The Fifth English Competition for Catalan
Schools (THE FONIX 2012), designed to promote the use of
English among school students through a fun and educational competition in an
informal educational setting, is hereby announced.
The objective of the competition is to select a
finalist from each of the first two stages: local, territorial and the winners
at the final stage.
The exercises in all the stages of the competition
will consist of writing tasks, each based on a different theme (for example:
geography, history or music) The written tasks contain a variety of activities
on vocabulary, reading and writing.
STAGES
OF THE COMPETITION:
- LOCAL STAGE: The tests will be held at each school between 12 of January and 15th February 2012 inclusive.
- REGIONAL STAGE: The tests during the regional stage will be held on Saturday 3rd March at 12:00 midday, and will last for a maximum of 60 minutes. The location of the examination will be made public well before the test date.
- FINAL
STAGE: The
date and the location of the final stage of the competition will be announced on the official website.
THE PRIZES:
The following prizes will be awarded to the candidates
who classify for the final stage of the competition:
- 4
two-week stays in “English Summer Camps” in Catalonia for
the four winners in the 5º pri. to 2nd ESO
categories.
- 4
two-week stays in an English-speaking country for the four winners in
the 3rd ESO to 2nd de Batxillerat/ Grau Superior de Cicles Formatius
categories.
- 8
standard on line English courses and 8 sets of study
materials for the runners-up in each of the 8 categories.
- 32
standard on line English courses for the third,
fourth, fifth and sixth placed candidates in each of the 8
categories.
- Sets
of study materials for the remaining finalists.
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