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英语演讲比赛的英文

【篇一：英语演讲比赛策划书（超详细）】

英语演讲比赛策划书

关于承办英语之星”演讲比赛策划方案

为了丰富文化节内容和广大同学的课余生活，加强英语的学习和交流，提高同学们学习英语的积极性，给学生提供一个展现自我，提升自我的机会和舞台，校团委决定举办英语之星”演讲比赛。

?赛前准备工作:

1. 明确承办比赛的纲要

1 ）活动目的

〈1〉提高同学学习英语的积极性，特别是提高对英语口语训练的积极性。

〈2〉丰富学生的课余生活。

〈3 ＞为大学生提供一个学习和交流英语学习的平台，共同进步。〈

加深对英语口语的重要性的认识。

〈5〉通过举办活动，为广大英语爱好者提供一个互相交流和学习的机会。

2 ）参赛选手要求:

（1 ）在校学生，性别年龄不限（2 ）主题由承办单位选定后，题目自选，要求

3）如有背景音乐，则自带光碟。

内容积极、健康、向上。

（4 ）自备服装和道具

3）参赛人数：

选拔赛自由报名，每个系2 —3人

4）时间及有关场地安排：

时间：10月28日中午12 : 00报名截止（逾期作弃权处理，通过电子邮件形式报名以收到确定邮件为准）

11月1日公布录音选拔赛名单

11月3日录音选拔，根据报名情况分批进行

11月5日上午公布录音选拔前12名名单，同时，中午12 : 00进行演讲抽签，公布命题演讲题目（地点待定）

11月9日交演讲稿（电子版，打印版）、电子版照片到联系人处11 月11日星期四晚7: 00 （演讲比赛）

地点：广播站（录音选拔）2楼报告厅（演讲比赛）

5 ）比赛环节

比赛分为两个环节：录音选拔及演讲比赛。

6）录音选拔：

录音选拔出英语发音纯正、有英语演讲才能的人，其前12名参加演

讲比赛。

7）演讲比赛：

〈1〉比赛流程：

比赛由二部分组成：一，先进行命题演讲（限时3分钟），命题演

讲结束后，评委提问1—2个问题，选手回答限时1分钟。二，即兴演讲（选手准备30秒，回答限时2分钟）；其中命题演讲是参赛者围绕我们的主题在比赛前选好文章进行演讲。即兴演讲是现场抽题现场回答。评委们用英语提问，可以是与主题有关的或是演讲者在演讲过程中涉及的问题或是评委感兴趣的问题，参赛者用英文回答，这考察了选手们的应变能力和对英语的运用能力。

（2）评分标准：（满分100分）

?仪表形象：（20分）1 ）着装整齐，大方得体。10分）2）姿态自然，动作适度。（10分）

?演讲内容：（50分）3）主题鲜明，符合主题内容。（25分）4）内容充实，事例动人，贴近生活，富有鲜明的时代感。（15分）5）行文流畅，用词精练，详略得当。（10分）

?语言艺术：（30分）6 ）发音标准，流利。（10分）7 ）节奏处理得当，技巧运用自如。（10分）8）表现力、应变能力强，能活跃气氛，引起高潮。（10分）

（3 ）评分规则：评委明确给出每部分评分（评分为整数），由工作人员进行最后加总，去掉最高分与最低分，取平均分为选手比赛成绩按成绩排名分别获一、二、三等奖。最佳台风奖和最受欢迎奖由评委票选得出（如票数相同则得分高者获奖）

8 ）奖项设立:

一等奖1名（同时获英语之星称号）二等奖2名三等奖3名鼓励奖若干名

同时在此比赛中设立最佳台风奖，最受欢迎奖各一名。（此奖项与上述奖项不冲突）

9）颁奖：比赛结束后，颁发获奖证书和奖品

2. 前期宣传准备工作（院团委宣传部负责：刘愉强）

1）10月18日将此活动通知各院系分团委研分会，希望各院系协助组织有此方面特长的同学报名参加

,每个学院推荐2?3位同学。

2）通过我校团委、学生会向学院团委、学生会发邀请函，协助报名。

3 ）10月19日起将张贴海报在bbs上发贴，宣布大赛报名正式开始。报名截止于10月28日中午12 : 00。

4 ）做好宣传工作。

5）10月28日左右将再一次张贴海报

6）11月3日左右进行初赛。

3. 主持人的选定（组委会负责）

比赛选男女主持人各一名

4. 评委和嘉宾的邀请：（组委会理事负责）

1）邀请7个评委参加比赛的评选工作，其中最好有一两个外教，其中一个外教在比赛后做点评

2）邀请相关院系领导或辅导员，校学生会主管领导做出席大赛嘉宾

3）嘉宾和评委可做颁奖人

4）所有评委和嘉宾在11月8号前确定

5?比赛内容和资料

1 ）录音选拔赛的资料由总策划收集整理并审核确认。

2 ）决赛即兴

演讲资料由总策划收集整理制作，3）为保密起见，不能让其他人知

晓。

4）录音选拔资料在11月2号前确定，决赛现场抽题资料在11月9 号前做好。5）以上两人如果参加比赛，则另选人负责。

6.经费预算总300元

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【篇二：英语演讲比赛技巧】

英语演讲技巧

上场前

每一个人，无论是你身经百战，参加过很多次的演讲比赛也好，或者是

你第一次上台演

讲，请记住，无论你的心理素质有多好，上台以后你都会紧张。所以在上

台之前，应该做好充分的准备，充分熟悉你的演讲稿，做到可以通顺的、

不假

思索的背下来。因为你在紧张的时候有可能会忘词，忘词了以后再加上

紧张和现场的气氛，

你会想不起来。耽误的时间越长，你被扣分就越多。自

己的稿子至少熟悉10遍。

所以，上场前，上场比赛

1、上场动作

?挺胸抬头，面带微笑，精精神神的昂首挺胸上场。笑环视全场的评委、观众，然后鞠躬，进行自我介绍。?在台上，先

?自

我介绍越简单越好，但是要充分将自己的信息介绍给评委。举例:

1 good morning ladies and gen tlema n

2 my n ame is 你的

早上好女士们先生们

名字and i am major in 你主我叫xx，我的专业是xx修的专业

3 it ' s a great honor for me to give you my 今天我很荣幸在这里

给大家带来我presentation here today 的演讲4 today, my

topic is 你的题目我今天演讲的题目是xx 5开始你的演讲开

始

你的演讲演讲的过程中要注意你的细节：

1声音洪亮演讲发音固

然重要，但是你的发音准确，评委和观众看你自己在上面哝哝，还

是不行的，因为觉得你很小家子气，不知道你在说什么。声音洪亮

是你自信的表现，也能彰显出你的霸气。

2面带微笑微笑是人类

最美的表情，也是最具有杀伤力的表情。在演讲过程中全程保持微

笑透露着以下信息：

我很自信，我相信我能表现得很好我准备得很充分

我是一个很有亲和力的选手

我很享受演讲的乐趣

3肢体语言如果演讲全程你的手都处于立正的状态，说明你很拘谨，很紧张，

很没有自信。手上的动作要配合你的演讲，比如挥挥胳膊，眼神一直在与所有观众交流等等。切忌一直低着头看地板，

那是悼念！！ 4眼神交流一直看着观众，不要低头，不要看着评委不懂，如果你紧张，看着最后一排观众后面的墙，你看着的是墙，别人看着你会认为你看着的是观众！ 5反问观众注意，在你的演讲中最好用到反问的语句，这样才更好的调动评委和观众的注意力！

三、即兴问答

1充分利用准备时间，因为一般 15秒到30秒的准备时间，评委和观众的注意

力会产生短

暂的休息，所以当时间到了以后，你开始即兴演讲，评委和观众的注意力还没有集中到

你的演讲上面，所以你又为自己争取了 10秒左右的时间构思和思考

开场套语：first, tha nks for your questi on.

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