The final competition and prize giving ceremony of the 13th English Radio Drama Competition for Schools, organized by Smart Education Charitable Foundation and sponsored by SCOLAR, was successfully held via Zoom on June 26, 2021.

Due to the pandemic situation, the live performance of the final has to be held online, but thanks to the great support from principals, teachers, parents and students, the competition continues to receive very positive feedback and participation from schools.

It is our pleasure to interview the award winners of The 13th English Radio Drama Competition, let’s watch the interviews together to learn their winning tactics and compete again next year!

Primary Level:

GOLD AWARD P.L.K. Leung Chow Shun Kam Primary School(P13) Gao Tsz Ching Lai Chit Hei Lo Ching Lim Wong Ying Lam Kong Ho Lam BRONZE AWARD PLK HKTA Yuen Yuen Primary School (P15) Louis Lee Shing Kwan Wong Chin Yau Yau Hau Long Chui Chloe Kung Yin Ching, Chloe

Secondary Level:

GOLD AWARD Diocesan Boys' School (S02) Liu Sing Hey Ryan Lau Ching Ho Lau Chung Tak Low Thue Hei Yin Geoffrey Hau Chun Heia SILVER AWARD Carmel Secondary School (S01) Chiu Ching Chan Long Ching Wong Yuet Yi Chan Yin Leong MOST POPULAR PERFORMANCE AWARD Hong Kong and Kowloon Chiu Chow Public Association Secondary School (S04) Vani Lam Wing Hei Amica Lai Wing Tung Bernice Lee Wing Kiu Jelly Chan Cheuk Woon Polly Ho Yuet Hei

GOLD AWARD P.L.K. Leung Chow Shun Kam Primary School 1.Gao Tsz Ching 2.Lai Chit Hei 3.Lo Ching Lim 4.Wong Ying Lam 5.Kong Ho Lam	SILVER AWARD St. Paul's Co-educational College Primary School 1.Wong Zi Chuen Xaco 2.Tin Sze Jit 3.Lam Louie Jun-wei 4.Wong Christian Jake 5.Yu Hei Tung	BRONZE AWARD PLK HKTA Yuen Yuen Primary School 1.Louis Lee Shing Kwan 2.Wong Chin Yau 3.Yau Hau Long 4.Chui Chloe 5.Kung Yin Ching, Chloe

GOLD AWARD Diocesan Boys' School 1.Liu Sing Hey Ryan 2.Lau Ching Ho 3.Lau Chung Tak 4.Low Thue Hei Yin Geoffrey 5.Hau Chun Heia	SILVER AWARD Carmel Secondary School 1.Chiu Ching 2.Chan Long Ching 3.Wong Yuet Yi 4.Chan Yin Leong	BRONZE AWARD St. Margaret's Co-educational English Secondary and Primary School (Secondary Section) 1.Ho Matthew 2.Theng Min Xuan 3.Ng Pak Ching 4.Cheng Ming Wai Jacqueline 5.Kuk Sheung Lam

Enquires: Please contact us at +852 2851 3822(Hong Kong) / +853 6261 6000(Macao) or email us at Drama@MySmartABC.com if you have any questions.

In view of the pandemic, we have decided to hold the final competition online this year. Finalists are advised to attend the rehearsal via Zoom on May 21 (Fri) so as to better prepare for the final phase.

All finalists will be invited to perform live in the final competition on June 26 (Saturday) via Zoom.

Please see below for further details.

To ensure a smooth process, rehearsals will be held on 21 May 2021 (Friday). All contestants are required to join in so as to better prepare for the competition.

There will be Gold, Silver, Bronze and Merit Awards for each section. Best Performer and Most Popular Performance Award will be announced and awarded during the ceremony. Certificates will also be awarded to all the finalists.

Moreover, we would like to remind everyone that the voting period for your favourite radio drama performance has officially begun and will last from April 30 to May 10. The winners of each section will be invited to attend the final and receive their awards.

List of finalists: (The list is in accordance with the order of appearance; and the order is randomly assigned)

Thank you again for your support, and look forward to a successful final competition. Congratulations to all the finalists!

Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to call us at +852 2851 3822 or email us at Drama@MySmartABC.com.

Thank you again for your support in our 13th English Radio Drama Competition for Schools. We have just uploaded the radio drama audio files from the short-listed teams onto our website, and it's time for you to enjoy! We would also want to thank our participating teams for submitting their radio dramas, well done! You may now listen to the radio drama performances and vote for your favourite radio drama later from April 30 to May 10, 2021 (12:00 noon)! Each person can cast one vote per day for each level. The team from each level with the most number of votes will win the "Most Popular Performance" award. The Most Popular Radio Drama Performance Award will be announced on May 2021, and winners will be invited to the ceremony on May 2021 to receive their trophies. Stay tuned!

How can you vote?
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Step 1: To register an account. Simply use your email address as your login name.
Step 2: You will receive an email and you need to validate your account before you can vote.
Step 3: Go back to www.mysmartabc.com/drama and sign in.
Step 4: Vote for your favourite radio drama.

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Step 1: Sign in.
Step 2: Vote for your favourite radio drama.

List of semi-finalists: (The order of the teams is randomly assigned)

THE 13^th ENGLISH RADIO DRAMA COMPETITION 2021
Workshops on Script Writing and Voice/Sound Effects

Posted by Smart Education Charitable Foundation (12 Apr 2021)

To help students better prepare for the final round of the competition, Smart Education Charitable Foundation hosted two Radio Drama workshops on April 10th via Zoom. The workshops, conducted by Mr. Kristopher Jordan from EF English Centers, gave insight on how to write narrative effectively, utilize voice acting and sound effects to boost storytelling and engagement. The workshops helped over 150 students understand more about the features of radio drama and the skills that are required to make their performance more presentable and outstanding!

The 13^th English Radio Drama Competition
Announcement of semi-finalists entering Phase 2!

Posted by Smart Education Charitable Foundation (23 Mar 2021)

Smart Education Charitable Foundation is excited to announce our Phase 1 results and the teams that can enter the next phase of the 13^th English Radio Drama Competition.

This year we received many wonderful entries from our students, and some of them even achieved the same score! We are encouraged by the schools’ active participation in this competition and thus, we have decided to increase the number of shortlisted teams from 15 to 20 for each division.

Thanks to the support from principals, teachers, parents and students, we are able to let students continue to improve their English proficiency through this interesting competition.

Congratulations to the short-listed teams! Confirmation letters of Phase 2 and details have been sent to schools to inform all the short-listed teams. You will also be notified by phone in the next few days.

Note: Please help ensure that your students submit the 5-minute radio drama (in MP3 format) with the script to us ON OR BEFORE Apr 19, 2021 (Mon). Files can be sent to us via email to Drama@MySmartABC.com.

Enquires: Please contact us at +852 2851 3822(Hong Kong) / +853 6261 6000(Macao) or email us at Drama@MySmartABC.com if you have any questions.

The team codes are assigned randomly.

THE 13^th ENGLISH RADIO DRAMA COMPETITION 2021
Workshops on Script Writing and Voice/Sound Effects

Posted by Smart Education Charitable Foundation (March 5, 2021)

Thanks to the support from principals, teachers, parents and students, our Radio Drama Competition has entered Phase 2! We are encouraged by the schools’ active participation, and that students may continue to improve their English proficiency through this interesting competition. This year we are delighted to have Mr. Kristopher Jordan join us from EF English Centers, who is a Center Education Manager as well as an award winning opera singer and actor, to conduct this year’s workshop. We are now writing to cordially invite your students to attend our workshops on script writing and voice/sound effects training via Zoom:

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• All semi-finalists MUST attend the training session.
• When teams join the training session, please make sure they use their team number and school name as the participant name.

About the competition:
☆The 13th English Radio Drama Competition is organized by Smart Education Charitable Foundation.
☆This competition is also sponsored by (listed in no particular order) The Standing Committee on Language Education & Research (SCOLAR), ETS TOEIC, TOEFL Junior, TOEFL ITP, KEA Learning International Ltd, EF English Centers, NICI Asia Ltd and 4M.
☆The final competition and prize giving ceremony is tentatively scheduled to be on May 29, 2021 via Zoom.
☆Reminder: Please help ensure that your students submit the 5-minute radio drama (in MP3 format) with the script to us ON OR BEFORE April 19, 2021. Files can be sent to us via email to Drama@MySmartABC.com.

We would also be grateful if you could reply to our invitation email at Drama@MySmartABC.com to confirm your students’ attendance OR scan the QR code to register for the workshop on or before April 9, 2021.

Please visit our website www.mysmartabc.com/drama for more details. Should you have any questions, please feel free to call us at 2851 3822 or email us at Drama@MySmartABC.com.

We look forward to seeing your students on April 10 at 10:00AM (Primary School Section) / 11:30AM (Secondary School Section).

Posted by Smart Education Charitable Foundation. (January 6, 2021)

In light of the continued suspension of face-to-face classes as announced by the Education Bureau on Jan 4, Smart Education Charitable Foundation has taken a decision to extend our application date for the 13th Radio Drama Competition 2021.

The application deadline, originally scheduled for Jan 8, 2021, will be extended to Feb 23, 2021 (Tue). We hope that this arrangement will better suit teachers and participants alike and students can have ample time to prepare for the competition. We look forward to your creative scripts!

Please be advised of the following schedule adjustment and in case of enquiries, please feel free to contact us at +852 2851 3822 or email us at drama@mysmartabc.com.

Posted by Smart Education Charitable Foundation. (October 20, 2020)

• All entrants are allowed to submit one script only.
• Groups must consist of no more than 5 students and members of a group must be of the same division as listed.
• Any entry with content deemed to be inappropriate or sexually explicit, containing extreme violence or offensive remarks will be disqualified.
• Play scripts must be of original content, and materials taken from pre-existing scripts by writers who are not part of the group are prohibited. Entrants who fail to comply will be disqualified.
• Entrants will be solely responsible for the content and any violations of copyright as a result of posting it.
• Entries will not be returned to the contestants.
• Acceptance of any prize will constitute the winner’s consent to the use of the winners’ names, likeness, voices, opinions and prize information for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or notification. Decisions made by the organizer are final on all aspects of the competition.
• Any replacements of entrant in groups, extra certificates will not be given.

Enquires: Please contact us at 2851 3822 if you have any enquiries.

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