Competition for study in Germany

The first national competition for students majoring in German was held at the Shanghai International Studies University on May 20, with 24 students from eight universities around the country participating.

They went through four sessions - a prepared speech, an impromptu speech, a knowledge contest and a word-guessing game - which saw the SISU team take top prize. The three team members were awarded a subsidized study trip to Germany next summer.

Jiang Feng, Party chief of SISU, the organizer of the competition, says the event was intended to serve as a platform for students to not only enhance their skills in the German language, which is the most widely spoken language in the European Union, but also to expand their way of thinking about globalization.