2007 Utah Language Olympics

May 18th, 2007

300th Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist) MAJ Steve Calder

Language Olympics for 2007

Competition in Spanish, French and German Salt Lake School District – three schools Davis School District – six schools Scheduled Friday, 18 May 2007 Location: UTNG HQ in Draper UTNG providing judges, lunch & awards Schools provide language competitors

Language Olympics for 2007

Each high school will have eight competitors • Two x Spanish teams

• One x French team

• One x German team Total of 72 competitors from nine high schools

Four Competitions

ImpromptuPower Word GistingJeopardy/Trivia Bowl

IMPROMPTU

2 Rounds: Preliminary & Final Preliminary:

• Teams may refer to dictionary during prep time

• Teams draw topic

• Three minutes to compose speech

• Speech must be one – two minutes

• Partner will interpret speech into English (One minute plus any time left over)

• Three minutes total for delivery

IMPROMPTU

Finals:• Three judges score speech and interpretation

of Preliminary Round

• Scores of speaker and interpreter combined with top 3 teams advancing to final round

Power Word

Team member gives clues to other team member who guesses word described• Each card contains word to be guessed (the

power word) plus two or four taboo words which may not be used by the clue giver

• Words are in target language

• Clues and guessing in target language

• Each round has 2 minutes 30 second time limit

Power Word

Round Two:• Same as round one but players switch roles

• Points awarded based on number of words guessed correctly

Gisting

2 Parts: Listening & Reading• Team members work together

Listening: • After each cut – answer three questions (15 questions)• Teams will hear 5 cuts in target language• 2 minutes to answer questions before next cut

Reading: • Team members given three passages in target language

to read• Each text has 5 questions in English (15 questions)• Twenty-five minute time limit

Jeopardy/Language Trivia Bowl

Single Jeopardy 5 categories x 5 questions• Teams divided into three groups of three teams each• Winners of each group advance to Double Jeopardy

Questions pertaining to geopolitical region where target language spoken

• Cultural and Social• Political: e.g. presidents, capitals, flags• Economic: e.g. monetary units• Geographical• Historical• Vocabulary• Verb Conjugations

TIME FRENCH GERMAN SPANISH I SPANISH II0700-0800 Final Prep Final Prep Final Prep Final Prep

0800-0830 Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony

Opening

Ceremony

0830-0930 Power Word Gisting Impromptu Jeopardy

0930-1030 Impromptu Jeopardy Power Word Gisting

1030-1130 Gisting Power Word Jeopardy Impromptu

1130-1230 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH

1230-1330 Jeopardy Impromptu Gisting Power Word

1330-1400 Impromptu Finals

Impromptu Finals

Impromptu Finals

Impromptu Finals

1400-1430 Closing Ceremony/ Awards

Closing Ceremony/ Awards

Closing Ceremony/ Awards

Closing Ceremony/

Awards

Utah High School Language Olympics – 18 May 2007

Point of Contact• MAJ Steve Calder at 801-808-1876

Email stevenrichardcalder@yahoo.com More information concerning competition

• http://www.ut.ngb.army.mil Units > Army Guard > 300th MI Bde > Language Olympics

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