There was no consistency in approach and some were quite amateurish. The other extreme is when Chinese students do a presentation. There is too much emphasis on graphics and animation rather than the language aspects.

Dead on here. As one aussie guy who was working in web design in China who I used to know would say : " They f******g idolize flash animations ffs!".

Or as captain mainwaring would say, all for show and not for blow.