Some college students, a few of whom are even not English majors, battled it out in a competition on Sunday. The competition held jointly by the Communication University of China and China Radio International tested the student's ability to host an event in English. Now, let's see how they did.

What does it take to be a good English-speaking host? These college students are confident they have the answer.

These students are contestants of the first English Hosting Competition held at CUC, or the Communication University of China, the cradle of the English speaking anchors and reporters. Some of the graduates are now active hosts and journalists working for CCTV's English channel, China Radio International and Xinhua News Agency.

The contestants are asked to watch a piece of video on news delivered in Chinese, after a minutes of preparation, they must give a thirty-second English summary on stage.

Edwin Maher, the well known foreign anchor for CCTV's English news channel was on the judge's panel and gave high praise to the contestants.

Quick thinking and speaking just like a native speaker is a must for a English hosting, but some may wonder how the contestants get such an fluency in a foreign language?

Some one hundred students from 60 colleges across the country attended the competition, with twenty making it into the final round.