The Tenth Annual New England High School and College Students Japanese Language Contest

November 25, 2020

The Tenth Annual New England High School and College Students Japanese Language Contest

The Speech Section of the Tenth Annual New England High School and College Student Japanese Language Contest was held on-line on November 21, 2020. The Essay section of this contest was held in April. For both Speech and Essay sections, more than 100 entries were submitted. Among these entries, the following are the winners. We hope that those who participated in this contest keep on studying Japanese and become even more interested in Japan.

Thanks go to Kodansha USA and Shoyeido Incense Co. for their valued cooperation and contributions.

Speech Contest Winners (November 21, 2020)

高校レベル High School Advanced Division

1位 Lucero Rios	Classical High School	石の上にも四年
2位 Ella Boyan	Classical High School	勿体ない
3位 Madison Rith	Classical High School	私の父

大学中級レベル College Intermediate Division

1位 Huilin Zhang	Mount Holyoke College	いじめにあっている君に
2位 Emily Knick	UMass Amherst	蟻塚の女
3位 Yuanzhe Li	Brandeis University	一緒に二つの言語を勉強する方法

大学上級レベル College Advanced Division

1位 Yuetong Zheng	Boston College	野球が教えてくれたこと
2位 Clara Evelyn Marino	UMass Amherst	日本で栄え、アメリカで消えるレズビアンバー
3位 Tara Kim	Boston College	一枚の布による日本の暖簾文化

Essay Contest Winners (April 23, 2020)

高校上級レベル High School Advanced Division

1位 Iridiana Paniagua	Boston Latin Academy	心の中の花火
2位 Mei Tiemeyer	Classical High School	美味しいカレー
3位 Carmen Boyan	Classical High School	私の第二の故郷

大学初級レベル College Beginner Division

1位 Yingmo Tu	Mount Holyoke College	ホカホカのそれの名は？
2位 Nafisa Rashid	Wellesley College	日本語と私
3位 Kyra Tan	Bowdoin College	イチゴのお弁当包み

大学中級レベル College Intermediate Division

1位 Zhujun Gao	Mount Holyoke College	三歩前進、私の夢
2位 Yujin Moon	Bowdoin College	手放せない支え、日本
3位 Xin Zhang	Mount Holyoke College	ハッピーアワー

大学上級レベル College Advanced Division

1位 Kijun Song	Boston College	競技の勝敗よりも大切なもの
2位 Ella Jaman	Bowdoin College	祖父の軍力
3位 Hung-Te Wu	Bowdoin College	のび太の家