National english contest for college students. National english contest for college students (? NECCS) is a comprehensive English competence competition for college students, which is jointly sponsored by TEFLChina, the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language and the Foreign Language Teaching Research Association of colleges and universities, and hosted by English Counseling Newspaper, Examination and Evaluation Magazine. National english contest for college students was founded in 1999 once a year. Every year, more than 20,000 college students from 3 1 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) 1200 colleges and universities in China participate in this competition. The content of this competition mainly includes the basic knowledge of English and the skills of reading, listening, speaking, writing and translation, especially the comprehensive ability of English. Postgraduates and students of all grades in colleges and universities all over the country can voluntarily sign up for the competition. This competition advocates the Olympic spirit of "focusing on participation" and adheres to the principle of voluntary registration. The annual registration time in national english contest for college students is generally from February 65438 to March the following year, and the competition system is divided into three stages: preliminary competition, final competition and national finals. The preliminary time is usually arranged at 9: 00- 1 1: 00 on Sunday in the middle and late April, and the final time is usually arranged at 9: 00-1:00 on Sunday in the middle and late May. The finals are usually held during the summer vacation. All three stages of this competition were held at the national unified time. According to the students' academic qualifications and majors, the competition is divided into four categories: A, B, C and D, and each category has four national prize levels: grand prize, first prize, second prize and third prize. The award-winning students will receive the award-winning certificate issued by the competition organizer. Its entry results and award-winning certificates have become an important basis for the evaluation, promotion and evaluation of teachers by the education administrative departments and teaching and research departments of colleges and universities, and for students to take the postgraduate entrance examination, study abroad, continue their studies and give priority to employment.