Deadline: 4 February 2011
The First annual Japanese Language Contest
Consulate General of Japan in Boston
Guidelines
1. The Japanese Language Contest is comprised of two areas:
* a speech contest
* an essay contest
Participants may enter only one area of the contest.
2. The Japanese Language Contest will be held on March 5, 2011.
3. This contest is open to students who are currently enrolled in a Japanese language course at a university/college within the six New England states (CT/MA/ME/NH/RI/VT) and have not:
* lived in Japan three or more years in total since 2000
* come from homes where Japanese has been spoken regularly
* won the prize in the same category of this contest in the past
4. The deadline for entries is Friday, February 4 at 5:00pm EST. Essays or texts of speech must arrive by this time at the Consulate General of Japan in Boston.
While submission by postal mail is fine, email submissions are strongly encouraged. Send the essay or the text of speech an email attachment (Word or pdf preferred) to: infocul@cgjbos.org
5. Each entry must include a fully completed Entry Form, which indicates the exact character count. The Entry Form should be filled in by the author of the essay of the text of speech, checked and signed by the author’s instructor and sent as a scan with the essay to the email address above.
6. Each university/college will be allowed two entries (one from each level) for both essay and speech contests.
7. Students should choose the appropriate contest level:
Speech Contest:
* Intermediate Division: students who have completed fewer than three years of Japanese language study.
* Advanced Division: students who have completed three or more years of Japanese language study.
Essay Contest:
* Intermediate Division: students who have completed fewer than four years of Japanese language study.
* Advanced Division: students who have completed four or more years of Japanese language study.
(Two years of high school Japanese is counted as one year at the university level.)
8. The essay’s topic must be “日米のためにできること.”
Any topic is acceptable for the speech.
9. The essay or the speech must be written in Japanese.
10. The essay or the speech must be typed.
11. The length of the essay or the text of the speech should be no more than 800 characters. Essays or speeches which do not conform to the character limit will be disqualified. Students must write their name and the title of their essay or speech on the page, neither of which will count toward the 800 character limit.
12. Entries will not be returned.
13. Finalists of the speech contest and essay contest winners will be notified individually around the middle of February.
Speech contest finalists will compete at the Japanese Language Contest on March 5, 2011 in Greater Boston.
Essay contest winners will be invited to read their essay at the competition.
14. Copyright of all essays and texts of speech will be retained by the Consulate General of Japan in Boston.
CONTACT US
Consulate-General of Japan in Boston
Federal Reserve Plaza 22nd Floor,
600 Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA 02210
TEL：617-973-9772，FAX：617-542-1329
More information here.
The First annual Japanese Language Contest
Consulate General of Japan in Boston
Guidelines
1. The Japanese Language Contest is comprised of two areas:
* a speech contest
* an essay contest
Participants may enter only one area of the contest.
2. The Japanese Language Contest will be held on March 5, 2011.
3. This contest is open to students who are currently enrolled in a Japanese language course at a university/college within the six New England states (CT/MA/ME/NH/RI/VT) and have not:
* lived in Japan three or more years in total since 2000
* come from homes where Japanese has been spoken regularly
* won the prize in the same category of this contest in the past
4. The deadline for entries is Friday, February 4 at 5:00pm EST. Essays or texts of speech must arrive by this time at the Consulate General of Japan in Boston.
While submission by postal mail is fine, email submissions are strongly encouraged. Send the essay or the text of speech an email attachment (Word or pdf preferred) to: infocul@cgjbos.org
5. Each entry must include a fully completed Entry Form, which indicates the exact character count. The Entry Form should be filled in by the author of the essay of the text of speech, checked and signed by the author’s instructor and sent as a scan with the essay to the email address above.
6. Each university/college will be allowed two entries (one from each level) for both essay and speech contests.
7. Students should choose the appropriate contest level:
Speech Contest:
* Intermediate Division: students who have completed fewer than three years of Japanese language study.
* Advanced Division: students who have completed three or more years of Japanese language study.
Essay Contest:
* Intermediate Division: students who have completed fewer than four years of Japanese language study.
* Advanced Division: students who have completed four or more years of Japanese language study.
(Two years of high school Japanese is counted as one year at the university level.)
8. The essay’s topic must be “日米のためにできること.”
Any topic is acceptable for the speech.
9. The essay or the speech must be written in Japanese.
10. The essay or the speech must be typed.
11. The length of the essay or the text of the speech should be no more than 800 characters. Essays or speeches which do not conform to the character limit will be disqualified. Students must write their name and the title of their essay or speech on the page, neither of which will count toward the 800 character limit.
12. Entries will not be returned.
13. Finalists of the speech contest and essay contest winners will be notified individually around the middle of February.
Speech contest finalists will compete at the Japanese Language Contest on March 5, 2011 in Greater Boston.
Essay contest winners will be invited to read their essay at the competition.
14. Copyright of all essays and texts of speech will be retained by the Consulate General of Japan in Boston.
CONTACT US
Consulate-General of Japan in Boston
Federal Reserve Plaza 22nd Floor,
600 Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA 02210
TEL：617-973-9772，FAX：617-542-1329
More information here.
