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The judges, the sponsors and the prize winers of the open beginner division. ( Julia is in the middle at the back row with navy top. Shu Wang who came 2nd is standing next her, right side)
On Saturday 2 September, the 37th annual NSW Japanese speech contest, sponsored by the Consulate General of Japan and the Japan Foundation was held, and I was invited to participate as one of the judges. As usual, UNSW contestants performed excellently.
This year, both the 1st and 2nd prizes of the NSW State Open Beginners Division were awarded to students of UNSW, and the 2nd prize of the Open Division was awarded to one of the UNSW contestants. Not only those three students, but all of the UNSW contestants performed extremely well delivering very impressive speeches. To UNSW which has not won the Open Beginners Division in the last two contests, but has monopolised the first places in the Open Division for the past five years, this was a bitter sweet victory.
The following is the UNSW list of prize winners:
Julia Sungyon (JAPN2001) Hong won the 1st prize with a speech "Culture Shock (Learning from differences)", discussing her own experience of the encounter to different cultures. Julia will be representing the state of NSW in the National Final.
Shu Wnag (JAPN2001) came in 2nd in the same division with a speech "Culture Shock -Rural China", comparing Chinese culture and Australian culture.
In the Open Division, Sara Korevaar (JAPN3401) came in 2nd with a speech "So, what nationality am I?". Her speech was outstanding, and the audience appreciated her delivery and the interesting content.
Julia Sungyon receives her prize from a sponsor
Behind the success of the UNSW students, there are many hours spent by the academics in the Department of Japanese and Korean Studies helping the students fine-tuning parts of their speeches.
Acknowledgement should go to those who have been actively involved in the process this year, namely Sumiko Iida and Hiromi Masumi-So, also to Fusako Osho who came to the contest to provide much needed moral support.
On behalf of the Faculty, congratulations to all of UNSW contestants and their lecturers. Best wishes to Julia for the National Final to be held Saturday 21 October at the State Library of New South Wales.
Nagisa Fukui
Department of Japanese and Korean Studies
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