To culminate its 25 anniversary festivities, The Centre for Language Learning (CLL) will host its first ever Foreign Language Talent Show, entitled, CLL’s Got Talent! Its’ aim is to allow CLL students to showcase their artistic talent and passion for their foreign language(s). The theme for this year’s talent show is, “Explore the World with Us!”

We invite students enrolled in a language course at the CLL from September 2022 – December 2023 to audition!

 

Guidelines

  • The audition period begins on October 23, 2023.
  • There are five categories: musical performance, dance performance, spoken word, poetry, comedy.
  • One submission per person or group (3 people maximum).
  • Performance must be 2 – 3 minutes in length and contain at least 2 sentences in the target language.
  • Each submission must be accompanied by a brief description.
  • Audition videos should have a minimum resolution of 720p. Ensure there is little to no background noise and good lighting. The video should be shot in landscape and saved as an mp4 file.
  • By entering the contest, participants grant the competition organizers the right to post and publish recordings of their performances freely on their social media platforms and in future digital/print publications as they deem fit.

Submission

Deadline: November 10, 2023 at 6:00pm.

  • Audition videos should be sent via Wetransfer to Avian.Daly[at]sta.uwi.edu

Judging Criteria

Contestants will be evaluated on the following criteria:

  1. Performance and creativity (40%)
  2. Entertainment value (30%)
  3. Use of foreign language (30%)

Prizes

Here are the prizes:

  • First prize
  • Second prize
  • Third prize
  • People’s choice

Finalists will be announced on November 20, 2023 and will perform live in the talent show on December 8, 2023.

For further information, contact: Avian.Daly[at]sta.uwi.edu