On the afternoon of September 28, 2023, the 2023 National English Olympic Central Region Final Competition was held successfully. Through the competitions, The White Knights team from the School of Foreign Languages - Humanities and Society - Duy Tan University won the final third prize.

The regional finals take place online via the Zoom platform. In this round, teams have 10 minutes to present in English about the content of the video that participated in the qualifying round with the topic: GenZ and digital literacy (GenZ and digital literacy) to clarify the message transmitted. download in video. After the presentation, each team has 5 minutes to answer questions from the jury about the content of the team's presentation. Scores for each team are calculated based on 3 aspects: Presentation content, Presentation skills, Answering questions.

The White Knights team includes members: Lai Tan Nam - Faculty of English, Nguyen Gia Han - Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Nguyen Nu Thuy Linh - Faculty of English, Vo Ngoc Phuc - Faculty of English, Pham Ly Thu Thao - Faculty of English. As the only contestant who did not major in English like her teammates, Gia Han confided: "This is the second time I've participated in the national English Olympiad. Before, I was very self-conscious about it. Because I'm not in the English department, before participating in the contest, I really wanted to turn around because I was surrounded by very talented and excellent siblings and friends. Participating in the contest This is the biggest choice I have made and has changed me a lot. I am very grateful for the enthusiastic support and encouragement from my group members, as well as my advisor, that made me able to a lot of motivation to continue participating. After the competition, I achieved a lot of things, including new relationships, memorable memories, confidence in myself, the National English Olympiad also helped. I study and gain many useful skills such as film editing skills, acting skills, script writing skills and, importantly, English skills."

Referring to the biggest challenge when participating in this contest, Tan Nam shared: "We think the biggest difficulty after the two rounds of the competition lies in the video editing process. Because this is the first time we are challenging ourselves with the filming and editing video clips, so we were quite busy in the limited time. We had a bit of difficulty preparing props and filming space (eg house, food, decorations). location...). Furthermore, because there are regulations on video length, we had to be very "measured" when selecting many details so as not to exceed the time limit."

The 2023 National English Olympic is an ideal playground, creating opportunities for you to improve your soft skills as well as foreign language ability. In particular, this is also a good opportunity for students to step out of their comfort zone and challenge themselves to learn more.