TABLE OF CONTENT About MBEC About English Event 2023 ods ant Melate Rerolslo fol) Timeline Ne Terms and Condition Competition Guide & Judges Nolen) y Spelling Bee Story Telling / Ketel olel{-1 Contact English Event 2023 SOS ied a3 yp 28 32GET TO KNOW MBEC /MBEC is 19th, 999 and was inaugurated on October 20th, 1999. MBEC has the vision to enhance & empower each student organization which founded on August member’ ‘S Ebalich & organizational skills to face we global ens ~ GET TO KNOW | ENGLISH. EVENT 2023 English Event is an ohnastEnalck competition held by students of Mercu Buana English Club (MBEC) from Universitas Mercu Buana. The purpose is to encourage the younger generation to develop and train their skills, especially in international languages. English Event is back with the theme “AVIOTHIC : LEVITATE AND ELEVATE”THE THEME “AVIOTHIC : LEVITATE AND ELEVATE” Aviothic: A strong will to fly Levitate : To rise or cause to rise into the air and float in apparent defiance of gravity. Elevate : To move into a higher place or position THE CONCEPT The concept of EE 2023 aims to motivate the next generations to develop their potential and soar across challenges as actions of preparation to seize future opportunities, The concept of EE 2023 illustrates a connection between challenges and excitement through a festive carnival. This concept is a contrast to the modern depiction of challenges that are often associated with hardships. Through the festivity "Carnival, the young generations could gather the courage to take upon challenges, utilize their creativity, and cherish the experience.: . GENERAL TIMELINE - 12 APRIL - 31 MAY * Open Registration Ay i0NE ae 0 + Opening Ceremony & Technical Meeting (ONLINE) 5-8 JUNE cae > * Preliminary Round ( Video /. Script Submission ) (ONLINE) STU MNE Se se * Preliminary Round Assessment ( Video / Script Submissi ( ONLINE ) 12 JUNE * BREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT 19 JUNE + Preliminary Round for Scrabble and Spelling Bee (OFFLINE) 20 JUNE § * Final Round for Speech, Story Telling, Spelling Bee, Scrabble * AWARDING & CLOSING CEREMONY FOR COMPETIITON 22JUNE * SEMINARTERMS AND CONDITIONS - 1. English event 2023 has 4 (four) branches of competition: Scrabble. Speech, Spelling Bee, and Storytelling. 2. All oripstiene of the English Event 2023 are eronae! level Competitions. 3. Participants are not allowed to register in more than 1..." competition >. 4. Each institution is allowed to send 5 (five) participants at maximum in each branch of competitions. hs 5. The participants must be registered and pod the Paiteation fee before May 31th, 2023. . +2 6. The registration fee does not include any accommodation coverage. 7. The commitice of English Event 2023-will not provide a refund for those who are disqualified or quit for any reason. Unless the competition is canceled due to a lack of minimum participanis, the registration fee will be refunded. ( Minimum quantity for participants _ < ~-¢ Scrabble : 20 participants 5 * Speech : 25 participants . * Spelling Bee: 25 participants * Story Telling : 20 participants« RULES & REGULATIONS SPEECH COMPETITION EE 2023 PREFACE This competition i is a speech competition held by Mercu Buana English Club as its annual agenda. This competition has been held several times with different themes. The theme raised this year is Aviothic: Levitate and Elevate. The meaning of the chosen theme is. ona person is rising (levitating), they must have the, intentidh to soar accross the atmosphere (elevating). 43 This speech competition will be held in a hybrid where the preliminary round will be held online and the final round will be held offline. This competition will also be judged by professional judges. DATE & TIMES Technical Meeting : June 3rd, 2023. Competition Esl x a. Preliminary Round i. Submission +: June 5th - June 8th, 2023 ii. Announcement : June 12th, 2023 h. Final Round : June.20th, 2023 Announcement : June 20th,,2023 Closing Ceremony and ; Winner Announcement wsGENERAL RULES “1. Participants must be an active University student in Indonesia. 2. Participants must register themselves according to the registration time determined by the committee. ; 3. Participants are allowed to bring only one companion. “4. The participant must attended the technical meeting that will: : be held on 3rd June 2023, Otherwise, you will not get further information about the competition. 5. The competition willbe held in two rounds which are the_, Preliminary Round and Final Round. eae 6. The speech must not contain any sensitive content, violent or insulting content regarding any cultural, political, or religious/belief. 7. The decision of the judges is absolute and inviolable. 8. The participant should wear appropriate outfits (for example : white shirt or black suit) to suit the formality occasion: T-shirts and ripped jeans are not allowed. f : = 9. Participants who arrive late will be disqualified. unless you have a reasonable reason and get permission from the committee. 10. Submitting time for preliminary round will be held on 5th June to - Bth June 2023 (Deadline at 8iH June on 23,59 WBB). 11. The final round will be held offline in Mercu Buana University on June 20th 2023. in - 12. Timing will begin when the participant starts by verbal communication with the audience. 7.Match and Rules Shy Preliminary Round Preliminary Round Rules and Regulations 1. Participants of the competition are individuals from varsity students. ‘ 2. The speech must not contain any sensitive content, violent or insulting content regarding any cultural, polite or religious/belief.* * 3. The speech must be in English 4. The decision of the judges is absolute and inviolablé_ 5. The Participants should wear appropriate ouwits (for example : white shirt or black suit) to suit the formality * occasion. T-shirts and ripped jeans are-not allowed: js, 6. The participants are not allowed to read the script during performance. 7. The participants must perform original speech that has never been used for any competition 8. The participants are allowed to take some quotes from famous figures as long as their names are mentioned. 9. The participants who dq not \ipload the video by the deadline will be disqualified. Ps 10. The audio must be clear and without echo, Static, or Sherexcessive Wolke during! iheperfonnianes, 11. The participants are highly recommended to stand up in front of the camera during the performance. »Preliminary Round Theme 1. We have to work hard to gain the universe Sometimes life is almost like gambling. You either get something you want or you don't. The richest people are almost always lucky. Work hard is something that you: must be done to reach the world. 2. Our dream are not important to others 7 Fag When we try to reach our dreams, sometimes other people always judge us about the dream we want to reach Other people may give a lot of comments about obwdreams that might make us despair. 5 3. Getting out of the comfort zone is a. proof Ee Getting out of your comfort’zone will prove yourself to be able to continue to grow and get new things that we have never gotten.Preliminary Round Submission Format 1. The type of speech that is submitted by participants is well prepared speech. 2. The video resolution must be recorded with a minimum of 726MP in a landscape orientation 3. The video duration is 5-7 minutes. If participants perform the speech less than or more than the duration, peatiear: will get the minus score. (minus 1 score every 1 second) ” 4. The particpants are not allowed to do zooming zooming out while recording the video. 5. The video must be uploaded ‘on YouTube. The participants need to send the link to Google Form which will be ihe Gsnanifiee® Parlicipanta whe waniio teaubeetateavouTube Link on the google form are allowed to do so as long-gs it’s within the deadline, notify their LO first, and only revise once 6. The iitle of YouTube Video: | ‘SPEECHEE2023_NAME_THEME_NAME OF INSTITUTION For example : SPEECHEE2023. Terry Wijaya_Weight of Responsibility Universitas Mercu Buana — 7. The video must not be cut or edited for any reasons, it must be taken inonetake. ; 8. The Submission deadline is on Juné 8th at 23.59 Western Indonesia Time. If the participants exceed the time limit of submission, the video is no longer accepted. If you have sorhe troubles (for example : slow uploading speed) during submission, please contact your LO. ©. ,b. Final Round Bic Round Rules and Regulations 1, Announcement for participants who passed the pretaanciy fouled will be announced by the committee on May 28th through WhatsApp.. 2: Final Ravreswill besirel dh offline dni merce Budhie University. In this round, all participants will deliver the speech with the topic that will be given by the committee and the particip may choose one topic to perform. i 3. All participants ahould come to Mercu Buana University 30 minutes before the competition start. z 4. The Participants should wear appropriate outfits (fog example ; white shirt or black suit) to suit the formality occasion. Participants are also allowed to use University jacket T-shirts and ripped jeans are not allowed. fs Bi palicinante must siay-af’ Menai Benne University until the closing ceremony. nee 6. All participants are not allowed to leave the competition venue without any permission from the committee : 7. The participant will be disqualified if he/she doesn’t show up after being called 3 times without any reasonable permission. Bh ‘s 8. The committee does not compromise any mistakes made by participants during the performance,because the time will keep running.9. Upon being introduced, the participant shall proceed immediately to the speaking position. Timing will begin when the participant starts by verbal communication with the audience. 10. The decision of the judges is absolute and inviolable. 11. The speech must not contain any sensitive content, violent or insulting content regarding any cultural, political, or * religious/belief. 12. The speech must be original and has been never.used in any competition. 13. The participants are not allowed to read the script,during + performances. me 14. The committee will provide timer signal flags to,the participants with: y oi * Agreen signal will be displayed when the time Starts * Ayellow signal will be displayed when 3 minutes are left * A red signal will be displayed when only 1 minuies left * A twinkling signal will be displayed when the time is.upScoring Aspect Registration Fee + Early Bird (April 12th - April 30th). : IDR. 225.000/person * Normal (May Ist - May 31st) “SIDR 275.000/person * Bundling (May 1st - May 31st) 4 Group (2 person) : IDR 250.000/person Group (3 person) :.IDR 225.000/person Contact Person Ridha 0851-7435-8010RULES & REGULATIONS SPELLING BEE COMPETITION EE 2023 PREFACE Spelling Bee competition is one of the competition’ e branches of English Event 2023. This field of competition is aimed so that the participant can enhance their English vocabulary, showcase their spelling skills, and also’prac- tice their knowledge in English. This competition is “gen to senior high school students and varsity. It will be h¥ld offline at Mercu Buana University. 4 DATE & TIME * Technical Meeting : June 3rd, 2023 Competition 5 ‘ a. Ist round - 3rd round. : June 19th, 2023 b. 4th round - 5th round a June 20th, 2023 Announcement . June 20th, 2023 Closing Ceremony and Winner AnnouncementGENERAL RULES . The competition will be held offline in two days . There will be 5 rounds a nd will be divided into two days: First Day: Written Test, Traditional Spelling, and Backward Spelling. Second Day: Words Attack and Jumble Wofd . The score from the first day of competition will be accumulated and the participants with the highest score will go to the next- round in the second day. : Participants should attehd 15 minutes before the competition start. : Committee will do role call 2 times at the beginning: ofthe competition, and 1 time each a round starts. Late participants are allowed to compete with no additional time given. If more than two persons are late to the rooin, ‘the game will be postponed for 15 minutes. * " Participants are prohibited to use any kind of electronics during each round. Participants cre prohibited to do any kind of cheating action during each round. & . The dictionary used in the competition is Merriam-Webster Dictionary. re 10. If a word contains more than one correct spelling and listed in the dictionary, the participants still have the correct point(s). 11. Participants are not allowed to wear t-shirts without collar. It is allowed to wear T-Shirt with a collar or university jacket. 12. Participants are not allowed to use flip-flops. 13. Participants have to spell the word with “Say-Spell-Say” technique.Participants must use CAPITAL LETTER for the Written Round. . The participants have to use English while pronouncing and spelling the word. pants are not allowed jo re-spell the. misspelled . Misspelled word means the participants has failed to spell ¢he word MATCH ROUND & RULES - av) ROUND 1 - WRITTEN TEST - (PRELIMINARY ROUND) - (DAY) 1. Participants will be given an answer sheet, by. the committee. : ae 2. Pariicipants must bring their own pen (stationery)? * 3. There will be 40 words to be pronounced by the judges. A. The judges will pronounce the words twice, complete with the definition ‘ and the type of the words. z mB 5. The answer should be written in capital letters. 6. If the participant feels the word that they have written is incorrect, they only have one (1) chanée to rewrite the correct one besides the wrong one that has been crossed with two lines. 7. Participants will have 30 seconds to-write the answer.ROUND 2 - TRADITIONAL SPELLING - (PRELIMINARY ROUND) - (DAY 1) 1. The participants will be called one by one. The participants will be invited to the breakout room by the committee (LO / Liaison Officer) to move from the Main Room ; 2. Each participant has to spell 15 words. ee 3. The judges will give complete information of the word, which are the werd itself, the definition of the word, ind” the type of the word. : 4, The participants may ask the judges to repeat the word once if they feel unclear. - 6g 5, The participants have to spell the word with the rgles “Say - Spell - Say”. . 6. The participants have to spell from the first letteb of the word until the last letter of the word correctly. ~ Pe 7. The participants are not allowed to. re-spéll the misspelled words. ¥ 8, Participants will’be given total of 10 minutes to think and spell. ROUND 3 - BACKWARDS SPELLING - (PRELIMINARY ROUND) - (DAY 1) 1.The participants will be called one by one. The participants will be invited to the breakout room by the committee (LO / Liaison Officer) to move from the Main Room B 2. Each participant has ta spell 15 words. * 3.The judges will give complete inforthation of the word, they are the word itself, the definition of the word, and the type of the word. ;. The participants may ask the judges to repeat the word ONCE if they feel unclear. . The participants have to spell the word with the rules “Say - Spell - Say”. . The participants have to spell from the last letter of the word until the first letter of the word correctly. . The participants. are not’ allowed to re-spell the misspelled words, . Participants will be given fotal 20 minutes to think and spell in this round. s The correct answer will be accumulated from the three“rounds that have been done and the participants with the highest score will go to the next round in the second day. x av 2 ROUND 4 - WORD ATTACKS- (SEMI FINAL) - (DAY42) . There will be 50 words in total. f . The participants have to spell from the first letter of the word : > Eacl participant will be given 10 minutes in totdj to:spell the words that are pronounced by the judges. a pp uniil the last letter of the word correctly as many as they can. . The judges will pronounce the: words and the participants can directly answer it by using Say-Spell-Say techniques. . The participants can ask for the definition of the word and the type of the words to the judges, but the timer will noi be paused. : . The participants can pass the words and directly move to the next word. |. If there is time left, the judges will pronounce back the past words. . . The participants are not allowed to re-spell the misspelled words. . The round will be over if the time isup. 1:9,