Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation and Speech Contest 2023

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Details
Date1 September, 2023
LocationKitaakita, Bunka Kaikan
No. of participants43
Speech winner
TitleSpending my days with a smile
GenderF
Grade3
School Kokusai Jōhō
ALT
JTE
Recitation winner
TitleLimelight
GenderF
Grade2
School Moriyoshi
ALT
JTE
2022 2024

The 2023 Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation & Speech Contest (第55回大館北秋田中学校英語暗唱弁論大会) was held on Friday 1st September at Bunka Kaikan (北秋田市文化会館), also known as Falcon, in Kitaakita.
43 students took part in the competition, performing 18 speeches and 25 recitations.
This year was the 55th annual competition.

Program

8:30 ~ Reception
8:50 ~ Opening Ceremony
9:00 ~ Recitations (2nd grade, 1st grade, 3rd grade)
11:50 ~ Judging
12:15 ~ Award Announcements
13:20 ~ Speeches
15:15 ~ Judging
15:50 ~ Award Announcements
16:15 End

Judges

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

# School Gender Recitation Award
1 Moriyoshi F I'll Always Love You
2 Kamikoani M Rocket Boys Excellent
Paused while the judges had a discussion
3 Ōdate Dai Ichi F The Carpenter's Gift
4 Takanosu F Echo Excellent
5 Ōdate Minami F Tom Has to Work on Saturday
6 Shimokawazoi F Pictures and Our Beautiful Planet
7 Ōdate Higashi F Maria Talks about Her Life
8 Hokuyō F The Little Prince
9 Takanosu F I'll Always Love You
10 Moriyoshi F Limelight Most excellent
11 Ōdate Dai Ichi M Roy Brown - Boy Detective Excellent

1st Grade Recitations

# School Gender Recitation Award
1 Ōdate Dai Ichi M Pete and the Orange Men Excellent
2 Kamikoani F "Meow!"
3 Takanosu F Red Demon and Blue Demon Excellent
4 Ōdate Higashi F The Golden Dipper Excellent
5 Ani Gakuen M City Lights
6 Takanosu F Pete and the Orange Men

3rd Grade Recitations

# School Gender Recitation Award
1 Shimokawazoi F Zorba's Promise
2 Aikawa F The Story of a Sailor
3 Kokusai Jōhō F Mother Teresa
4 Ōdate Dai Ichi F Miss Evans on the Titanic
5 Seishō M The Spider's Thread
6 Kamikoani F Spirit in the Sky
7 Ōdate Higashi M The Spider's Thread Excellent
8 Takanosu M Miss Evans on the Titanic Excellent

Speeches

# School Grade Gender Speech Title Award
1 Ōdate Dai Ichi 3 M Let's help each other
2 Ani Gakuen 9 M What humans do to animals
Paused while the judges had a discussion
3 Kokusai Jōhō 3 F Spending my days with a smile Most excellent
4 Ōdate Minami 2 F Making Days Special Excellent
5 Ani Gakuen 9 F First Ani Gakuen
6 Hokuyō 2 F I am proud of my school
7 Kamikoani 1 F Music Makes Me Happy Excellent
8 Ani Gakuen 8 M My Hero, Nobunaga
9 Seishō 3 M I Am a Man Who Will Change the World Excellent
10 Ōdate Dai Ichi 3 F Understanding cultural differences
10 minute break
11 Kamikoani 1 F My Journey to Positivity
12 Ōdate Minami 2 F Be Yourself
13 Aikawa 2 F To Be Myself
14 Kamikoani 3 M An Animal-Friendly World
15 Hinai 2 F What I can do now Excellent
16 Ōdate Minami 3 M Grandfather's Smell Excellent
17 Hokuyō 2 M Disaster Prevention Activities We Can Do
18 Kamikoani 3 M Charms, Challenges, and Opportunities

ALTs

School E ME ALT Students
Kamikoani 2 Owen Cunningham
Hugh Blacklock
7
Takanosu 3 Jessica Hudson 5
Moriyoshi 1 2
Ani Gakuen Savannah Powell 4
Aikawa Tyron Stewart 2
Ōdate Dai Ichi 2 Vanessa Limenyande 6
Hokuyō Wikus Ferreira 3 5
Seishō 1 2
Shimokawazoi Olivia Peacock 2 3
Hinai 1 1
Ōdate Minami 2 Zachary Garcia 4 4
Tashiro 0
Ōdate Higashi 2 Zack Dempsey 3
Kokusai Jōhō 1 Arianne Solomon-Ramkissoon 2
Total 13 2 14 43

Statistics

Area Schools Students Speeches Recitations 3rd grade 2nd grade 1st grade Male Female E ME
Kamikoani 1 7 4 3 3 1 3 3 4 2
Kitaakita 4 13 4 9 4 6 3 4 9 3 1
Odate 9 23 10 13 10 11 2 8 15 8 1
Total 14 43 18 25 17 18 8 15 28 13 2

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