The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 383

This year's foreign language showcase was truly a dazzling display-there were kids performing in just about every language you could imagine.

Some of the children even chose rare, obscure tongues that barely anyone had heard of.

Still, German, French, and Spanish remained the perennial favorites among the crowd.

Language competitions are a different beast compared to the talent-heavy world of music contests. With enough time and sheer determination, even rote memorization could earn you a decent score.

If music competitions are a test of raw talent, then language contests are all about hard work.

Stella had to admit, the activities and courses organized by this elite private preschool were genuinely impressive. No wonder all these high-powered families fought to get their kids enrolled here.

into preparing for a language competition, these children were still so young. Skill levels varied wildly, even among those who had clearly practiced. And then there was the stage

the parents coaching

score among the earlier groups barely scraped

whispered, "Star, do they always have this many judges for every event?

judges sitting at the long table. Only five of them were actually responsible for scoring, but even those

accompanied Marvin to a music contest, there were just as many judges, all of them professionals in

school had resources

of it, these judges were all language experts. Some even specialized in the rarer languages, which made sense-you couldn't

Keen and Rachel's turn

had expected, Keen was solid and steady, not a single misstep. Rachel, performing alongside him, didn't let him down; her pronunciation was crisp and clear, every word

its own accent, which was why there was a "standard" language to unify things. It was the same everywhere: locals always thought foreign accents sounded a bit odd, and