第六回カリフォルニア大学アーバイン校
日本語スピーチコンテスト

The Sixth Annual University of California, Irvine Japanese Speech Contest

Date: Saturday February 4th 2012 [Click here for the photos of the Contest]

Time:
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Location: Humanities Gateway (HG) 1030 [map]

Objectives:
1. The Speech Contest provides Japanese language students the opportunity to think critically and express their thoughts clearly in public.  It is our hope that students will be motivated to further pursue their learning of the Japanese language and culture through this project.  With students moving onto graduate programs in Japanese, internships at Japanese corporations, teaching ESL in Japan, or volunteering to help those affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, students will serve as bridges between Japan and the United States.

2. Students will be exposed to the surrounding Japanese community, helping to build bonds among UCI and the community and establishing the campus as a resource for the development of Japanese language instruction. This project will bring community awareness to the Japanese Program at UCI and its ability to act as a resource to further Japanese language and culture studies throughout Orange County.

Student Participation:
In principle, we will invite participants from students who are enrolled in a Japanese course at UCI.  The following table indicates the basic guidelines.  Former/future language students who are interested in participating are welcomed and will be placed into the appropriate category by the oral interview. [Click here for the award winning speeches]

Category

Qualifications

Number of
Contestants

Beginning Level

Students who are enrolled in Japanese 1B

6

Intermediate Level

Students who are enrolled in Japanese 2B

6

Advanced Level

Students who are enrolled in Japanese 3B or Japanese 100B

6

 

Total

18

 

Guidelines:
Each contestant will speak a topic of their choice, and the time limit of their speech is seven minutes.  In case more than six students want to participate in the Speech Contest, each language section will vote for a class representative.

Judges:

Dr. Hiroshi Sumiyama

Founder of Hitachi Chemical Research Center (UCI)
1st Vice President of Aurora Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation

Mr. Nobuhiro Baba

Noted Japanese Author, including School Wars, Glorious No-Sides, & Don’t Cry, Bobby
Recipient of the 2010 Izu Literary Award: Mishima Shuku
Recipient of the 2011 Samurai Fiction Prize for Excellence: Toashi Samurai

Ms. Suzuko Hamasaki

Former Japanese Lecturer & Director of 1st-3rd Japanese Speech Contest at UCI
CFO of Cygolite

Dr. Kiyomi Chinen

Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach
Member, Editorial Board, Japanese Heritage Language Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ)


Program of the Speech Contest
:

Time

Activities

1:00


1:10

1:30

2:20

2:30

3:15


3:45

 

4:00

Opening remarks by the Department Chair Dr. Michael Fuller
Introduction of the Speech Contest and judges

Presentation of the Beginning Level speeches

Presentation of the Intermediate Level speeches

Break

Presentation of the Advanced Level speeches

Presentation about the Great East Japan Earthquake
Gagaku musical performance

Presentation of the awards
Comments by the Judges
Closing remarks by Dr. Edward Fowler

Survey, photo session, and social hour with refreshments


Community Supports
:
Your kind donation(s) will be gratefully accepted either in the form of a monetary gift or an actual product/gift item, and may be utilized for prizes as well as towards expenses incurred in holding the actual event.  Checks can be made out the Sixth Annual UCI Japanese Speech Contest and mailed to the below address.

Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
University of California, Irvine
 Humanities Instructional Building, 443 EALL
Irvine CA 92697

Sincere appreciation to the following generous donors: Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Stanley Electric, Universal Business Corporation, Magicbell Communications, Yamaha Music Center, CygoLite, Mitsuwa Marketplace, Ito En North America, Imuraya USA, Marukome USA, IACE Travel, Sushi Boy, Marukai Corporation, Maeda-en USA, Book Off, Kinokuniya Bookstores, ISC USA Inc., Japan Foundation, Japan National Tourist Organization, Mitsubishi Electric and Electronic

For more information, please contact Ayako Nagai at (949) 824-2813 or ayako@uci.edu.