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The 2011 SEO
Southeast Asian English Olympics

Story Telling
The 2011 Southeast Asian English Olympics (SEO) is going to bring the
next challenging moment for the participants this year. After 6 years of
remarkable success in Nationwide English Olympics (NEO), now NEO has
been upgraded to The Southeast Asian English Olympics with the theme of
“Ambassador of Nation”. In this first ever English Olympics in Southeast

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Asia, there are six fields of Olympics which are: Debate, Speech, Story
Telling, Scrabble, News Casting and Short Movie Making. These Olympics
will amaze with its most qualified judges.

The 2011 Southeast Asian English Olympics will surely takes the hype all-
over Southeast Asian Region. Strive to achieve the best in 6 Olympics and be
the Best English Institution in Southeast Asia!
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Where? BINUS University, Jakarta Indonesia For the most updated rules, regulations and
When? February, 14th - 19th 2011 registration information, please visit:

Who can join? http://www.seo.mybnec.org

University and High School from all over
Southeast Asia or
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Contact our registration officers:

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How to Register?
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download registration form Edison +62896-3709-5704
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What is
Debate?
World-Class Debate always uses British Parliamentary, as it is also applied
to The 2011 SEO. Experience the BP System first-hand and argue with three
other teams and work together with your teammate by elaborating your
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arguments, defying your foes' opinions and grounding your enemies' speech
using P.O.I! Convince the adjudicators with your speech; arise the audiences
with your performance. Be the best speaker in this Southeast Asian scaled
Olympics.

About What’s on
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British Parliamentary The 2011 SEO

Debate
British Parliamentary is a debate format that
is widely used in International Level. There
are 4 teams competing in each match:
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Debate?
Preliminary Rounds
6 Preliminary Round to find the Best 32 Teams
that would break to Octo-Final Round.

Opening Government, Opening Opposition,

Elimination Rounds
Closing Government and Closing Opposition.
The best 32 teams will compete each other in
elimination rounds to find the champion of the
Podium Debate Olympic.

Opening Opening
EFL Champion
Govt. Opp.
[English as Foreign Language]
We will give the best EFL Team as the EFL
Closing Closing
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Champion. Details for EFL can be seen in EFL

Govt. Opp.
Guidelines.

Adjudicator International Adjudicators

The 2011 SEO will invite well-known
Adjudicators. There would be 10 international
adjudicators which is 50% of subsidized list.
In this format, The goal of each team is to
become the Most Outstanding team of all
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CA: Bryan Gunawan

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other teams in the room. So, there are rank 1 DCAs:

to 4 in every debate. The rank 1 will get 3 Jayson (Philippines),
Victory Points (VPs), rank 2 will got 2 VPs, TJ (Thailand),
rank 3 will got 1 VP, and rank 4 will got 0. Team Caps Azrul (Malaysia)

Here’s the tricky thing, even closing team and

opening team are in the same bench, they are Registration Fee:
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not the same team. So, don’t try to glorify your

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opening and don’t even try to deliver the same

arguments and clarifications with your
opening when you are a closing team. Includes Breakfast and Lunch
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What is
Speech?
The 2011 Southeast Asian English Olympics Speech competition is an
extraordinary international competition that provides a chance for
participants to improve their speaking abilities and show their true spirit of

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expressing opinions diplomatically. Grab this lifetime experience by
becoming professional speaker in representing your country. The road to
be the Ambassador of your Nation is opened now, are you ready?

About What’s on
Integrated

Speech
The 2011 SEO
Speech Speech?
Being a public speaker is not as simple as Humorous Speech Round
using your wits. Get yourself closer to the Public speaker is not only expected to master
real world of speaking in front of the formal speeches. As well as being formal, they
also have to be able to build people’s emotion

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public.
and relax situation.

Table Topic Round

THE “TOOLS” TO SUCCESS
In order to deliver the message of the
speech you have to use many “tools” to
convince your audience. It can be analogy,
cases, comparisons, body language, facial
As an ambassador, you are not only a
communicator, but also a Pioneer. Not limited
to formal topics, we also challenge Speech
Contestants to be able to answer philosophy
and rhetorical questions.

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expressions, voice and also the general EFL Champion
appearance is supporting the objectivity [English as Foreign Language]
of the judging, so make sure you have We will give the best EFL Participant as the
these “tools” in your bag. EFL Champion. Details for EFL can be seen in
EFL Guidelines.

BE FLEXIBLE AND VERSATILE!

The 2011 SEO’s
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A good public speaker shows more

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flexibility in delivering the verbal. They Olympics

know how to adjust words and strong
sentences in order to gain understanding
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from the audience, it may involve mimic,
manner, philosophy, tone and therefore
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you have to show the versatility in every
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round.
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Includes Breakfast and Lunch

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What is
Story Telling?
The 2011 Southeast Asian English Olympics Story Telling Competition is
one of the competitions which Originality, Creativity, Confidence and
Attractiveness are mixed together as the participants amaze the audiences
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with their stories in the unique ways. The Story Telling competition will
always demand attention from everyone.

About What’s on
Story Telling The 2011 SEO
Tag & Duel Story Telling?
Speech

Our English Olympics’ Story Telling always

Story Writing Phase
comes with Tag Round and Duel Round. This
This is where we test, not only your
year, as the scale is escalated to Southeast
English Speaking Skills, but also how you
Asian level, the excitement will also be greater
portray your story more vividly and more
as well!
fluently on the paper. This would be a
Tag Round challenge for participants to explore their
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power of words.
Tag Round is a Battle Royale, there are 4
participants each room and each of them has to
„Creativity‟ Aspects
proof that he/she is a top storyteller. What
As Story Telling is about Spontaneity and
they do is basically simple. After one
Narratives, creativity is a very crucial
storyteller’s turn is ended, he/she can then
aspect, and we are going to challenge the
“tag” whoever he/she wants to be the next
participants to explore their creativity.
story teller to continue.
There will be one round to assess your
Duel creativity. Be ready!
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One-on-one duel as you may have imagined.

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One participant is going to compete with other
in turns. They have to battle while, at the same [English as Foreign Language]
time, synchronize their stories! The key is to We will give the best EFL Participant as the
show the best performance and creativity! EFL Champion. Details for EFL can be seen
in EFL Guidelines.
Powerups
In Tag & Duel, there are two power-ups (a
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person got 2 each). Scoring Aspects:

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T.o.E (Turn of Event), which once Creativity Confidence

used, your opponent have to
continue story otherwise using Originality Attractive
word “Fortunately” or Caps
“Unfortunately”.

Steal, The Story Stealer. This is Registration Fee:

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a tricky power up. You use steal

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when you want to cut

someone’s story and continue
by your own. Once steal is used,
you can take other player’s turn. Includes Breakfast and Lunch
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What is
Scrabble?
Every Word Counts!! Scrabble is a word game that consists of forming
interlocking words, anagrams, and crossword fashion on the Scrabble
playing board. The strategy, velocity and tactics of picking the most suitable

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letter will worth different scores. The aspect of English vocabulary
knowledge will always play as the biggest factor in determining the real
champion.

About What’s on
Scrabble® The 2011 SEO
Scrabble?

Premium Squares
“Every word counts!” slogan never be enough
without tricky dungeons. And this is how
Scrabble fulfill that: Premium Squares
Speech
League-Style Systems
Using league system, we believe that our
Olympics would be really focus in finding
the best of the best in Scrabble!

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Lexicon: CSW
World-class Olympics does not come with
empty hands. We also use the World-class
DOUBLE Double Letter Score doubles word list for our Olympics. CSW (Collins
LETTER the letter score of tiles you Scrabble Word) is known as the most
SCORE popular Scrabble Dictionary, and we use it
put on.
here, in The 2011 SEO.

ZYZZYVA word study program

Scrabble
TRIPLE Triple Letter Score triples the Any challenge? Don’t worry, we have the
most ultimate word validator software! It
LETTER letter score of tiles you put
is much faster and comprehensive!
SCORE on.
International Validator
Inviting Mr. Ferdy Anthonius, International
Double Letter Score doubles Master Scrabble Player as our Official
DOUBLE Score Validator!
WORD the word score where crosses
SCORE this square.
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Lexicon:
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TRIPLE Triple Letter Score triples the CSW

WORD word score where crosses Caps Collins Scrabble Words
SCORE this square.
Registration Fee:
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Making

Includes Breakfast and Lunch

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What is
News Casting?
The 2011 Southeast Asian Olympics News Casting competition is an
extraordinary competition which develops skills in reading and presenting
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at the same time and in the professional ways. Here, we challenge all of you
to represent your institution to become a professional news anchor in news
presenting, weather forecast, live reports, and even a talk show.

About What’s on
Elements of The 2011 SEO
News Casting News Casting?
Speech

Professional News Casters need to

develop skills in reading and
presenting in the same time. Thus,
communication skills, intelligence,
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Preliminary Rounds
Preliminary Rounds consist of very basic skills
of news casting: News Reading and Showbiz.
Show yourself as the best news caster in these

general knowledge, not to mention
your spontaneity are the key
performance for every News Casters!
In this competition, you will face
comprehensive phases of News
Casting Basics, which are: News
Reading, Weather Forecast, Live
Report, Showbiz and Talk Show!
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two different environments (formal news and
entertainment news) and prove that you
deserve to break to the next rounds!
Finals
The Breaking teams will proceed to Quarter,
Semi and Grand Finals! As the intensity gets
higher, the level of Assessment will be
escalated as there will be Tag Teams, Talk
Show and All-round News Anchoring (News

Reading, Live Report and Weather

Communication Skills
Yes, this is the outmost important
part. News casters main job is to
deliver the news to people as good
as possible. To do that,
communications is the key. Mind
your clarity, intonation, tone,
punctuation and your manner!
Casting
Forecast).
EFL Champion
[English as Foreign Language]
We will give the best EFL Participant as the
EFL Champion. Details for EFL can be seen in
EFL Guidelines.

Comprehensive News
News

Anchoring Platform
Intelligence & Gen. Knowledge
Entertainment
In delivering news, there might be
several information that have to be Formal News
brought in a right way. This is where Caps
your knowledge takes place to
determine how you communicate. Registration Fee:
Short Movie
Making

Spontaneity
How you improvise unexpected
situation! You don’t want a typo
ruins your score, right?
Includes Breakfast and Lunch
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What is
Short Movie Making?
The competition of Short Movie Making will challenge the participants to make
a short movie where the aspect of judging consist of cinematography technique,

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editing result, moral message of the movie and also harmony in English. The
theme is “One Dream”, as we know that Ambassadors are coming to achieve a
noble goal. Along with that noble goal, Short Movie Making is about creating a
meaningful story of a journey when the character of the story has to face many
boundaries and obstacles in the real life in order to make the dream comes true.
The participants are asked to make a short movie which will inspire people who

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watch it as well. Are you “DARE” enough to taste the magnificence of this brand
new competition?

About What’s on
Short Movies The 2011 SEO
Essentials Short Movie Making?

Here is a list of some of important
elements to keep in mind when making a
short movie. While these are only
suggestions, they will almost certainly
improve both your movie and your movie
making experience:
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“The Showdown”
The participants is asked to give a clear and brief
explanation of the movie, It could be the making
process, the theme or the background in order to
give sneak peak for the audience before displaying
the movie itself.

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1. Keep it simple. A short movie needs to Most-Favorite Video
contain plenty of elaboration but in
The participants are asked to be creative and
general when you only have 5 minutes
persistence in gaining votes. In this round, you
to tell a story you want to keep that
story simple. Simple, in this case, have to display your own movie and gather as
means highly focused in story content many people as possible to watch your movie and
and philosophy. vote for your movie
2. Get your story. You can't make a short
movie without a story. A story for
Theme:
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movie making can come from

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anywhere. So get your story down in

script form, polish it, and then move on
“ONE
to the filming stage.
3. Be prepared. Of course, be as prepared Team Caps DREAM”
as you can for different bumps in the
road... If you're shooting outside, Registration Fee:
weather can be unreliable.
Short Movie
Making

“Short movies can tell big stories

in small universes.”
Includes Breakfast and Lunch
4 privileges
Pre-Competition Active Coaching Social Awareness

As The Ambassador of Nation who cares with the

Earn more skills, knowledge and techniques on continuous improvement of helping the education
how to face The Olympics when you are given a of the nation, you are given a chance to support and
special privilege to learn from The Official Main endorse the hundreds of children in Indonesia by
Judge. donating your books to the orphanage.

Gala Dinner Discover Indonesia Tour

The Celebration of The 2011 Southeast Asian
English Olympics will meet its biggest triumph
when you are brought into the most sophisticated
Gala Dinner.
Taste the diversity of Indonesia in every bite as we
provide you with the local chef-picked traditional
menu for dinner.
Feel the diversity! As The 2011 Southeast Asian
English Olympics takes you on the most beautiful
scenery of Indonesia.
Discover Indonesia Tour brings you a gigantic view
of Indonesian culture and heritage as it provides
you with the most diverse experience in exploring
Indonesia's most visited local tourist attraction.

WHAT TO PREPARE? 
Your Primary Needs! Competitions Thingy

 Clothes for a week To Do!

 Party Attire (Girl: Gown, Boy: Suit)  Visit www.seo.mybnec.org
 Shoes and Sandals  Register for the Olympics
 Toiletries, towels  Rehearse!
 Gadgets (phones, camera, laptops)
To Bring!
 Safety pins, sewing kits and/or string
 1 Book for Social Awareness
 Medicine
 Papers
 Tissues
 Post-it stamps
 Umbrellas
 Color highlighters
 Socks
 Pens & Pencils
 Plug
 Clipboard
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