P S C Final 2010

British Embassy, Friday 16th April 2010 1.30pm to 4.30pm
The Public Speaking Competition was once again held at the British Embassy.

1st places: Gelsi Eszter, Nyíregyháza and Román Tamás, Nyíregyháza and Budapest









2nd places: Hegedûs-Bacskai Vivien, Nyíregyháza, Gyuris Katinka, Debrecen,

Below are pictures taken at the event:

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The subject of the competitors talks was: 'Speculation on our future' and subtitled 'Europe's Role in the World'. Rules can be seen on the ESU website www.esu.org but were basically the same as in previous years.

Two participants were selected to attend the final in London from Monday 17th to Friday 21st May. The ESU, due to the kind sponsorship of HSBC bank in London and in Budapest, will be able to pay for airfares to the UK and back and the cost of accommodation in the UK.

There were two winners and a two runners up who will receive engraved medals and the overall winner's name will appear on the plaque.



As usual there were two categories, Open and Hungarian. Hungarian implies someone who has studied only within the Hungarian Education System and is not from a bi-lingual family. Open applies to all others. Only one competitor from the Open category can go to the UK.

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Singlish at the Renee Cafe

Steve Jones and monthly 'Singlish'
Steve performing at the Renee Cafe in the 17th district. Begun in December 2009 and repeated monthly it features English language songs from the UK, America and Australasia.

If you are not a singer you can just listen but we discuss the songs too and try to understand why people wrote and sang them and the history behind them.

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