2024/5/26: All-USA High School Japanese Speech Contest in Los Angeles
The Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation aka the Aurora Foundation will host its the 20th annual All-USA High School Japanese Speech Contest in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at 12:30 pm.
The contest will be held at the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, 5700 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036.
This contest will provide opportunities for high school students studying the Japanese language in the United States (whose native language is not Japanese) to make presentations in Japanese and to inspire others to improve their proficiency in Japanese.
It is also hoped that the contest will encourage students to further their understanding of Japan, its people, and its culture.
The participants will be carefully selected from among those recommended by the organizers of regional contests held across the country.
2024 Contestants are following:
Jack Ader/ ジャック エーダ
Riverdale Country School
Bronx, NY
12th Grade
「僕の「和」の経験」
「My Experience with Japanese “Wa” 」
Ian Anthony Barker / イアン・バルカー
Richardson High School
Richardson, TX
11th Grade
「メディアにおけるプロパガンダの効果」
「The Effectiveness of Propaganda in Media 」
Conrad DeBeer / コンラド・デビア
San Dieguito High School Academy
Encinitas, CA
11th Grade
「日本のLGBTQの簡潔な歴史」
「A Brief History of Queerness in Japan」
Leena Edais / リーナ・イデイス
Dimond High School
Anchorage, AK
12th Grade
「私の日本語学習の旅」
「My Journey Learning Japanese 」
Jayda Fountain / ジェイダ・ファウンデイン
Curtis Senior High School
University Place, WA
11th Glade
「初めての日本の旅行」
“The Joys of Learning Foreign Language “「My First Japanese Trip 」
Casey Allen Jones / ケイシー・アレン・ジョーンズ
Salinas High School
Salinas, CA
12th Grade
「沈黙の美しさ」
「The Beauty of Silence 」
Clive Benedict Mendoza / クライブ・ベネディクト・メンドーザ
Northside College Preparatory High School
Chicago, IL
12th Grade
「シカゴの都市計画を改善する方法〜人間性を受け入れ」
「How to Improve Chicago’s Urban Planning ~ Embrace Humanity 」
Zenith Shankar / ゼニス・シャンカー
Southridge High School
Beaverton, OR
11th Grade
「スポーツと言語学習が世界をよりよくする理由」
「How sports and learning languages can improve the world 」
Max Sobel / マックス・ソーベル
Saint Ann’s School
Brooklyn Heights, NY
12th Grade
「初心者になる」
「To Become a Beginner 」
Lauren Tippin / ローレン ティッピン
Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School
Boerne, TX
12th Grade
「日本での経験」
「My Experience in Japan 」
Schedule:
All applications must be submitted by E-mailed
on or before Monday, April 22, 2024
May 2024 (TBD)
Announcement of the Contestants
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Contestants arrive in Los Angeles Attend Orientation,
Welcome Party,and Host Family Introductions
Sunday, May 26, 2024
Speech Contest
Monday, May 27, 2024
Free time. Contestants depart from Los Angeles
