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IvyPrep Championship 2023 – The 5th season of Vietnam's largest English debate challenge arena has officially opened the registration portal!

Going beyond an academic English playground, IvyPrep Championship 2023 is also where high school students develop an awareness of the world around them and consolidate and accumulate new knowledge.

IvyPrep Championship 2023 – The largest English debate challenge arena in Vietnam

At the same time, the rounds with methodical exam content and intense competition rules are also an opportunity for candidates to perfect the necessary academic skills of a global citizen in the new era.

Ivy Championship 2023 - A WORLD DIVIDED

This year's competition season is also the first year that the IvyPrep Championship is held in the form of Hybrid - a combination of online competition and live competition.

1. Topics and fields:

The topic of debate at the IvyPrep Championship 2023 is "A World Divided", which is also the "hot spot" of this year's competition. The competition teams will enter the competition around the same topics and fields as Sociology, Science and Technology, Literature, and Communication.

Sociology:

International secession events: Brexit; the US withdraws from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Rearranging the order among the great powers: China rose to become one of the great powers with far-reaching economic influence; confrontation between Russia and other great powers
The class divide and the divide between rich and poor in society became widespread after Covid-19
The shift of occupations in the new era / Re-division of occupations
Notable divisions such as Berlin Wall, South-North Korea, South-North Vietnam
Oil and energy crisis
Family separation (children have to face and endure physical and emotional suffering, etc.)

Science and technology:

The soft boundary between the virtual world and the real world
When Science Approaches the Creator's Power
The explosion of vehicles using environmentally friendly materials.

Literature & Communication:

What can we learn from literature about war and division?
Thought shaping: The role of social networks in dividing the flow of ideas before an issue
Separation in the royal family: escapism/separation from the power of individuals (British royal family: Prince Harry, Princess of Japan, Thailand)
How the virtual world dominates and dramatically affects people's daily lives and lifestyles

2. Contestants:

IvyPrep Championship 2023 for high school students from grades 6 to 12, divided into two groups by grade level:

Junior: Grade 6 to 8
Senior: Grade 9 to 12

Note: Candidates must register in groups of 3

3. Place and form of organization:

26/02/2023: Information Day

05/03/2023: Ivy Scholar – Individual knowledge test – Online competition

March 19, 2023: Live competition in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City

Ivy Debate – Team Debate
Ivy Squad – Team knowledge test
Gala honoring and awarding

4. Contest Rules:

Round 1: Ivy Scholar – Personal knowledge

Each candidate will take the online multiple-choice test on a personal or desktop computer.
The test consists of 45 questions and lasts for 60 minutes. The content of the questions spread across three areas of the contest.
The difficulty of the questions will be evenly distributed in the question and by age groups. This section requires acumen, decisiveness, concentration, high thinking, and search and self-study skills. In addition, the test requires candidates to have reading skills to understand knowledge and topics of different areas of life.
Medals and trophies are awarded to the highest-scoring individuals.
Candidates are allowed to use reference materials.

Note: Candidates need to carefully prepare equipment such as personal computers or desktop computers before the test day, as well as ensure a stable Internet connection during the test. The Organizer will not be responsible for solving problems with the device and Internet connection from the contestants.

Round 2: Ivy Debate – Team Debate

This round will take place over two turns. Each team will have 10 minutes to discuss at each turn (using materials).
After that, each member will have 3 minutes to complete their argument. After each round of debate, the remaining team will have 1 minute to prepare for the contest of their competitors. The team with excellent arguments and persuasion will win each round.
Debate topics will be announced by the judges at the beginning of each round. The judges between the two teams will randomly select supporters and Opponents.
The winning team will be announced by the judges immediately after the contest ends. Note, in addition to determining the winner and loser, the judge will not give any explanation to ensure fairness and objectivity.
Medals and trophies are awarded to the teams with the best debating skills

IvyPrep Championship Round 2 - Team Debate Competition

Round 3: Ivy Squad – Team Knowledge

Each team will take an online multiple-choice test on a personal computer or tablet.
The test consists of 20 questions and lasts for 60 minutes. The content of the questions spread across three areas of the contest.
The difficulty of the questions will be evenly distributed in the question and by age groups.
Medals and trophies are awarded to the highest-scoring individuals.
Candidates are allowed to use reference materials.

5. Exam fee and registration form:

Official exam fee: 500,000 VND / contestant
50% discount exclusively for students belonging to schools in the CISS system: 250,000 VND / .contestant
Time for registration and fee collection: End of February 20, 2023

6. Prize structure:

The total prize value is up to 15 billion VND, including: