It was a marvellous moment when the ELC debate team was announced as the second runner-up in the HELP University’s Annual Asian Secondary School Online English Debate Challenge 2021, held on 9th-11th July 2021. We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to our debate team members, Chan Ning (S3 Adelaide), Yong Kai Seng (S1 London), Yong Zhi Yuee (S1 Canberra) and Lucas Tan Yun Tao (S2 Adelaide).
This annual competition was launched in 2021 by HELP University with the objective of upgrading the command of English among secondary school students from non-English medium schools, especially the Chinese Independent Secondary Schools (CISS) in Malaysia. The outcome of the event has been encouraging and there has been marked improvement in the level of confidence of the debaters, as well as their command of English.
This competition which was previously known as the HELP University National Chinese Independent Secondary School (CISS) English Debate successfully attracted 40 contesting teams from 24 non-English medium schools from Malaysia and overseas. Our debate team managed to bulldoze their way through the preliminary rounds, octo-finals, and quarter-finals, and was awarded the second runner-up.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the trainer, Mr Zazuan, for coaching our debaters diligently and giving them a lot of professional guidance during the training sessions. We are truly proud of our debaters as the chief adjudicator commented that our team had had an overall good and impressive performance. It was also mentioned that the debaters had demonstrated amazing chemistry and teamwork, and they had been able to provide concrete cases and understandable clarifications during the debate.
Lastly, we would like to express our appreciation to Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay & Puan Sri Tan Kai Yong Aided Hin Hua High School English Language Centre Teachers & Students Training Charitable Fund for funding the year-long English debate training.