Opportunities for learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) are challenging to create for administrators and teachers alike. While experiencing a global pandemic adds further complications to the task. In that respect, activities such as speech contests are ideal because they can be changed from face-to-face to online without interrupting the planning process. This paper will provide a guide in designing a speech contest for ESL programs under pandemic conditions. Finding participants, training contestants, and establishing criteria for finding a winner requires forethought. Given the dynamics the contest faced, forced judges and contestants to be physically located in different locations. Consequently, they were in their homes or in their research laboratories. Nevertheless, with modern technology, we're able to be connected on a webinar simultaneously using various applications which makes facilitating contests possible.

Opportunities for learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) are challenging to create for administrators and teachers alike. While experiencing a global pandemic adds further complications to the task. In that respect, activities such as speech contests are ideal because they can be changed from face-to-face to online without interrupting the planning process. This paper will provide a guide in designing a speech contest for ESL programs under pandemic conditions. Finding participants, training contestants, and establishing criteria for finding a winner requires forethought. Given the dynamics the contest faced, forced judges and contestants to be physically located in different locations. Consequently, they were in their homes or in their research laboratories. Nevertheless, with modern technology, we're able to be connected on a webinar simultaneously using various applications which makes facilitating contests possible.

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