Passport to success

Feng Feifei, senior producer, BBC Learning English

Feng recommends methods to help students improve their public speaking skills.

"When giving a speech, I often see it as a conversation between myself and the audience," she says. "As daunting as public speaking is, the speaker's role is to tell a story, share an experience or provide entertainment."

Feng adds that it is essential to keep the connection with the audience and be confident as well as comfortable with one's own speech.

Liu Xin, Host of The Point with Liu Xin on China Global Television Network

As the question master for the grand final, Liu looks for someone who talks to her; someone whose speech is genuine, sincere and personal.

Speaking about the topic, "Globalization: Enough is Enough", Liu is impressed by students' informed opinions. "They provide very good examples using statistics and they have solid arguments," she says. "It shows how students in China are opening their eyes to the rest of the world."

"I think they are not talking about it (globalization) just because it is a subject they have to talk about," says Liu. "It is really because they know it, because they live in this globalized environment where China is advocating globalization."