Students are divided into the following groups:

• Middle/Junior High School (Grades 6-8) Novice

• Middle/Junior High School (Grades 6-8) Intermediate

• Middle/Junior High School (Grades 6-8) Advanced

• High School (Grades 9-12) Novice

• High School (Grades 9-12) Intermediate

• High School (Grades 9-12) Advanced

Novice: I can communicate on very familiar everyday topics, using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions.

Intermediate: I can communicate information, make presentations, and express my thoughts about familiar topics, using sentences and series of connected sentences.

Advanced: I can deliver detailed and organized presentations on familiar as well
as unfamiliar concrete topics, in paragraphs and using various time frames.

Heritage speakers of Chinese are welcome to participate. Heritage speakers refer to those who have at least one parent that speaks Mandarin at home. They can compete in all categories except Poetry Recitation.

Native speakers of Chinese are not allowed to participate in the language fair.

All language fair participants should comply with Brigham Young University’s Dress and Grooming Standards when they are on BYU campus.