Japan Centre Students take 1st & 3rd Prizes in Speech Contest
Andy Petredis
Continuing last year’s winning streak, Japan Centre students took first and third place in the open division of the Canberra division of the Japan Foundation’s 40th annual Japanese Language Speech Contest.
Andy Petredis and Maya Siyi Chen (both students in Mark Gibeau’s Written Japanese D class) took first and third places respectively. Andy will go on to participate in the national competition to be held in Sydney on October 10 & we wish him the best of
Siyi Chen
luck.
Altogether nine students from the Japan Centre presented speeches on a range of topics from issues in Japanese education, the Japanese immigration system and discrimination to Japan’s shoe culture, the benefits of being stingy and a virtual tour of Uluru.
A big thanks to postgrad student & Japanese tutor Jun Imaki who volunteered her time to help the WJD students revise & practice their speeches.
Students in the high school and beginning divisions also performed remarkably well and we congratulate all of the participants on their strong performances.