1. DATE
AND TIME
2. PLACE
Education North 2-115
3. ORGANIZER
The Organizing Committee for
the
4. PRIMARY SPONSOR
The
5. CONTRIBUTING
SPONSORS
Alberta Japanese Businessmen’s Association
Consulate-Generals of
Department of East Asian Studies,
Faculty of Arts,
Mitsui & Co. (
Prince Takamado
Prince Takamado
6. GENERAL
ELIGIBILITY
These
criteria apply to all contestants.
1)
All contestants must be currently studying Japanese as a foreign
language.
2)
All contestants must be of a nationality other than Japanese
(individuals possessing dual nationality, including dual
Japanese citizenship, are eligible to apply).
3)
All contestants must be 18 years of
age or over.
4)
All contestants must be the first-place winner in their
category in the district speech contest in which they were entered (district
speech contest must have been held within three months of national
contest). However, if for any
reason a category winner is unable to attend the national contest, then, based
on the recommendation of the district contest’s organizing committee, the
runner-up in that category may attend the national contest as the
representative in the relevant category for that district.
5)
Past participants in a Canadian
National Japanese Speech Contest may not compete again in the same category or
a lower category.
6)
As a rule, entry is limited to
students currently studying Japanese at an educational institution recognized
by the organizing committee of the district speech contest. However, potential contestants who are
adjudged by the organizing committee of their district contest to meet the
eligibility requirements for a given category (as outlined below) are eligible
to participate in the national contest.
7. ELIGIBILITY
RESTRICTIONS BY CATEGORY
In addition to the
general eligibility criteria, contestants must also follow these specific
category guidelines. If any questions arise
regarding a contestant’s eligibility, the organizing committee’s decision will
be final.
1)
BEGINNER
i)
Neither parent of the contestant is a native speaker of Japanese.
ii)
The contestant has studied Japanese for less than 130 hours or one
year.
iii)
The contestant has not stayed in
2)
INTERMEDIATE
i)
Neither parent of the contestant is a native speaker of Japanese.
ii)
The contestant has studied Japanese for up to 350 hours.
iii)
The contestant has not stayed in
3)
ADVANCED
i)
Neither parent of the contestant is a native speaker of Japanese.
ii)
The contestant has studied Japanese for 351 hours or more.
iii)
The contestant has not stayed in
Note: The hours of Japanese study are
defined as the hours of post-secondary study up to the date of the contestant’s
district Japanese speech contest.
8. TITLE
AND SUBJECT OF SPEECH
1) Title
and subject of speech are the choice of the contestant. The contestant must solely prepare
his/her speech.
2) Materials
prepared by contestants.
i) Speeches
read from a prepared script will be subject to severe point deductions.
ii) When
registering on the day of the contest, contestants must submit one copy of the
script of their speech. Speeches
which deviate substantially from the content of the submitted script will be
subject to penalty.
3) The speech lengths
for each category are as follows:
Beginner 3
min.
Intermediate 4
min.
Advanced 5
min.
Speeches
deviating substantially from these time constraints will be subject to penalty.
9. COMPOSITION
OF JUDGING PANEL, AND JUDGING STANDARDS
1) The
judging panel shall consist of five members, chosen from Japanese consular
staff, Japanese industry, and Japanese community groups.
2) The
judges shall judge the content, presentation, pronunciation, grammar, and other
elements of the speeches in accordance with the standards for each.
10. AWARDS
1) Prizes
for category winners will be allotted by the organizing committee.
2) Past
first-place category winners shall be excluded from consideration for prizes.
3) Participants
who do not win prizes shall be awarded participant prizes.
11. FOR
MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Dr. Kaori Kabata
Department of East Asian Studies
400
Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada T6G 2E6
Fax: (780) 492-7440
E-mail: kaori.kabata@ualberta.ca