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Judges & Scoring

Guest Judges

WANG Peng 王芃

Assistant Teaching Professor,

Georgetown University

KONG Mei 孔玫

Assistant Teaching Professor,

University of Maryland

YU Ning 余宁

Associate Professor,

Nanjing University

Format & Scoresheet

Subject to slight change.

Please note: Student contestants do not compete within different proficiency levels.

SpeechDescriptionScoring Rubric
Prepared Speech + Q&A 

Up to 4 minutes

Maximum Score of
15 points
Contestant may choose from one of the topics below:  
TBD

After giving the prepared speech, the Contestant will be asked 1 question related to the topic from 1 of the 3 judges.
The Contestant will draw which Judge will be asking the question during the Contestants' 1st Check-in.
Language (30%):  
·      Grammar
·      Pronunciation
·      Word Selection

Content (40%):
·      Organization
·      Original Thought
·      Interesting Content

Delivery (30%):
·      Body Language
·      State Presentation
·      Volume
·      Energy
Improvised Speech + Q&A

Up to 4 minutes

Maximum Score of
15 points
Each Contestant will draw 1 of the 10 topics in the 2021 Improv Questions Bank for their Improv Speech topic and draw the Judge who will ask their Follow-up Question in the Contestants' 2nd Check-in.  

He/she will be given 5 minutes to prepare for the Improv Speech.

After giving the improvised speech, the Contestant will be asked a question related to the topic from the Judge drawn earlier in the Contestants' 2nd Check-in.
Language (50%):  
·      Grammar
·      Pronunciation
·      Word Selection

Content (30%):
·      Organization
·      Original Thought
·      Interesting Content

Delivery (20%):
·      Body Language
·      State Presentation
·      Volume
·      Energy