Speech Contest!

[frellnik]

Today was the Iwaki Inter-Junior High School English Speech Contest.  It went from 9:30 until 4:30.  I had 4 students participating in the contest. 3 in the recitation section and 1 in the original speech section.

There were 35 contestants in the Recitation section.  My 3 students all placed in the top 6.  Toko came in 4th place with her piece "Miss Evans on the Titanic".  Ayane came in 3rd place with her piece, "Fly Away Home".  Kanna came in 1st place with her piece, "Tom is Eating Jam in the Kitchen".  

I am so happy and excited for them!  Kanna will be going on to the Prefectional stage. I will continue to work with her until then. 

Some hilarious bloopers that were heard today:

African American  pronounced as "A Freakin' American"   and

Factory pronounced as "Fuck Tree"

It was an awesome day! Lots of fun.  I can't wait for next year! :)

Comments

[the-dragon-tor.livejournal.com]

How do you keep a straight face when "a freakin' american" and "fuck tree" come up? I know I couldn't. I'd be giggling like a little girl.

[ameshinju.livejournal.com]

Ah, that is why we sit at the back! lol There were 7 of us Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) clustered at the back of the auditorium taking notes on each contestant and quietly busting a gut at all the...interesting mistakes :)

Village was pronounced as "bitch" twice! lol well, it was probably more like birich, but that's not quite what we heard lol.

[the-dragon-tor.livejournal.com]

ah... there is a lot to be said about hiding out at the back giggling. I imagine that it would be really hard to not giggle when you are in a group of ALTs.