中学课程项目「语言与文学」的目的是鼓励学生能够把语言用作思考、创造和自我表达的手段，提高学生在不同情境中进行听、说、读、写、视看和演示的技能。为了给学生提供更多的展示舞台，锻炼学生自我表达技能，2023年10月20日，广州暨大港澳子弟学校（ASJ）初中部举办了第一届中文演讲比赛暨语言与文学探究展活动。

本次演讲比赛的主题是“谈美”。我们的身边永远不缺少美，只是有时缺少了善于发现美的眼睛，参赛同学需围绕主题去讲演生活中各色各样的美。活动当天，来自初中三个年级的8位同学站上决赛的舞台，向我们展示他们对生活的观察与思考，带我们一去探索和领略了他们眼中的美。这其中既包括了自然之美、城市之美、生活之美，也包括了科学之美、历史之美和人心之美。

评委老师从内容主题、语言传递、综合表现等方面对选手的表现进行现场评分，评选出比赛一二三等奖。学术副校长李绮玲女士对本次比赛进行了点评，并鼓励同学们突破自我，勤于练习，在舞台上绽放自己、享受快乐。

此外，经过了近半个学期的学习，同学们对于IB课程体系也有了一些新的理解。在本次学科探究展上，有多位学生接受了采访，表达他们对于IB评估的理解。同学们表示，与传统考试相比，IB课程评估形式多样、标准清晰，能对学生的能力进行全方位的评价，也对学生的综合能力提出了更高的要求。

在演讲比赛结束后，各班学生还进行了语文学科的探究展。在准备探究展过程中，学生们需要对学习进行总结和反思，综合知识、概念、技能等多方面对语文学科的学习进行回顾和总结，并向整个社区进行展示。

本次中文演讲比赛比赛暨语言与文学探究展活动展现了学生语言能力，学习能力，沟通能力和文化修养，更充分展现了ASJ学子对生活对世界的理解和热情。ASJ将不断丰富校内外的活动，给与学子更大的舞台，让学生在活动中成长，在实践中成才。

The Secondary Curriculum Project "Language and Literature" aims to encourage students to use language as a means of thinking, creating and self-expression, and to enhance their skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, visualising and presenting in different contexts. In order to provide more stages for students to demonstrate and to hone their self-expression skills, on 20 October 2023, ASJ organised the 1st Chinese Speech Competition and Language and Literature Exploration Exhibition.

The theme of this speech contest is "talking about beauty". There is never a lack of beauty around us, but sometimes there is a lack of eyes to discover it. The participating students were required to speak on the theme of the beauty of life in various colours. On the day of the event, eight students from the three junior high school grades stood on the final stage to show us their observations and thoughts on life, and took us to explore and appreciate the beauty in their eyes. These included the beauty of nature, the beauty of the city, the beauty of life, the beauty of science, the beauty of history and the beauty of the human heart.

The judges graded the performances of the contestants on the spot from the aspects of content theme, language delivery and overall performance, and selected the first, second and third prizes of the contest. Ms Elaine Lee, Vice Principal of Academic, commented on the competition and encouraged students to break through themselves, practice diligently, and blossom and enjoy themselves on the stage.

In addition, after nearly half a semester of study, students have gained some new understanding of the IB curriculum system. At the Subject Exploration Exhibition, several students were interviewed to express their understanding of IB assessment. Students said that compared with the traditional examination, IB curriculum assessment has various forms and clear standards, which can evaluate students' abilities in an all-round way, and also put forward higher requirements for students' comprehensive abilities.

After the speech contest, students in each class also conducted an inquiry exhibition on the language subject. In preparation for the inquiry exhibition, students were required to summarise and reflect on their learning, integrating knowledge, concepts and skills to review and summarise their learning in the language subject and present it to the whole community.

The Chinese Speech Contest Competition and Language and Literature Exploration Exhibition demonstrated the students' language ability, learning ability, communication ability and cultural cultivation, and more fully demonstrated the ASJ students' understanding of life and passion for the world.ASJ will continue to enrich the activities inside and outside of the school, giving students a bigger stage, so that the students can grow up in the activities, and to become a talent in practice.