Speak+Out+Monologue+Contest

= Speak Out! =

Speak Out! is a contest of **original monologues** in English organized by the **Educational Drama Association in Romania**. 5-minute monologues will be performed by the participants in front of an audience and their skills will be assessed by a panel of judges.

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The objectives of the competition are: · To develop, promote and acknowledge students’ creativity · To develop communication skills through the creation of coherent, expressive, persuasive monologues · To offer the students the opportunity to express their ideas, attitudes, values and principles · To promote the use of English

** EDAR ** proposes each year a topic that the students are expected to explore and elaborate on in an imaginative way. = For 2010 the topic was ** CARE AND BE FAIR **  =

As 2010 is the European Year of the fight against poverty and social exclusion, the topic chosen for this year’s competition is meant to **raise awareness** towards this issue affecting large categories of people around us. Take a look at the monologues presented in the 2010 competition by “Octavian Goga” National College students: