The 25th JAPANESE SPEECH CONTEST 
in BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

• DATE OF THE CONTEST

1)     The contest will be held on Saturday 24/09/2011 at the Civil Service Institute (IPA) from 2:00 pm.
2)     The preliminary round may be held if there are more than six contestants joining the contest in the Beginners and

Advanced categories respectively and more than four contestants in the Open category. Information, including date and venue of the pre-contest, will be provided to the contestants by the Japanese Speech Contest Brunei Darussalam Running Committee. 

• CONTEST

1)     All contestants will compete by presenting their own original speech in Japanese.
2)     All contestants will compete in one of the three categories: i.e., beginners, advanced or open categories.

• GENERAL ELIGIBILITY

1)     All contestants must reside in Brunei Darussalam.
2)     Contestants must not be native Japanese speakers.

• ELIGIBILITY BY CATEGORY

In addition to the general eligibility criteria, all contestants must meet the following criteria specific to their category.
1)    Beginners Category

1. Contestants have studied the Japanese language for less than or equal to 2 years as of 30 June 2011*.
2. Contestants must not have stayed in Japan for more than a total of 3 months since the age of six.

2)    Advanced Category

1. Contestants have no restriction on their years of study.
2. Contestants must not have stayed in Japan for more than a total of 2 years since the age of six.  
3. Contestants must not have stayed in Japan for more than 3 months within the last five years.
4. Contestants must not have previously won first prize in the Advanced level category of this contest.

3)    Open Category

1. Contestants have no restriction on their years of study. 
2. Contestants have no restriction on their stay of study.
3. Contestants must not have previously won first prize in the Open Category of this contest.

*  Calculation of years of instruction must include all years taken by the contestant since his/her admission to secondary education, up to the closing date of Registration (10 July 2011).  The Organizing Committee will have the final word on the eligibility and placement of participants in the appropriate category.

• TITLE AND CONTENT OF THE SPEECHES

Contestants are free to choose their title and subject, and must write their speech themselves. Those who read their speech will be penalized. Contestants are required to come up with original speeches and are free to choose any theme except political or religious matters.

• SPEECH DURATION

Beginners:                   2 minutes
Advanced / Open:       3 minutes

A contestant whose speech exceeds the time limit may be penalized.  

• ORDER OF SPEECH PRESENTATION

The order of speech presentation in the contest will be decided by the organizer.

• APPLICATION FORM

Application forms can be collected from the Continuing Education Division, Ministry of Education, Jalan Pasar Baharu, Bandar Seri Begawan BE3710 (tel: 242 2493) during office hours. The same application forms are also available at the website of the Embassy of Japan, http://www.bn.emb-japan.go.jp/ for anyone to download them.

• REGISTRATION

Contestants must submit (a) the script of the speech written in Japanese characters, (b) the summary of the speech in English (the soft copy of summary of the speech must be sent by email attachment in Microsoft® Word format to: bjsc2011@gmail.com , (c) a photocopy of your Valid Brunei Identity Card along with (d) the application form to one of the following addresses  by 4:00 pm. on 10 July 2011.  No application will be accepted after this deadline.

The organizing committee reserves the right to reject any application on the grounds that it represents a risk of adversely affecting the reputation of the Competition or its organizers.

• CERTIFICATES & PRIZES

Certificates and prizes will be awarded to 1st place winners in all categories: Beginners, Advanced and Open. In addition, 2nd and 3rd place prizes will be awarded in the Beginners and Advanced categories. The decisions of the Judging Panel are final.

• COPYRIGHT OF THE SPEECH AND YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The copyright of the speech will belong to the organizer.  Your personal information provided for the speech contest and part or whole of your speech may be used to promote the contest or Japanese Language Education in general.   

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