2025 South Australia

Nomination for Outstanding Chinese Language Student Award

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1. NOMINATION CRITERIA

Each school is allowed to nominate one primary and one secondary student per category, totaling up to 6 nominees for R-12 schools. Nominees should exhibit a strong passion for Chinese studies and a deep understanding of various aspects of Chinese culture. Please note, a student can be nominated only once and cannot receive nominations from multiple schools.

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2. CATEGORIES

The Chinese Language Awards offers three categories for student nomination:

• Second Language Learners of Chinese: The student must be a non-native learner studying Chinese as a second language and has Chinese language skills but is not necessarily the top academic student.

• Background Language Learners of Chinese: The student may speak Mandarin at home, not necessarily exclusively, and have varying degrees of knowledge of and proficiency in the language being learned.

• First Language Learners of Chinese: The student is a native Chinese language learner who has had more than one year's schooling in Mandarin in a country or area where Mandarin is spoken.

 

3. PRIZES

The Chinese Language Awards offers the following prizes:

• Junior School students: $30 and Certificate of Excellence

• Secondary School students: $50 and Certificate of Excellence

Awards will be presented to nominated students who meet the criteria for each category.

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4. SCHOOL ENTRY FEE 

The school entry fee for the Chinese Language Awards is as follows:

• $30 per nominee for students of CLTASA member teachers

• $60 per nominee for students of non-CLTASA member teachers

 

5. AWARDS NOMINATION 

Student nominations deadline is 5:00pm 22nd August 2025 (Friday, Week 5 Term 3).

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 The nomination process for the 2025 Chinese Language Awards is as follows:

• The students' Chinese teachers are requested to nominate all their students who have received excellence awards through ONE booking form via TryBooking:  https://www.trybooking.com/DENZZ

• CLTASA will then email the teacher an invoice for all registered students.

• Teachers are to bring the invoice to their school and ensure payment is made before the due date indicated on the invoice.

 

6. PHOTOGRAPHY PERMISSION FORM

Default Consent Statement

All students participating in CLTASA competitions or events, as well as under-18 audience members and participants (including but not limited to the Annual OZCHIN Quiz Bowl, Video Competition, Awards Ceremony, etc.), are, by registering, signing in, or participating in the event, deemed to have agreed that:

• CLTASA and its partner schools have the right to photograph and video record students or underage participants during the event;

• The photographs, videos, and works created by students or underage participants during the event may be used by CLTASA and its affiliated organisations for promotional, display, and publication purposes (including print and digital formats), as well as for social media posting.

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​Teachers may use the CLTASA Photo Consent Form to collect permissions for event photography where required. (Download the form here CLTASA photo consent form

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