Japanese Speech Contest for Secondary School Students
The Japanese Language Committee of the Association for Language Learning is delighted to present the finals of the Japanese Speech Contest for Secondary School students.
The finals this year will take place in central London on the afternoon of 20th of June. 124 applications (23 KS5, 51 KS4 and 50 KS3) were received from 19 different schools, and the following finalists were selected:
KS3 Luke Austin, Tavistock College
Emma Curati-Alasonatti, Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls
Paulina Ogar, Dame Alice Owen School
Harriet Smailes, South Wolds School
Layke Smith, Katherine Lady Berkeley School
Roshana Wickremasinghe, Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls
KS4 Rowland Goodbody, St. Gregory’s Catholic College
Charlotte Handford, Stratfor upon Avon Grammar School for Girls
Katherine Miller, Queen Mary’s High School
Jenny Mulvihill, SouthWolds School
Matthew Oldrody, Christ’s College, Cheltenham
Edmund Rhind-Tutt, Millfield
KS5 Ollie Capehorn, Wycliffe College
Rory Faulkner, Campion School
Rhiannon Griffiths, King Edward VII School
Tom Kilford, Whitgift School
Lawson Lancaster, Greenford High School
Joshua Scott-Fawcett, Gresham’s High School
James Spencer, Whitgift School
Apart from the speeches, the event will also include entertainment such as koto playing, and will end with a Japanese style reception.
The JLC is grateful to the following sponsors for making this event possible: Toshiba, Ricoh, JRI Europe Ltd. , the Japan Centre, JP-Books (JPT Europe Ltd.).
Tickets are still available: if you would like to attend the event, please contact the organiser: lm233@bath.ac.uk
This event is orgainsed in association with the Japan Foundation
London Language Centre and the Embassy of Japan in the UK