WA Japanese Language Speech Contest 2017
Saturday, 9th September, 2017
University of Western Australia
This year will be te 48th year that the Australian speech contest has been held. The aim
of the contest is to encourage students of Japanese to showcase their language skills in a
challenging environment. Winners from the WA competition will progress to the Australian
final on Saturday, October 7th 2017 which will be held at the Japan Foundation, Sydney.
The 2017 competition is generously sponsored by the Japan Foundation, Sydney, and
supported by the Department of Education, Consulate-General of Japan in Perth, and
Hyogo Prefectural Government Cultural Centre.
Participants are required to submit an English summary of their speech with their
application form and a copy of their full speech in Japanese and English one week
prior to the contest.
The WA competition has four categories:
1.
2.
3.
4.
High School Senior Division
Open Beginner Division
Open Division
Background Speaker Division
Judging criteria will follow the Japan Foundation National Guidelines.
Please read the Contest Guide carefully. Teachers and applicants must familiarise
themselves with the rules and advice in the document available at:
http://jltawa.org/?p=502
All contestants will receive a participation certificate. Prizes will also be awarded in each
division.
Open Beginner Division
Contestant's Name
Japanese
study*
Speech title
English:
Japanese:
*Write the number of years or total hours of your Japanese study
Declaration:
I fulfill the following conditions:
 My background language is not Japanese
 I have not spent more than 12 months in Japan after the age of 6
 I have not completed more than a total of 300 hours of Japanese
language study at high school, tertiary institution, or language school
 I have not completed more than two academic years of Japan’s
compulsory education, either in Japan or at any Japanese school
overseas
 I have not been the first prize winner of a previous Australian Japanese
Language Speech Contest in this division
 The speech is my own work.
Declared by:
_____________________________
Signature
________________________
Date
Please email all applications to Kyoko Kawasaki at
[email protected]
by Friday 18 August 2017
Open Division
Contestant's Name
Japanese
study*
Speech title
English:
Japanese:
*Write the number of years or total hours of your Japanese study
Declaration:
I fulfill the following conditions:
 My background language is not Japanese
 I have not spent more than 36 months in Japan after the age of 6
 I have not completed more than two academic years of Japan’s
compulsory education, either in Japan or at any Japanese school
overseas
 I have not been the first prize winner of a previous Australian Japanese
Language Speech Contest in this division
 The speech is my own work.
Declared by:
_____________________________
Signature
________________________
Date
Please email all applications to Kyoko Kawasaki at
[email protected]
by Friday 18 August 2017
Remember to email the speech in Japanese and English summary
by Saturday 2 September 2017 to Kyoko Kawasaki
Background Speaker Division
Contestant's name
School Year
Speech title
English:
Japanese:
Declaration:
I fulfill the following conditions:
 Mother and/or father’s first language is Japanese
 I have not spent more than 24 months in Japan after the age of 6
 I have not completed more than 2 academic years of Japan’s
compulsory education in either Japan or any Japanese school overseas
 I have not been the first prize winner of a previous Australian Japanese
Language Speech Contest in this division
 The speech is my own work.
Declared by:
_____________________________
Signature
________________________
Date
Please email all applications to Kyoko Kawasaki at
[email protected]
by Friday 18 August 2017
Remember to email the speech in Japanese and English summary
by Saturday 2 September 2017 to Kyoko Kawasaki