05 Contest Guidelines2010
Annual Japanese Speech Contest 2010 Contest Rules
When and Where:
March 21st, 2010, Sunday, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (The Club Room will open at 8:00 am)
Balboa Park Club Santa Fe Room,
2150 Pan American Road West, San Diego, 92101
The Santa Fe Room - Balboa Park Club Building (near the Aerospace Museum)
From Park Blvd., take Presidents Way into Balboa Park. The Balboa Park Club Building is just beyond the big parking lot at the end of Presidents Way.
What applicants should do:
How to send Application form:
Application Form without the speech draft will be accepted only by email on and before March 5th. Please see the application form and procedure below carefully.
Eligibility & Application Requirements:
All applicants must:
Be currently enrolled in a San Diego County high school, community college or university.
Not be native speakers of Japanese or have a Japanese parent (Issei) and in an environment where apanese is spoken at home.
Be a citizen of the USA or a permanent resident of the USA.
Be a Japanese language student, currently or within the previous semester.
Not have had more than six months of schooling in Japan after age six;
Not have won the 1st place at a speech contest in Japanese in the past;
The speech script is original and has not been read in other previous speech contests;
Not read the speech and not use any supporting objects or props for your speech at the contest.
Judging Criteria:
Each speech must be about five minutes or less in length, but no shorter than three minutes. Choice of topic
is open. Judges will base their decisions on content and presentation of speech, and the interviews in
Japanese with the judges after each speech presentation. The highest total points awarded by the judges will
be the winners. The first place winner of each category will also be the winners of the Consul General's
Award. If you have any questions regarding the judging criteria, please do not hesitate to ask the committee.
Note:
The top winners of the high school category in this contest retain the right to apply for the National Contest in
May 2010 sponsored by Aurora Foundation and the Japan Foundation. The winner of this national contest
will participate in the International Competition in Tokyo in July 2010.
http://home.att.net/~creativeentpr/JLSF/speechcontest.html#anchor168895
Prizes:
Consul General's Grand Award (1st place Plaque) for the first place winner from each category.
Winners Certificates (1st, 2nd, and 3rd places) and scholarship awards of 1st place - $300, 2nd place - $200,
and 3rd place - $100 from each category. Best Effort Award, Most Creative Award, Penmanship Award and
Humor Award from each category. All participants will receive the Certificate of Participation and the original
contest T-shirt.
Light Japanese food will be served while we wait for the contest results
Special guests:
Don Quinn, Teacher & Rock Star from Canyon Crest Academy, will sing some Japanese songs.
Japanese Koto and violin duo by Reiko Obata and Kazumi Gregory
Soran-bushi Dance Team by students from Hilltop High School, Morse High School, and Eastlake High School
Application Form Accepted By Email ONLY due March 5th, 2010
All applicants must be recommended by an official representative of a local or regional school or by a
Japanese teacher who currently teaches or has recently taught the applicant within the last semester. This is
to be submitted by the instructor of the applicant. Please fill out this application form below and email it by
the due date: March 5th 11:59 PM, 2010. Please read also Eligibility & Application Requirements under the
contest rules once again.
Speech Script accepted by US Postal mail due March 12th, 2010
The original handwritten copy of your speech must be mailed via US Postal (USPS) to the committee on or
before March 12th.
Mailing Address:
San Diego Japanese Speech Contest Committee
ATTN: Ms. Tachibana
P. O. Box 28884, San Diego, CA 92198
E-mail: NihongoContest2010@gmail.com
Fax: 858-217-6069
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/sandiegonihongocontest
Please do not send the jpeg file of the script. It will not be accepted. When the application via email and the
speech script via US postal are received, the confirmation email will be issued to the teacher of the applicant
each time from NihongoContest2010@gmail.com. In case of emergency, instructions will be given to the
teacher and the student. Please notify the committee promptly when it happens.
How to Apply:
1) Application Form Accepted by Email ONLY. Due by March 5th, 2010.
2) Speech Script accepted by U. S. Postal mail. Due by March 12th, 2010.
1) Application Form Accepted by Email ONLY. Due by March 5th, 2010.
All applicants must be recommended by an official representative of a local or regional school or by a
Japanese teacher who currently teaches or has recently taught the applicant within the last semester.
This is to be submitted by the instructor of the applicant or the applicant. Please fill out this application
form below and email it by the due date: March 5th 11:59 PM, 2010. Please read also Eligibility & Application
Requirements under the contest.
Please cut & paste the information below (page 4 of the application form), fill itout and enail it to
NihongoContest2010@gmail.com with the subject: San Diego Japanese Speech Contest 2010 application
no later than March 5th.
some part of the following info does not represent the 2010 contest.
ABOUT YOURSELF:
First Name_
Middle Name_
Family Name_
(the name you wish to appear on the certificate)
Name in Katakana: _
Sex: Male or Female: _
Native Languages: _
Date of birth: Day _
Month _
Year _
Street Address: _
City: _
State: _
Phone number: _
(the number that we can reach for confirmation)
Fax number:_
Email address: _
ABOUT YOUR TEACHER/PROFESSOR WHO RECOMMENDED YOU:
First name_
Family name_
Name of the organization: _
Address of the organization: STREET _
City: _
State_
ZIP_
Phone number: _
(the number that we can reach for confirmation)
Fax number:_
Email address: _
THE COURSES & LEVELS YOU HAVE COMPLETED AND THE CURRENT COURSE AT THE INSTITUTION YOU ARE
CURRETNLY ATTENDING:
Name of the current course:_
Name of the courses you have completed:_
TITLE OF THE SPEECH:
Japanese title: _
English title: _
Summary of your speech in English (around 100 words): _
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF SPEECH CONTEST: WHEN/WHERE?
2) Speech Script accepted by U. S. Postal mail, due by March 12th, 2010.
The original handwritten copy of your speech must be mailed via US Postal (USPS) to the committee on or
before March 12th. Please download the Script Form. If you had emergency please contact us.
Mailing Address:
San Diego Japanese Speech Contest Committee
ATTN: Ms. Tachibana
P. O. Box 28884, San Diego, CA 92198
Fax: 858-217-6069
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/sandiegonihongocontest
Please do NOT send the jpeg file of the script. It will not be accepted. Send the application via email.
In case of emergency, contact the committee (TachibanaCenter@gmail.com), then instructions
will be given to the teacher and the student.
Review: How to apply
1. Email the application information to NihongoContest2010@gmail.com. Do not send any attachments. Everything has to be in the email content.
2. Mail the speech script separately as instructed above via US Postal (USPS) above via US Postal (USPS).
Do not email the script by attachment.