ALSA EFEST 2012 RULES OF PROCEDURE

SPELLING BEE

In Spelling Bee competition consist of three rounds that all of the participants should have to compete in. And these are rules of each round and the theme for Spelling Bee is Environment. Participants should wear their school uniform when compete in Spelling Bee.

1st round                                       :

We will give a written question in a random form, and the words which will be display on the screen also in a random form. Time to solve each word is 30 seconds. This round will be consist maximum of 100 participants.

2nd round (pre-elimination)          :

·         Native will going to read out the words to be spell by participants. He will read it slowly and clearly without change any meaning.

·         Participants listen to the words carefuly and ask to repeat it if necessary.

·         When participants understand about the words, then they have to spell and mention it again. They should mention it clearly and loudly to the judges.

·         Judges whether the result of their spelling is correct or incorrect after the participants mentioned the words.

·         If their spelling is incorrect, judges will give the correct spell and then read it to the participants.

3rd round (Final Round)               :

Basically the rules are the same as the 2nd round.

The difference rule in the final round, there is a Definitions, people who will read the definition of the words in a question by participants.

  

SPEECH

PREFACE

Speech is an individual competition where the participants deliver their speech according to the themes which given by the committee for seven (7) minutes minimum and ten (10) minutes maximum. The aspects judged from their appearance are the content, grammar, pronounciation, and their way of presenting the speech.

PARTICIPANT

The participants of Speech E-Fest 2012 consist of 25 students from all over High School in Central Java and Yogyakarta

PURPOSE

Upgrading speaking abilities of participants to deliver opinion about issue in front of public

COMPETITION SEQUENCE

Speech competition divided into two rounds, which is Preliminary round and Final Round.

GENERAL RULES

1. The participant in speech E-fest 2012 must be a high school student.
2. Each school participating in this competition must be represented by maximum 2 students.
3. Every participant should already be re-registered before the competitions starts.
4. Every participant should be present punctually (at least 1 hour before the competition starts). We don’t compromise with all of the lateness. The name of the participant will only be announced 3 times and if the participant absent, he/she will be disqualified.
5. Every participant or the representative has to attend the Technical Meeting (read specific rules).
6. The maximum duration of each participant performance is 10 minutes. Disobedience the duration of the performance will decrease the point. The participant should not make a mistake when they performed because the duration will keep running, we do not compromise to start all over again.
7. The contents and materials used in this competition originated from the committee.
8. All participants should respect and appreciate every judgment from the adjudicators.

 SPECIFIC RULES

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible to compete, an individual must :

1.  Enrolled in a High School by showing the Student Identity Card at the time of registration.
2.  Have completed the registration fee.
3.  PRELIMINARY ROUND, the participant have submitted 4 copies of speech text at the time of technical meeting.
4. FINAL ROUND, the participants have submitted 4 copies of speech text at the time of re-registration.

            A participant must maintain eligibility at all round of this competition.  If at final round it is discovered that a participant was ineligible to compete at preliminary round, the participant must be disqualified. Each participant must be present to compete. Participation by audio and video tape and teleconference is not permitted.

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

1. The participant has to wear formal apparel. The participant must not wear jeans and T-Shirt at the time of performance.
2. The participant has to wear pantofel shoes
3. The participant has to keep his/her appearance neat and clean

SPEECH SUBJECT

Subject for PRELIMINARY ROUND shall be selected by the participants according to the themes and sub-themes that have been determined by the committee. Subject outside the themes and sub-themes are not permitted.

• PRELIMINARY ROUND

1. Loves Indonesian Product
2. Conservation Indonesian’s Tradition
3. Environment Influence on Personality
4. Reflection of the Foreign Country
5. Youth Development of Indonesia

 Subject for FINAL ROUND will be drawn by the committee, and participants’ options are not permitted. The drawing process will be held after the announcement of the finalist.

• FINAL ROUND

1. Impact of Proper Quality Education for National Development
2. Social Media Affection in Social Interaction of the Youth Generation
3. Tutor Qualifications due to National Education

 TIMING OF THE SPEECHES

- Speeches will be seven to ten minutes. A participant will get minus point that will be add with total point achieved if the speech is less than seven minutes or more than ten minutes 30 seconds.

- For FINAL ROUND, after the participant delivers their speech (7 to 10 minutes), there will be 5 minutes additional time for adjudicators to give their opinion, and the participant may answer the questions by the adjudicators if any.

- Upon being introduced, the participant shall proceed immediately to the speaking position. Timing will begin with the participant’s first definite verbal or nonverbal communication with the audience. This usually will be the first word uttered by the participant, but would include any other communication such as sound effects, a staged act, etc.

- Timers shall provide warning signal flags to the participants, which shall be clearly visible to the speakers but not obvious to the audience.

• A green signal will be displayed at one minutes

• A yellow signal will be displayed at seven minutes and displayed once again at nine minutes

• A red signal will be displayed at ten minutes and remain on until the conclusion of the speech.

SCORING ASPECTS

1.      Speech Development 20%

            - Structure

            - Opening

            - Support Material

2.       Effectiveness 15%

            - Achievement of Purposes

            - Interest

            - Reception

3.      Speech Value 15%

            - Ideas

            - Logic

            - Original Thought

4.       Physical 10%

            - Appearance

            - Body Language

5.       Voice 10%

            - Flexibility

            - Volume

6.       Manner 10%

            - Directness

            - Enthusiasm

            - Assurance

7.       Appropriateness 10%

            - to Speech Purpose

            - to Audience

8.       Correctness 10%

            - Grammar

            - Pronunciation

            - Word Selection

APPLICABILITY OF RULES

These rules apply to all participants of this speech competition. These rules may not be supplanted or modified except by the authorized committee. All participants are obligated to obey the rules

MEGAMIND

Megamind will be played in three stage. Each stage have certain point that will be give to each team.

·         Elimination round

Team which have the highest point in stage before (elimination round) will pass to next stage (semifinal round)

·         Semifinal round

In semifinal round will played by six team that divide by two group and will played in different room

In semifinal round, still team that have the highest point will pass to final round.

·         Final round

The team that pass to final round is two winner team from each group in semifinal round, and the best runner up from semifinal round.

And team that have the highest point in final round will be the winner in Megamind competition.

Rules

1.      Each team stands for three people

2.      Megamind have main theme that will announce to every team before competition held

3.      There’s no changing team name after the technical meeting

4.      Megamind will held with three round, which is

a.       Elimination round

1^st           : 5 questions for each team (max point: 10)

2^nd          : 10 snatch / rebuttal questions (10 point for each question)

3^rd        : 25 questions for each team, this stage will be played with puzzle. 1 question will got 10 point. Square Lines

b.      Semifinal round

1^st           : 5 questions for each team (max point: 10)

2^nd          : 10 snatch / rebuttal questions (10 point for each question)

3^rd           : guessing picture game (divide by 3 step question 1^st step-30 point, 2^nd step -20  point, last 3^rd step-10 point)

 c.       Final round

 1^st          : 5 question for each team (max point: 10)

2^nd          : 10 race question (10 point for each question, race will winning by team that got 100 point first)

3^rd        : paragraph question (100 point)

NEWSCASTING

GENERAL RULES

a.      Every participant in this competition must be a high school student.

b.      Each school participating in this competition must be represented by maximum 2 students.

c.       Every participant should already be re-registered before competition starts.

d.      Every participant should be present punctually (at least 1 hour before the competition starts). We don’t compromise with all of the lateness. The name of the participant will only be announced 2 times and if the participant absent, he/she will be disqualified.

e.      Every participant should ad hear to the strict rules of clothing especially made for this competition (for details, see special rules), this is another reason for disqualification.

f.        The maximum duration of each participant performance is 8 minutes (include opening and closing sentence). Disobeyment the duration of the performance will decrease the point. The participant should not make a mistake when they performed because the duration will keep running, we do not compromise to start all over again.

g.      The contents and materials used in this competition originated from the committee cannot be altered except for the parts designed in the special rules.

h.      Every participant should make their own opening and closing sentence.

i.        All participants should respect and appreciate every judgement from the adjudicators.

SPECIAL RULES

The main theme for news casting competition is “Youth for Changes”

PRELIMINARY ROUND

        I.            Materials of the Competition

a.      News (two headlines).

b.      The materials for the competition consist of two headlines. The news materials will be given by committee at news casting technical meeting.

c.       All participant must draw the performance number and the headline of news he/she will get for the materials of the competition. The drawing process will be held at the end of news casting technical meeting.

      II.            Physical Appearance

a.      Every participant suggested to wear formal apparel, including Blazer and other formal suits because it will affected to scoring point.

b.      Every participant are allowed to wear school uniform.

c.       Every participant has to wear shoes.

d.      Every participant must keep his/her appearance neat and clean; this includes hair neatness

e.      A minimal use of cosmetics is allowed for participants.

FINAL ROUND

1.      Materials of the Competition

a.      News (one headline)

b.      Weather Forecast

c.       The materials for the competition consist of news and weather forecast. The main news and weather forecast materials will be given by committee at news casting technical meeting.

d.      All participant must draw the performance number, the headline of news and map for weather forecast he/she will get for the materials of the competition. The drawing process will be held after the finalist are announced at the preliminary round.

e.      The drawing process must be attended by all participant or their representative. Absence by the participant means that the materials and the performance number of that participant depends on the committee.

2.      Physical Appearance

a.      Every participant suggested to wear formal apparel, including Blazer and other formal suits because it will affected to scoring point.

b.      Every participant are allowed to wear school uniform.

c.       Every participant has to wear shoes.

d.      Every participant must keep his/her appearance neat and clean; this includes hair neatness

e.      A minimal use of cosmetics is allowed for participants.

 TIMING OF THE NEWS CASTING

a.      Green flag will be displayed as a sign to start the performance.

b.      Yellow flag will be displayed at the 6^th minutes of the performance.

c.       A red flag will be displayed at the 8^th minutes of the performance. That sign means that the limit time is over.

SCORING CRITERIA

Ø  Performance

§  Self presentation

§  Confidence

§  Attire and neatness

§  Expression and eye contact

Ø  Material

§  Material control

§  Intonation

§  Articulation

§  Tempo

§  Timing

Ø  Ability in English

§  Vocabulary

§  Grammar

§  Pronounciation

§  Fluency

Ø  Range score : 0 – 100

Ø  Less than 6 minutes : - 25 points

Ø  OVERTIME DURATION ( > 7 min 50 sec) : - 25 points

STORY TELLING

            General

1. English Festival Story Telling Competition will be held in two rounds, preliminary round and final round.
2. Preliminary round is the first round where every registered participant competes to take place on the final round.
3. Final round is the last round where only five participants with the highest score from preliminary round compete to become the champion.
4. Themes for preliminary round and final round are as below:
1. Preliminary round : “National Icon of Change”
2. Final round : “Turning Point of the Century”
5. Every rule has to be followed. Disqualification is necessary for any participant who violates the rule. 

Competition’s Theme

1.      The theme for Preliminary round is “National Icon of Change”.

2.       In the preliminary round, participants must deliver a bigraphy based on a national figure who made or is in progress to make a different in Indonesia (in politic, economic, cultural, social or religion aspect).

3.      The theme for Final Round is “Turning Point of the Century”.

4.      In the final round, participants must deliver a fact-based story of an incredibly event that changed the whole world in this past century. It could be wars, inventions or even natural disasters.

5.      Participants must submit both of their stories (for Preliminary Round and Final Round)

6.      The deadline of story submission is at the Technical Meeting.

7.      If participants are short-listed for the final, they must submit their stories before the final round begins (_______________).

How to Participate

1. Schools must submit the following to the Committee: - The details of the participant, which includes: A. Identity of the school represented [name and address]                                                                           B. Identity of the participant [name, age, address, student ID, term] –                                                         C. The hard copy of the story they are going to perform at the preliminary round and final round.
2. Each participating school may send up to 2 (two) participants.

Rules during the Competition

1. Each participant must be present at the competition venue 30 minutes before the competition begins.
2. Each participant must stay at the competition venue until the competition ends and must remain silent when another participant is delivering his/her story, unless permitted by the Committee.
3. Every communication device must be silenced or turned off at the competition venue, unless permitted by the Committee.
4. Recording devices are allowed within the competition venue.
5. Supporters must remain orderly at all times. Supporters must not disturb any of the participant’s performance. Supporters who violate any of these rules will be expelled from the competition venue by the Committee.
6.  None of the participants is allowed to read any story text or keynote when delivering the story.
7.  Participants may not invent a story although they may improvise and tell the story in their own style.
8.  Participants are advised to use actions and equipments (props or costumes), at their own expense, to help bring their stories to life.
9.  Each participant will be called three times in a row based on his/her turn to perform (first chance).
10.  Participants who don’t come up after being called three times (first chance) will be put on the last turn (second chance).
11.  Participants who don’t come on the second chance will be disqualified.
12.  A green flag will be raised up by the timekeeper as a sign for a participant to start delivering their story.
13.   Each participant has maximum time of 10 minutes to deliver his/her story. Participant who delivers his/her story less than 6 minutes will have his/her score reduced.
14.  A yellow flag will be raised up again on the 4th, 6th, 9th minute.
15.  On the 10th minute, time keeper will raise the red flag up as a warning for the participant that the time is up.
16.  15 seconds will be given as a tolerance time right after the 10th minute.
17.  The tolerance time is considered for score deduction. Thus every second past the tolerance time will reduce the score.
18.  The score margin is between 0 - 100.
19. Scoring criteria :

- Matter (Story substances)                                         35%

- Grammar (Pronunciation, Vocabulary, etc)            15%

- Performance (Costume, Intonation, etc)                 35%

- Expression (including body language)                     10%

- Punctuality of time                                                        5%

20. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence pertaining to the judging process will be entertained.