Events

Members of our Japanese Club will have a Japanese snack taste-sharing, and will critique popular snacks for Japan. Contact Mrs. Leigg for more information on how you can be a part of this fun.

J-Live Talk is a Japanese language proficiency competition. Competitors are judged on a presentation conducted entirely in Japanese, including interaction with the audience. This year, J-Live Talk will be live-streamed on Youtube Saturday, November 14 at 5p.m. Come watch the fun!

The Japan Bowl® is a Japanese language competition created by the Japan-America Society of Washington DC in 1992. The Japan Bowl tests the achievements of Japanese learners throughout the US and other countries. The Japan Bowl in the United States focuses on high school students.

What makes the Japan Bowl unique is that it goes beyond language and asks students about their knowledge of Japanese culture, society, daily life, history, geography, and current events. Participants compete as members of 3-person teams, based on how many years they have studied Japanese.

The Japan Bowl is not an exam; it uses a “quiz bowl” format. Students hear – and don’t read — the questions. They are given a timeframe, usually 30 seconds, within which to respond. The questions are asked in both Japanese and English and answered in a variety of ways. (http://www.japanbowl.org/ )