Speech contest 2011

This year’s KAI’s speech contest was held at the small hall of Olympic Center as always on March 4, 2011. 16 students selected from each class made speech there.
This time’s KAI includes 10 kinds: “皆”, “改”, “会”, “快”, “貝”, “階”, “櫂”, “界”, “解” and “怪”. The most popular theme was “会”, which was the same as last year’s. The next was “快” which 3 students chose followed by “解” 2 students did. And the others were picked one by one.
The KAI the first place winner, Annekatrin, chose was “解”. She picked a misunderstanding incident caused by “Not being able to read the atmosphere” after she arrived in Japan. She was highly evaluated for her compactly well-organized speech and dignified presentation. I’m already looking forward to listen to next year’s speeches.

March 2011
KAI Japanese Language School
Director Hiroko Yamamoto

Speakers

	☆☆☆ First Place Winner ☆☆☆ 「解」: From misunderstanding to understanding  Annekatrin Nagel (Germany: Advanced 1)
	☆☆ Second Place Winner ☆☆ 「解」: To fight against prejudice until you understand the others’ situations  Amadeus Landin (Sweden: Pre-Advanced)
	☆ Third Place Winner ☆ 「皆」: Minna no Nihongo   Jonathan Hedtjärn (Sweden: Advanced 2)
	「快」:”Kaishin” = Agepoyo  Matilda Ingman (Sweden: Intermediate)  <Jury's Special Award>
	「貝」: The world of shells  Livia Wyler (Switzerland: Beginner 2)  <Jury's Special Award>
	「階」: Stairway to dream  Anica Pavlovic (Sweden: Pre-Intermediate)  <Jury's Special Award>
	「貝」: Inside firm shells  Amelia Shibata (Indonesia: Pre-Intermediate)  <Jury's Special Award>
	「櫂」: Japanese family is my paddle  Kaja Marie (Norway: Beginner 1)  <Jury's Special Award>
	「改」: To alter. Though I said “ne”…  Sofia Malm (Sweden: Pre-Intermediate)
	「会」: No more chance  Lucylia Niwa (Indonesia: Intermediate 2)
	「界」: To go beyond the limit  Kim Hultgen (Sweden: Intermediate 1)
	「会」: I want to meet new friends  Henrik Schedin (Sweden: Beginner 1)
	「怪」: Life’s “mystery”   Ekhi Galdos (Basque: Beginner 2)
	「会」: To meet the new environment  Lino Adler (Germany: Beginner 2)