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28th Annual Speech Contest [2014]
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Each year since 1987, the Consulate General of Japan at Chicago sponsors a Japanese language speech contest to promote the study of Japanese in the Midwest. The contest is held in the auditorium of the Japan Information Center on the fourth Saturday in March. Please refer to the eligibility requirements and browse the results and entries from past competitions below. If you have any further inquiries related to the contest, you may contact the JIC at jic@cg.mofa.go.jp with the subject line: "Japanese Language Speech Contest."

New! 28th Annual Speech Contest Results!

2014 Results [PDF]

Speech scripts for Grand Prize Winner and the Osaka Award Winner
 
28th Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest in Chicago (2014)
 
Date & Time: Saturday March 22, 2014, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
 
Application Deadline: February 14, 2014 (Please note that all materials below must arrive in the Japan Information Center by this date regardless of the postmarked date)

28th Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest in Chicago Application Forms:
  • Application Form [PDF]
  • Handwritten Speech Draft [Offical Draft Form]
  • Cassette tape or CD recording of your speech in Japanese
Place: Japan Information Center
Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
737 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1000
Chicago, Illinois 60611
 
Purpose: To promote the study of Japanese language in the Midwest and deepen the mutual
understanding and friendship between Japan and the United States.
 
Sponsors:

The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago
The Japan America Society of Chicago
The Osaka Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International

 
Subject: Any topic is acceptable
 
Categories: Contestants will be divided into one of the following four categories:
 
I. Elementary & Junior High School Students
  II. High School Students with less than three years of Japanese
  III. High School students with three or more years of Japanese
    College Students & Adults with less than one year of Japanese
  IV. College Students & Adults with more than one year of Japanese
 
Eligibility: This contest is open to all individuals who reside in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin and have not:
I. lived in Japan for two or more years in total since 2004
  II. come from homes where Japanese has been spoken regularly
  III. participated twice in the same category of this contest in the past
 
Judging Criteria: Content, Organization, Language, Delivery, and Memorization
 
Grand Prize: Round-Trip Airline Ticket to Japan
 
Past Contest Results:
2013 Grand Prize Winner
Mr. Wonwoo Choi
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27th Annual Speech Contest [2013]
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Speech Script of Grand Prize Winner
Mr. Wonwoo Choi [2013]
(Washington University in St. Louis)