Due to the current situation regarding COVID-19, the final round was held digitally this year. Despite the event ban, the finalists were given the opportunity to share their thoughts with a newly written speech via video chat. The jury chose this year's winners in several rounds of videoconferences. The award ceremony was broadcast live on June 15th at 6 pm and can still be watched on YouTube and Facebook.
Since 2009/10 EDUCULT and “Wirtschaft für Integration” have been organising the multilingual rhetoric contest “SAG’S MULTI!”. Children and young people from the 7th grade on are invited to register and to give a speech in German and a second language of their choice.
The competition is split into three categories according to the contestants’ year in school. Each participant has to present a speech switching between their first language or another foreign language and German. They have to convince the jury of their language skills. At least one member of the jury will be a native speaker of the foreign language. The contest is divided into three stages: pre-selections, regional competition and finals.
During the first competition in 2009/10 over 100 children and young people presented their skills. In the second year 2010/11 more than 250 participants registered and the year after over 300 applicants were counted. During the tenth competition in 2018/19 580 talented young people were part of “SAG’S MULTI!”.
For further information please visit the website of “SAG’S MULTI!” (only in german)
The winners of SAG’S MULTI! 2019/20
Duration: October 2019 bis Juni 2020
Client: Verein "Wirtschaft für Integration"
Partner: Bildungsdirektion für Wien
Contact: marlene.kalnein(at)educult.at
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