze awards for the individual challenge, as well as various individual awards, will be announced on the same evening.

 

Team Challenge

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Part 3 Comprehensive Knowledge Competition (30 minutes)

This segment features a comprehensive knowledge quiz conducted in mixed school teams. Teams are composed of both first language and background language students, spanning Years 7-9 and Years 10-12, with 2-4 members in each team. Teams are permitted to use a mobile phone or computer during this on-site buzzer quiz competition.

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The team achieving the highest score will be honored with the first-place award in the team challenge, with awards also presented to the second and third-place teams.

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