PROPOSAL

The 2021 Asian English Olympics

“Exceed Our Possibilities”
February 23- 27, 2021
I. Background
English Olympics as an annual event held by BNEC was started in 2004. It was
first a local competition called the BNEC English Olympics (BEO). In 2005, BNEC
realized its dream to hold a wider-scaled event by expanding BEO into Nationwide
English Olympics (NEO). For 6 consecutive years, NEO has been one of the most-
wanted English competition in Indonesia, with a total of more than 500 participants.
Succeeded with NEO, in February 2011, BINUS English Club (BNEC) took a step
further to face a higher-level challenge by holding its first international event, which
is The 2011 Southeast Asian English Olympics (SEO). Looking at the success of SEO,
BNEC raised the level of the competition and held the first Asian English Olympics
(AEO) in February 2012. The Asian-scaled event is then held annually each year up to
the most recent Asian English Olympics in 2020.
With the success of the 9 previous AEOs, BNEC has decided to keep holding the
Asia-scaled English competition. Therefore, we will implement The 2021 Asian
English Olympics in February 2021. There will be 7 fields of competition for
participants to compete in, including Debate, Speech, Spelling Bee, Short Story
Writing, Radio Drama, Newscasting, and Storytelling. Participants will also be given
access to the series of events, such as the Opening Ceremony, Coaching Clinic,
Breaking Announcement, and Closing Ceremony.
We hope that by executing The 2021 Asian English Olympics, it can become a
learning platform for our committees as well as the participants, while also serve as
an event to increase the exposure and reputation of BNEC and BINUS University to
external entities.

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II. Goals
Below are the goals of The 2021 Asian English Olympics:
1. To improve Asian youth’s English skills by providing a platform for them to
compete and showcase their talents;
2. To raise competitiveness among Asian youths by enhancing the 2021 Asian
English Olympics' system;
3. To brand BNEC and BINUS University as the host of the Asian English
Olympics to external entities;
4. To build communities among Asian youths by providing a platform for them
to enhance their skills and expand their networks.

For Participants
a. Gain experience from an international competition;
b. Discover talents and develop skills in a specific field of competition;
c. Get tips and tricks in their field from Coaching Clinic;
d. Gain new connection amongst the participants and judges;
e. Get the chance to win the title of the “Institutional Champion” and to
increase the reputation of their institution.

III. Series of Events

1. Competition
a. Debate (Fee: IDR 450000/team, max. capacity: 200 participants)
An English Olympics will not be complete without debate. Debate
itself is one of the most popular English competition fields in the
world, proven by the rise of regional debate competitions, both
nationally and internationally in recent years.

b. Speech (Fee: IDR 240000/person, max. capacity: 60 participants)

In this field of competition, participants will display their skills in
public speaking and inspire others through their speech.

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c. Spelling Bee (Fee: IDR 240000/person, max. capacity: 60
participants)
A simple field of competition which can be mixed with several fun
rounds. Basically, what should be done by the participants is to spell
words correctly. It is not only about English, but also strategy and
other interesting things.

d. Newscasting (Fee: IDR 240000/person, max. capacity: 60

participants)
This field of competition is an opportunity for participants to be able
to become professional news anchors as seen on television.

e. Storytelling (Fee: IDR 240000/person, max. capacity: 60

participants)
It is not only about telling a story, but also closely related to the
ability of participants in delivering literature with their own style,
facial expressions, and costumes and property utilization to put on
the best performance in front of the audiences.

f. Short Story Writing (Fee: IDR 200000/person, max. capacity: 70

participants)
In this field, participants will upload their best composition to AEO’s
fanpage where an online voting will then be held to determine the
story that captivate the audience's heart the most.

g. Radio Drama (Fee: IDR 200000/team, max. capacity: 120

participants)
This field is put into the competition with performances of no visual
component; solely depending on dialogue, music, and sound effects
to help the audience imagine the characters and story told.

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2. Coaching Clinic
In the Coaching Clinic, participants will be trained by experts in each field,
invited by the committee. Coaching Clinic will be held for the participants
as a privilege to give them guidance before the competition begins.
Through Coaching Clinic, it is hoped that participants can give their
maximum effort in AEO. Besides that, it is also expected that participants
who had never experienced the competition before will be able to gain
their confidence and compete in a higher potential in this Olympics.

3. Additional Event
a. Opening Ceremony
As an international competition, we start the competition formally by
holding an opening ceremony. There will be an opening
symbolization marked by a gong beating ceremony as a sign that The
2021 Asian English Olympics has officially started. Also, there will be
various performance to entertain all the guests and participants.

b. Breaking Announcement
After competing for two days, we will hold a special occasion in the
evening to announce the participants who qualify from the
preliminary rounds to the elimination round. This heart-throbbing
evening is referred to as Breaking Announcement.

c. Closing Ceremony
As an international competition, The 2021 AEO will be closed by
holding a closing ceremony. This ceremony will also be the last
event. At this time, winners of all fields will also be announced.

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IV. Target
Several entities including:
1. Participants
The target will be 600 registrants consisting of high school and university
students from all around Asia, with a ratio of 1:1 (National Participants :
International Participants).

Country Listed

Our target countries are based on EF’s English Proficiency Index (EF, 2019). To
increase the challenge and competitiveness for our participants, we are targeting
participants from the top 15 countries with the highest English proficiency,
including Indonesia as the host country.

Hence our target countries are:

1. Singapore 8. Macau, China
2. Philippines 9. China
3. Malaysia 10. Taiwan
4. India 11. Pakistan
5. Hongkong, China 12. Sri Lanka
6. South Korea 13. Bangladesh
7. Vietnam 14. Thailand

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V. Detail of Activity
The 2021 Asian English Olympics will be held on:

February 14, 2021

All Field

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

07:00 09:00 2.00.00 Re-registration

09:00 11:00 2.00.00 Opening Ceremony

Debate

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

11:00 11:15 0.15.00 Technical Meeting

Speech, Newscasting, and Storytelling

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

11:00 13:00 2.00.00 Technical Meeting

13:00 15:00 2.00.00 Coaching Clinic

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February 23, 2021

Debate and Spelling Bee

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

08:00 10:00 2.00.00 Re-registration

10:00 12:00 2.00.00 Technical Meeting

12:00 13:00 1.00.00 Lunch Break

13:00 14:00 1.00.00 Coaching Clinic

14:00 16:00 2.00.00 Simulation

February 24, 2021

Debate and Spelling Bee

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

08:00 09:00 1.00.00 Re-registration

Debate

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

09:00 09:15 0.15.00 Exhibition Result

09:15 11:45 2.30.00 Round 1

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 11:45 14:15 2.30.00 Round 2

14:15 15:15 1.00.00 Lunch Break

15:15 17:45 2.30.00 Round 3

Spelling Bee

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

09:00 10:30 1.30.00 Preliminary

10:30 11:30 1.00.00 General Feedback

February 25, 2021

Speech, Newscasting, Storytelling, and Spelling Bee

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

13:00 15:00 2.00.00 Breaking Announcement

Debate

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

08:00 10:30 2.30.00 Round 4

10:30 13:00 2.30.00 Round 5

13:00 14:00 1.00.00 Lunch Break

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 14:00 16:00 2.00.00 Breaking Announcement

16:00 17:00 1.00.00 Break

17:00 19:30 2.30.00 Octo Final (Main & Novice)

February 26, 2021

Debate

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

09:00 11:30 2.30.00 Quarter Final

11:30 14:00 2.30.00 Semi Final (Main & Novice)

14:00 15:00 1.00.00 Lunch Break

15:00 17:30 2.30.00 Final Round (Novice)

17:30 20:00 2.30.00 Final Round (Main)

Speech

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

09:00 12:50 3.50.00 Quarter Final

12:50 13:50 1.00.00 Announcement & General

Feedback

13:50 14:50 1.00.00 Lunch Break

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14:50 15:40 00.50.00 Semi Final

15:40 16:40 1.00.00 Announcement & General

Feedback

Newscasting

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

09:00 11:50 2.50.00 Quarter Final

11:50 12:50 1.00.00 Announcement & General

Feedback

12:50 13:50 1.00.00 Lunch Break

13:50 15:30 1.40.00 Semi Final

15:30 16:30 1.00.00 Announcement & General

Feedback

Storytelling

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

09:00 12:50 3.50.00 Quarter Final

12:50 13:50 1.00.00 Announcement & General

Feedback

13:50 14:50 1.00.00 Lunch Break

14:50 16:10 1.20.00 Semi Final

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 16:10 17:10 1.00.00 Announcement & General
Feedback

Spelling Bee

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

09:00 11:50 2.50.00 Quarter Final

11:50 12:50 1.00.00 Announcement & General

Feedback

12:50 13:50 1.00.00 Lunch Break

13:50 16:40 2.50.00 Semi Final

16:40 17:40 1.00.00 Announcement & General

Feedback

February 27, 2021

Speech

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

9:00 9:55 0.55.00 Final Round

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 Newscasting

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

9:55 10:50 0.55.00 Final Round

Storytelling

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

10:50 11:22 0.32.00 Final Round

Spelling Bee

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

11:22 13:22 2.00.00 Final Round

All Field

Time
Duration Activity
Start End

16:00 18:00 2.00.00 Closing Ceremony

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VI. Closing
By holding an Asia-scaled English competition, The 2021 Asian English Olympics
will mark the successful history of BNEC and BINUS University. Therefore, we hope
to obtain any form of support from the university related to this event. Thank you
for the attention.

Jakarta, December 7, 2020

Sincerely,

Tasya Berliana
Project Manager of The 2021
Asian English Olympics

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