VOCABULARY GALA COMPETITION

The English Language Centre (ELC) organized a Vocabulary Gala Competition for students, for the first time on June 12, 2018 in classroom 2017. Mr. Mohammad Amir was the organizer of the competition and Ms. Rahma Al-Alawi, Ms. Maha Al-Darei, Mr. Khalid Al-Gharibi, Ms. Sharon Ruth, Ms. Fazilat Jahan and Dr. Michelle I. Mendoza were the advisers.

Initially, Mr.Mohammed Amir prepared lists of vocabulary with their meanings and their use in sentences, and posted them in Level 3 and 4 classrooms for three weeks and requested students to memorize them. At the end of three weeks, six teams got together and trained for the competition with the help of their adviser.

On June 12, the six teams had a written test at 10 am in the VIP Room. After that, the competition began with five selected teams at 11:00 am, in classroom 2017. Ms.Rahma Al-Alawi and Mr. Mohsin were the anchors, whereas Mr. Sulaiman Al-Gharibi, Dr. M.V. Priya and Ms. Mariette Oberholzer were the judges of the competition. The competition had three rounds: (i) in the first round, the teams had to spell the words correctly (ii) in the second round, they had to give the meanings of the words; (iii) in the last round, the teams had to use the words in sentences. The students answered enthusiastically. Dr. Sultan Al Ghafri and Ms. Badour honoured the event with their presence together with some students and teachers from ELC. 

In the end, Mr. Sulaiman Al-Gharibi announced the results: Team C comprising of Ms. Balqees Al-Kalbani, Ms. Balqees Al-Ghafri & Ms. Aya Al-Maamri got the first position, Team E consisting of Ms. Iman Al-Hinai, Ms. Manal Al-Hinai & Ms. Hajer Al-Badi stood second  and Team D consisting of Ms. Noor Bader Al-Gharibi, Ms. Heba Abdullah Al-Hatmi & Ms. Omaima Al-Shaibani was declared third. On 5th July 2018, Dr. Sultan Al-Ghafri distributed certificates to the winning teams. Ms Badour, Ms Rahma Al-Alawi, Ms Maha Al-Darei, Dr. Michelle I. Mendoza, Ms Sharon Ruth and Mr.Mohammad Amir were also present on this occasion.