Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation and Speech Contest 2018
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Date | 31 August, 2018 |
| Location | Kitaakita, Bunka Kaikan |
| No. of participants | 100 |
| Speech winner | |
| Title | I'll Never Forget My Grandfather |
| Student | Risa Nikami |
| Gender | F |
| Grade | 3 |
| School | Kokusai Jōhō |
| ALT | Arianne Solomon-Ramkissoon |
| JTE | |
| Recitation winner | |
| Title | Malala Yousafzai: Education First |
| Student | Takeru Kudo |
| Gender | M |
| Grade | 3 |
| School | Hokuyō |
| ALT | Maria Dolores van Maarseveen |
| JTE | |
| ← 2017 | 2019 → |
The 2018 Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation & Speech Contest (第５０回大館北秋田中学校英語暗唱弁論大会) was held on Friday 31st August at Bunka Kaikan (北秋田市文化会館), also known as Falcon, in Kitaakita.
100 students took part in the competition, performing a total of 61 performances (11 speeches, 39 recitations, and 11 skits). This year was the 50th annual competition.
Program
| 8:30 ~ | Reception |
| 8:50 ~ | Opening Ceremony |
| 9:10 ~ | Recitations (2nd grade) |
| 10:45 ~ | Recitations (1st grade) |
| 11:25 ~ | Recitations (3rd grade) |
| 12:20 ~ | Lunch |
| 13:20 ~ | 1st grade skits |
| 14:15 ~ | Speeches |
| 15:05 ~ | Judging |
| 15:40 ~ | Closing ceremony (awards) |
| 16:10 | End |
Judges
- Ms. Fumiko Asari (浅利 布美子 先生) - Hanawa Dai Ichi Junior High School
- Ms. Yasuko Takahashi (高橋 矢壽子 先生) - Akita Hokuyō High School
- Ms. Allison Conner - Akita Hokuyō High School
Rules
- Speeches and recitations should be under 5 minutes in length. Skits should be under 3 minutes.
- 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%
- Speech
- Content 50%, English 30%, delivery 20%
- 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.
2nd Grade Recitations
| # | Students | Gender | School | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kota Matsuoka | M | Aikawa | Try to Be the Only One | Excellent |
| 2 | Haruaki Tamura | M | Ōdate Dai Ichi | I'll Always Love You | |
| 3 | Momoka Matsuta | F | Hokuyō | Try to Be the Only One | |
| 4 | Rei Yamada | F | Kamikoani | I Have a Dream | Excellent |
| 5 | Haruka Hatakeyama | F | Seishō | The Big Dipper | Excellent |
| 6 | Mei Sato | F | Shimokawazoi | Cooking with the Sun | |
| 7 | Mika Iwasawa | F | Tashiro | The Big Dipper | |
| 8 | Ayane Ishikawa | F | Hokuyō | I'll Always Love You | Excellent |
| 9 | Naru Kijiya | F | Kokusai Jōhō | Languages in Danger | Excellent |
| 10 minute break | |||||
| 10 | Mao Takeishi | F | Kamikoani | Echo | Excellent |
| 11 | Tomoya Sasaki | M | Takanosu Minami | Can Anyone Hear Me? | |
| 12 | Shiho Abukawa | F | Ōdate Minami | Try to Be the Only One | |
| 13 | Nao Misawa | F | Takanosu | The Fall of Freddie the Leaf | |
| 14 | Nobuhiro Ichinoseki | M | Hinai | I'll Always Love You | |
| 15 | Nanaka Fukushima | F | Tashiro | The Last Leaf | Excellent |
| 16 | Yuzuki Yasui | F | Ōdate Higashi | A Mother's Lullaby | Excellent |
| 17 | Maho Iwaya | F | Takanosu | Try to Be the Only One | |
| 18 | Mizuki Takiguchi | M | Hinai | The Emerald Lizard | |
1st Grade Recitations
| # | Students | Gender | School | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mako Kobayashi | F | Takanosu Minami | Pete and the Orange Men | Excellent |
| 2 | Tomohiro Matsuoka | M | Kokusai Jōhō | Zorba's Promise | |
| 3 | Mai Watanabe | F | Tashiro | Pete and the Orange Men | |
| 4 | Eishi Narita | M | Takanosu Minami | Red Demon and Blue Demon | Excellent |
| 5 | Hiroshi Kosugiyama | M | Moriyoshi | How the Moon Got in the Sky | |
| 6 | Mihane Obata | F | Tashiro | Christmas Presents | |
| 7 | Miharu Maeda | F | Kokusai Jōhō | Red Demon and Blue Demon | Excellent |
| 8 | Toko Kobayashi | F | Kamikoani | Pete and the Orange Men | Excellent |
3rd Grade Recitations
| # | Students | Gender | School | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanon Kawaguchi | M | Hinai | Sato Mami: Making the Best of Life | |
| 2 | Rin Suzuki | F | Aikawa | Education First: Malala's Story | Excellent |
| 3 | Ibuki Sato | F | Takanosu Minami | The Diary of Anne Frank | |
| 4 | Chika Hatakeyama | F | Seishō | Malala Yousafzai: Education First | |
| 5 | Erina Ito | F | Ōdate Minami | Limelight | |
| 6 | Rina Kushima | F | Takanosu Minami | Visas for 6,000 Lives | Excellent |
| 7 | Urui Shibata | F | Moriyoshi | Malala Yousafzai: Education First | |
| 8 | Moeka Ishitoya | F | Ōdate Minami | Changing the World | Excellent |
| 9 | Takeru Kudo | M | Hokuyō | Malala Yousafzai: Education First | Most excellent |
| 10 | Aoi Sato | F | Ōdate Higashi | Miss Evans on the Titanic | Excellent |
| 11 | Mio Narita | F | Ōdate Dai Ichi | Limelight | |
| 12 | Yayoi Saito | F | Kamikoani | Education First: Malala's Story | |
| 13 | Aina Takahashi | F | Kokusai Jōhō | The Mountain that Loved a Bird |
1st Grade Skits
| # | Students | Gender | School | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yamato Kudo Hinata Sasaki Masaki Sasaki Kota Seki |
M M M M |
Hokuyō | Living Together | Excellent |
| 2 | Haruki Sakuraba Shoei Narita Kazuki Takasugi Natsuki Shimizu Hina Hikage Rino Misawa |
M M M F F F |
Takanosu | Heroes | |
| 3 | Yusei Oda Aito Kikuchi Osa Kikuchi Miyu Tozawa |
M M F F |
Ani | The Wishing Duck | |
| 4 | Sana Kurota Joga Hatakeyama Taichi Teruuchi Ryota Nara |
F M M M |
Seishō | Mysterious Japan | Excellent |
| 5 | Kenji Osawa Takuya Kobayashi Kazuha Nagai Kikyo Yoshida |
F M M M |
Kamikoani | The Three Little Pigs: The Wolf's Story | |
| 6 | Sho Matsuhashi Takato Yamada Saki Tsuji |
M M F |
Ani | Rubber Duck Tournament | |
| 7 | Ruito Ishitoya Sho Ito Taiyo Ito Ren Ito Reo Obata Satsuki Sato |
M M M M M M |
Ōdate Minami | Attack on Reo | |
| 8 | Sena Hatakeyama Ryusei Takamatsu Rina Sasaki Ayano Matsunaka |
M M F F |
Seishō | Let's Play USA GAME! | Excellent |
| 9 | Runa Umei Homare Kataoka Karen Kishino Rinoa Sawaguchi Kanade Shoji Wakana Nishine |
F F F F F F |
Moriyoshi | Momotaro | |
| 10 | Nanaka Abukawa Aki Kousaka Miki Saito Rino Okabe Mako Kudo Daiki Abukawa |
F F F F F M |
Ōdate Higashi | Snow White and the Five Dwarfs | Excellent |
| 11 | Shuku Sato Kanon Kaneta Miu Narita |
M F F |
Aikawa | Shopping in America |
Speeches
| # | Student | Grade | Gender | School | Speech Title | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Nagasaki | 3 | F | Takanosu | The Most Precious Place | |
| 2 | Haruka Nishimura | 3 | F | Ōdate Dai Ichi | What is a goodness of Japanese? | |
| 3 | Risa Nikami | 3 | F | Kokusai Jōhō | I'll Never Forget My Grandfather | Most excellent |
| 4 | Rukina Abe | 3 | F | Hinai | The Shape of Love | |
| 5 | Hikaru Aratomai | 3 | M | Shimokawazoi | Living My Life True to Myself | Excellent |
| 6 | Natsuki Fujimoto | 2 | F | Moriyoshi | As a Shinto Family | |
| 7 | Kasumi Yokoyama | 2 | F | Kokusai Jōhō | My New Family | Excellent |
| 8 | Hinata Wakasa | 3 | F | Ōdate Dai Ichi | My Music, My Sound | |
| 9 | Shieru Sato | 3 | F | Seishō | The Reason Why I Work Hard | |
| 10 | Asumi Miyamoto | 3 | F | Hinai | The Magic | Excellent |
| 11 | Hiyori Sato | 3 | F | Moriyoshi | Like My Grandmother |
ALTs
| School | E | ME | ALT | Students | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamikoani | 3 | Owen Cunningham Michael Hoang |
8 | ||
| Takanosu | Dominique Owens Dane LaFonte |
9 | |||
| Takanosu Minami | 3 | Amanda Rider | 5 | ||
| Moriyoshi | Maeleen Arce June Kim |
10 | |||
| Ani | Edgardo Sanchez | 7 | |||
| Aikawa | 2 | Aki Regan | 5 | ||
| Ōdate Dai Ichi | Ashley Kasprzak | 4 | |||
| Ōdate Higashi | 3 | Niall Moore | 8 | ||
| Ōdate Minami | 1 | Jacob Clark | 9 | 13 | |
| Tashiro | 1 | 4 | |||
| Hinai | 1 | Winnie Pérez Martínez | 5 | 7 | |
| Shimokawazoi | 1 | 2 | |||
| Hokuyō | 2 | 1 | Maria Dolores van Maarseveen | 7 | 18 |
| Seishō | 3 | 11 | |||
| Kokusai Jōhō | 3 | 1 | Arianne Solomon-Ramkissoon | 6 | |
| Total | 23 | 2 | 15 | 100 | |
See also
- JHS Prefectural Speech Contest.
- Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation and Speech Contest.
- Junior high school speech contest.
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| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
