Monday 29 June 2015

Wednesday 13th May 2015. One of our Europe Day activities: Express EUself!

Not too stressed...

First round preparation...


Benoit, Camille & Juliette

Louis, Brooke & Lisa

Edouard, Paul & Joachim

Jean-Baptiste, Thibaud & Antoine
playing it by the rules...


Happy...

Helping the 'Secondes' team
prepare for the final round!

Heated discussion!

Camille & Benoit

Claire, Edouard & Paul

Celia, Blandine & Aurélie:
the brilliant runners-up!

Louis

Louis, again

Lisa

Lisa, Brooke & Louis:
the winning team!

Gabriele making up his mind...

The splendid judges:
Gabriele & Julien!

What is Express EUself?

It's a fun public speaking competition on European Union issues. It's an activity best done outdoors in front of a standing crowd. The crowd is encouraged to heckle and cheer in the spirit of Speaker’s Corner in London’s Hyde Park!

Teams of three speakers compete in three rounds. There can be as many teams as you like.

First round: the teams are given a topic by the judges. The teams have just 20 minutes to prepare their speeches (they are allowed all the help they can get: dictionary, cellphone, friends, teachers, parents, supercomputer, list of quotes and facts & figures given by the judges, etc.!). Then, each team, one after another, gets to address the crowd. Each person in a team gets to speak just 60 seconds (no more!) on the topic, standing on a soapbox or a bench.

The second round follows the same formula as the first round. Four teams compete against each other (though it can be more).

In the final round, there are (usually) only two teams competing against each other.

There are at least two judges (the jury is sovereign but can of course be influenced by the clap-o-meter!).

The winning team gets a big prize!

The 2015 topics for Express EUself! were:
  • ROUND 1: Teachers, who needs them?!
  • ROUND 2: Immigrants, who needs them?!
  • ROUND 3: Politicians, who needs them?!

The winning teams convinced the crowd and judges that we do need teachers, we do need immigrants, but we do not really need politicians!

The organizers/judges this year were: Gabriele B. & Julien H. A HUGE thank you to them!

HUGE thank you too to the APEL parents' association for their support (Mme Carnesecchi in particular for the great photos above!).

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