The 31st Japanese Speech Contest: Call for participants
2017/11/9
The Continuing Education and Training Division (CET) of the Ministry of Education, the Language Centre at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), and the Embassy of Japan in Brunei Darussalam are organising the 31st Japanese Speech Contest on Saturday 3 March 2018, at the School of Aviation, Sultan Saiful Rijal Campus, IBTE. The application for the 31st Japanese Speech Contest is now open.
This speech contest aims to encourage the contestants to give a public demonstration of their proficiency in the Japanese language. This event will also serve as a good opportunity to deepen mutual understanding between Japan and Brunei Darussalam, who aspire to foster greater friendship among the people of both countries.
This contest is divided into three categories: Beginner, Advanced and Open. The Beginner category is specified for those who have studied the Japanese language for less than 2 years. Participants in the Advanced category must not have stayed in Japan for more than a total of 2 years since the age of six. The Open category is for those who cannot join the Beginner category or Advanced category. In each category, contestants are free to choose their title and subject but should avoid political, religious and potentially controversial topics. The winner of the advanced category will be invited to Japan in October 2018.
This year, the Japanese Speech Contest committee is organising two speech writing support sessions for participants who feel they could benefit from improving their skills in this area. The speech writing support sessions will be on Friday, 17 November 2017 and Friday, 19 January 2018 from 10am - 12noon. To register for the speech writing support sessions, please email brunei.jsc@gmail.com by 15 November 2017.
To enter the contest:
(1) Please read the Application Outline of the 31st Japanese Speech Contest.
(2) Please fill in the online Application Form and submit it along with the relevant documents, no later than Thursday 11 January 2018.
This speech contest aims to encourage the contestants to give a public demonstration of their proficiency in the Japanese language. This event will also serve as a good opportunity to deepen mutual understanding between Japan and Brunei Darussalam, who aspire to foster greater friendship among the people of both countries.
This contest is divided into three categories: Beginner, Advanced and Open. The Beginner category is specified for those who have studied the Japanese language for less than 2 years. Participants in the Advanced category must not have stayed in Japan for more than a total of 2 years since the age of six. The Open category is for those who cannot join the Beginner category or Advanced category. In each category, contestants are free to choose their title and subject but should avoid political, religious and potentially controversial topics. The winner of the advanced category will be invited to Japan in October 2018.
This year, the Japanese Speech Contest committee is organising two speech writing support sessions for participants who feel they could benefit from improving their skills in this area. The speech writing support sessions will be on Friday, 17 November 2017 and Friday, 19 January 2018 from 10am - 12noon. To register for the speech writing support sessions, please email brunei.jsc@gmail.com by 15 November 2017.
To enter the contest:
(1) Please read the Application Outline of the 31st Japanese Speech Contest.
(2) Please fill in the online Application Form and submit it along with the relevant documents, no later than Thursday 11 January 2018.