The Tenth Japanese Speech Contest on 3 March 2007



Entry Guidance


Date
Date Saturday, 3 March 2007
Venue The Language Center of the University of Jordan Location
Organizer The Faculty of Arts of the University of Jordan
and the Embassy of Japan in Jordan

Entry
Session Two (Haiku and Speech)
Entry 1. Please fill out the designated application form and submit it to the Cultural section of the Embassy not later than Wednesday, 31 January 2007.
2. Each session shall accept only twelve complete applications in order of receipt.
3. Participants in the Speech session must have study experience in Japanese longer than eight months.
3. Participants in the Speech session must have study experience in Japanese longer than eight months.
4. A contestant can participate in one of the sessions only.

Remarks
Remarks 1. Those who stayed in Japan longer than a year may participate in the event as a special entry, but are not entitled to win a prize other than arranged for the special entry.
2. Those who won the first place of the Japanese Speech Contest held in Jordan in the past are not entitled to win a prize in the same category of the contest
3. Those who have a Japanese parent may not participate.


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Awards


The Speech Session
The first place The first candidate for the program to visit Japan (*),
and a Japanese electronic dictionary
The second place Furigana Japanese dictionary
The third place Furigana Japanese dictionary
The special jury prize A set of traditional Japanese “karuta”
* The program to visit Japan: The jury will recommend to the Embassy of Japan two outstanding Jordanian participants as candidates for the Youth Exchange Program to visit Japan. The candidates must meet the program criteria and the Embassy holds authority to choose the participants.

The Haiku Session
The first place Japanese calligraphy set
and a set of traditional Japanese “karuta”
The second place Japanese calligraphy set
The third place Japanese calligraphy set
The special jury prize A set of traditional Japanese “karuta”

The Special Entry
The most outstanding contestant Dinner invitation

Japanese cuisine dinner
The above prize winners will be invited to dinner of Japanese cuisine


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Details of the Speech Session


The Speech Session
1. A participant must choose one of the following subjects:
  a. The most ……. in Jordan
b. I want ……… or I want to do ……….
  c. If ……
2. The speech must be not longer than six minutes.
3. The contestant must submit a translation of the speech either in English or Arabic saved in MS Word to the Embassy not later than Wednesday, 14 February 2007

Marking guidelines for the Speech Session
1. Pronunciation and smoothness
2. Correct use of words and organization of passages
3. Original content according to the given subject
4. Coherence
5. Manner of presentation
6. Memorization pf the speech is a plus
7. A speech longer than ten minutes will result in deducting marks

Details of the Haiku Session


The Haiku Session
1. Each participant must recite his/her favorite Haiku (one poem only) in Japanese, and present an impression on the poem in English and Arabic. The contestant has five minutes for the presentation.
2. The participant must not choose the Haiku poems that were introduced at the last contest in March 2006. click to see the poems presented in 2006
3. The chosen haiku must be written in Japanese in the application form.

Marking guidelines for the Haiku Session
1. Memorization of the Haiku poem, pronunciation and smoothness of the recitation
2. Understanding of the poem and persuasiveness of the taking points
3. Originality and manner of presentation
4. A presentation longer than five minutes will result in deducting marks


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