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4/2/2016
今年の第19回サンディエゴ日本語スピーチコンテストはとてもたのしかったです！たくさんすばらしいスピーチをききました。音楽のえんそうも好きでした。自分のスピーチをはっぴょうした時とてもきんちょうしていましたが、コンテストに来てよかったです。そして、たくさん新しいともだちができました。来年もかならずもう一度参加したいと思います。
This year's 19th annual San Diego Japanese Speech Contest was really fun! I heard many wonderful speeches. I also enjoyed the music performances. Although I was really nervous when I was presenting my speech, I'm glad I came. Also, I made many new friends. Next year, I definitely plan on participating again!
from Jacalyn Li
Thank you Jacalyn, we would love to see you come back !!
3/20/2016
I went to San Diego Japanese Contest today and I had a wonderful experience there. I could see how each contestant worked hard to prepare for the speech before when they fluently and bravely presenting their contents. Everyone had a different background and opportunity to study Japanese, which introduced new knowledge to listeners and judges who are Japanese native speakers. Someone talked about studying Hebrew language; someone shared his or her experience working in Japanese restaurant. There were more contestants topics worth discussing and reflecting. Thanks to this experience, I made friends with many contestants so that we could improve Japanese together. What a sweet day today!
今日僕はサンディエゴ日本語スピーチコンテストに行き、楽しい時間を過ごさせてもらいました。参加者全員本番で流暢に、そして大胆に自分のスピーチが出来たことに感心しました。皆さんが長い時間を掛けて準備と練習したことが伺えます。参加者一人一人の持つ日本語を覚えるまでの経歴やきっかけが異なるので、日本人審査員や観客も新しい知識を学べました。例えば、ヘブライ語の勉強経験や日本食レストランで働いたエピソードなど新鮮な話題が盛りだくさんでした。他にも色々考え深いスピーチコンテンツがありました。今回のイベントでボランティアさせてもらったことを感謝します。参加者の何人かと友達になり、日本語も上手くなり、凄くいい1日でした。
Reported by Yujia Zhai
Thank you Yujia, for giving us a helping hand today! Your work was truly appreciated by Lyle, our camera man since 2010. Thank you for being in our volunteer team. We look forward to working with you next year too!!