Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation and Speech Contest 2016
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Date | 2 September, 2016 |
| Location | Ōdate, Bunka Kaikan |
| No. of participants | 98 |
| Speech winner | |
| Title | A Fantastic World of Music |
| Gender | M |
| Grade | 3 |
| School | Ōdate Minami |
| ALT | Brian Lafever |
| JTE | Sumiko Ambo |
| Recitation winner | |
| Title | The Spider's Thread |
| Gender | F |
| Grade | 3 |
| School | Aikawa |
| ALT | Rebecca Chen |
| JTE | Takiko Takeishi |
| ← 2015 | 2017 → |
The 2016 Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation & Speech Contest (第４８回大館北秋田中学校英語暗唱弁論大会) was held on Friday 2nd September at Bunka Kaikan (大館市文化会館) in Ōdate. 98 students took part in the competition, performing a total of 65 performances (20 speeches, 35 recitations, and 10 skits). This year was the 48th annual competition.
Program
| 8:30 ~ | Reception |
| 8:50 ~ | Opening Ceremony |
| 9:10 ~ | Recitations (1st & 2nd grade) |
| 10:50 ~ | Recitations (3rd grade) |
| 12:00 ~ | Lunch |
| 13:00 ~ | 1st grade skits |
| 13:50 ~ | Speeches |
| 15:30 ~ | Judging |
| 16:10 ~ | Closing ceremony (awards) |
| 16:30 | End |
Judges
- Ms. Kimiko Yamamoto (山本 貴見子 先生) - Ōdate Homei High School
- Ms. Kei Narita (成田 桂 先生) - Ōdate Keiō High School
- Mr. Benjamin Desjardins - Ōdate Homei High School
Rules
- Speeches and recitations should be under 5 minutes in length.
- If time take is between 5:01~5:10 the student will have 1 point deducted for each second they are overtime. e.g. a student whose time is 5:04 will have 4 points deducted from their score.
- If a student goes over 5:11 they will be disqualified.
- Recitation
- English 60%, delivery 40% (Different to previous year!)
- Speech
- Content 50%, English 30%, delivery 20% (Different to previous year!)
- Students don't have to bow or announce title before speaking.
- Students may bring script with them to the podium, but if they use it they will lose points.
- If a students forgets part of their speech for more than 10 seconds, they will reminded.
- Similar to the JHS Prefectural Speech Contest
- No overacting, and no props.
- Students must not stand beside of or in front of the podium at any point.
- All judges must be in agreement before a student will be deducted points.
Results
The top award is the Most excellent award. This award is given to 2 students, one for the speech and one for recitation. Other students who were impressive are given an Excellent award, and all other students who partake in the competition are awarded a Very good. All students received a certificate.
1st & 2nd Grade Recitations
| # | School | Grade | Gender | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ōdate Dai Ichi | 2 | F | Can Anyone Hear Me? | |
| Paused while the judges had a discussion | |||||
| 2 | Aikawa | 1 | F | I'll Always Love You | |
| 3 | Takanosu | 2 | F | Echo | Excellent |
| Paused while the judges had a discussion | |||||
| 4 | Seishō | 2 | M | A Mujina | |
| 5 | Takanosu Minami | 2 | F | Try to Be the Only One | |
| 6 | Hinai | 1 | M | The Restaurant with Many Orders | |
| 7 | Hokuyō | 2 | F | Tom Has to Work on Saturday | |
| 8 | Ani | 2 | F | Echo | Excellent |
| 9 | Kokusai Jōhō | 2 | F | Can Anyone Hear Me? | Excellent |
| 10 | Kamikoani | 1 | F | Pete and the Orange Men | |
| 11 | Ōdate Higashi | 2 | M | I'll Always Love You | Excellent |
| 12 | Ōdate Minami | 2 | F | Clancy | |
| 13 | Takanosu Minami | 1 | F | Fly Away Home | |
| 14 | Hinai | 2 | F | Echo | Excellent |
| 15 | Aikawa | 1 | F | What Color is Love? | |
| 16 | Seishō | 2 | F | Christmas Presents | |
| 17 | Hinai | 2 | M | Pete and the Orange Men | |
| 18 | Tashiro | 2 | M | Can Anyone Hear Me? | Excellent |
| 19 | Takanosu Minami | 2 | M | I Have a Dream | Excellent |
| 20 | Aikawa | 2 | F | Try to Be the Only One | Excellent |
| 21 | Kamikoani | 2 | F | I'll Always Love You | |
3rd Grade Recitations
| # | School | Gender | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aikawa | F | The Spider's Thread | Most excellent |
| 2 | Takanosu | F | The Fall of Freddie the Leaf | |
| 3 | Hokuyō | F | Love is Action | |
| 4 | Ōdate Higashi | M | An Artist in the Arctic | |
| 5 | Takanosu Minami | F | Changing the World | Excellent |
| 6 | Ōdate Dai Ichi | F | The Mountain that Loved a Bird | Excellent |
| 7 | Tashiro | F | The Giving Tree | |
| 8 | Takanosu | F | Limelight | |
| 9 | Ani | F | Miss Evans on the Titanic | Excellent |
| 10 | Seishō | F | A Strange Story | Excellent |
| 11 | Aikawa | F | The Giving Tree | Excellent |
| 12 | Ōdate Minami | F | Once upon a Home upon a Home | |
| 13 | Hinai | F | Education First: Malala's Story | |
| 14 | Moriyoshi | F | The Green Door |
1st Grade Skits
| # | School | Gender | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takanosu | M, M, F, F, F | Welcome to Takanosu | Excellent |
| 2 | Seishō | M, M, F, F | Nice to Meet You! | Excellent |
| 3 | Kokusai Jōhō | F, F, F, M, M | At the burger shop | |
| 4 | Ani | M, M, M, F | Lost in Translation | |
| 5 | Ōdate Higashi | F, F, F, F | The Carpenter's Gift | |
| 6 | Hokuyō | M, M, F, F, F, F | Cinderella (Hokuyo version) | Excellent |
| 7 | Takanosu | M, M, M, F, F | Tokyo Olympic | |
| 8 | Moriyoshi | F, F, F | Genius Candy | |
| 9 | Ōdate Dai Ichi | F, F, F | The Carpenter's Gift | Excellent |
| 10 | Ōdate Minami | F, F, F, F | "Let's be friends!" |
Speeches
| # | School | Grade | Gender | Speech Title | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ōdate Minami | 2 | F | Why do we study English? | |
| 2 | Ōdate Higashi | 2 | F | What We Live For | |
| 3 | Moriyoshi | 3 | F | What I learned from American life | Excellent |
| 4 | Ōdate Dai Ichi | 1 | M | 'Help me': My Magic Words | |
| 5 | Kamikoani | 2 | F | Nursery Dream | |
| 6 | Ōdate Dai Ichi | 3 | F | Time Capsule | |
| 7 | Ōdate Minami | 3 | M | It was only 600 yen, but... | |
| 8 | Seishō | 3 | F | What We Have in Common | |
| 9 | Kokusai Jōhō | 3 | F | What can I do for my hometown? | Excellent |
| 10 | Ōdate Higashi | 2 | M | I am a Sumo Wrestler | Excellent |
| 11 | Hokuyō | 3 | F | Take Nothing for Granted | |
| 12 | Ōdate Dai Ichi | 2 | F | The Reason I Like Studying English | |
| 13 | Takanosu | 2 | F | My brothers gave me a dream. | Excellent |
| 14 | Ōdate Minami | 2 | F | That's why I love music. | |
| 15 | Kamikoani | 2 | F | High Notes and Low Notes | Excellent |
| 16 | Ōdate Higashi | 3 | M | An Encounter ~ to my teammates who brought me up ~ | |
| 17 | Seishō | 3 | M | Why English | Excellent |
| 18 | Ōdate Minami | 3 | M | A Fantastic World of Music | Most excellent |
| 19 | Shimokawazoi | 2 | M | How Baseball Changed Me. | |
| 20 | Ōdate Dai Ichi | 2 | M | A Perfect Human | Excellent |
ALTs
| School | E | ME | ALT | Students | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamikoani | 1 | Owen Cunningham | 4 | ||
| Takanosu | 3 | Dominique Owens Bart Thomas |
14 | ||
| Takanosu Minami | 2 | Maeleen Arce | 4 | ||
| Moriyoshi | 1 | Russel Morris Candice Peters |
5 | ||
| Ani | 2 | Edgardo Sanchez | 6 | ||
| Aikawa | 2 | 1 | Rebecca Chen | 5 | |
| Hokuyō | 1 | Pierrot Fillion | 9 | 11 | |
| Tashiro | 1 | 2 | |||
| Ōdate Dai Ichi | 3 | Brian Lafever | 9 | 19 | |
| Ōdate Minami | 1 | 10 | |||
| Ōdate Higashi | 2 | Carey Bibb | 9 | 10 | |
| Shimokawazoi | 1 | ||||
| Hinai | 1 | Michelle Berent | 4 | 13 | |
| Seishō | 3 | 9 | |||
| Kokusai Jōhō | 2 | Vanessa Lopez-Sotomayor | 7 | ||
| Total | 24 | 2 | 13 | 98 | |
See also
- JHS Prefectural Speech Contest.
- Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation and Speech Contest.
- Junior high school speech contest.
| Years of the Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation and Speech Contest | |||||||||
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
