Committed to nurturing young people to become confident communicators, CASS has always tirelessly initiated opportunities to enable teenagers to hone their public speaking skills. For the second year running, it collaborated with Kranji Secondary School to organise the 4th National Bilingual Speech competition held at Singapore Polytechnic on 29th August. This was a prestigious platform for aspiring orators to express their views persuasively and bounce them off their peers in the spirit of spontaneous and uninhibited intellectual discourse.

In an act that demonstrated the synergy between the two institutions, CASS lecturers, Ms Christina Lum and Mr Heng Kai Le teamed up with Mdm Yong Siow Ling, the HOD of Languages from Kranji Secondary to conduct a preparatory workshop on 15th August 2009 for this year's participants. The participants were a lively and motivated audience, eagerly applying the useful tips they had gained from the facilitators in group activities and unabashedly presenting their ideas before other groups.

Subsequently, Ms Lum and Mr Heng also served as judges for the preliminary round held on 22nd August. They were honoured to exchange pointers regarding the essentials of good communication with the distinguished panel of judges who were adroit wordsmiths and charismatic communicators themselves.

CASS is proud to have contributed towards the success of the 4th National Bilingual Speech Contest and towards the promotion of the bilingual scene in Singapore.

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