GoodTalk（地球村）国际青少年双语演讲大会

   The GoodTalk (Global Village) International Children & Youth Bilingual Speech Conference (GoodTalk “Global Village” Children & Youth Bilingual Speech Competition) started in 2009. The annual activity is held in countries including China, Singapore, Australia, the United States, Denmark and others. The conference aims to promote the popularization of Chinese and English study in the world through speech exchange by using second language among young people from different countries, deepen the learning and understanding of each other's cultures among young people, and select young diplomatic talents with international influence.

   The conference is divided into 3 parts---China Elite Bilingual Speech Conference, International Two-way Bilingual Exchange Conference, and World Campus Speech Tour. Each year’s convention has a theme, Chinese students speech in English while the world students speech in Chinese.

   In the China Elite Bilingual Speech Conference, students from Singapore, Australia, the United States, Denmark and other countries gathered in China and become partners with Chinese students. Under the leadership of Chinese students, they will deeply dipped in traditional Chinese culture, improve their Chinese speaking skills, and feel the Chinese customs and folk customs. After they are familiar with each other, they will guide each other's language and tacit cooperation, and present the charm of the world's youth language diplomacy in a bilingual speech.

   In the International Two-way Bilingual Speech Conference, students from all over the world will meet Chinese students and become one-to-one partner after the selection of Chinese speech. During the practice of bilingual speech, they will learn Chinese from Chinese students. At the same time, they will help Chinese students practice English. Under the guidance and tacit cooperation of each other, students will practice second language ability, understand Chinese culture, and get to know Chinese partners.

   In the World Campus Speech Tour, each country organizes students to enter the world’s famous school independently. Students will deliver a public English speech to the students from the school and people of the country.

   The founder and sponsor of the conference is GOODTALK CULTURE COMMUNICATION (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. Chinese sponsors are China Education Association for International Exchange and GoodTalk Children & Youth Cultural Communication Center. Overseas sponsors and co-sponsors include Chinese Language Teachers’ Association of Victoria, Australia, Confucius Institute of the University of Melbourne, Confucius Institute of California State University，Long Beach, Confucius Institute of Copenhagen Music School, and so on. The conference is also supported by Education Department of Chinese Embassy in Singapore, Chinese Consulate General in Melbourne, Australia, and Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles, the U.S.A.. All of them give highly praise for the conference.

   In the conference, the original intention of the sponsors is not only to learn the language, to present the language learning results, but also to build a platform for the bilingual exchange, to enhance the enthusiasm of learning the second language of young people around the world, to train young people’s social ability in the international environment, and to pay attention to international issues such as environmental protection. At the same time, more and more international students will learn to understand Chinese and Chinese culture.