UBD Student Wins Japanese Speech Contest
By James Kon

Bandar Seri Begawan - UBD student Miss Lina Salwana emerged top in the 20th Japanese Speech Contest Advanced Level, which was held at the Civil Service Institute (IPA) recently.

Ms Lina previously came in second in the same category last year. She has been studying Japanese for three years at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. She entered the Advanced Level contest with her speech titled, "Education for the Handicapped Children in Brunei".

Her hard work was rewarded with the first prize and an opportunity to visit Japan and experience Japanese culture while practicing the language with native speakers.

Ms Lina will travel to Japan on October 1, when winners from other Asean countries will gather to demonstrate their winning speeches in public. She is also scheduled to visit several interesting places such as the Nikko, Asakusa and Tokyo Disneyland.

Each year, in autumn, the Japan Overseas Enterprises Association invites the winners of Japanese Speech Contests held in Asean countries to Japan as part of its programme of international exchanges.

The association provides accommodation and bears other related costs of stay and travel in Japan. The supporting organisations of the speech contest in Brunei Darussalam, the Brunei-Japan Friendship Association, Japan-Brunei Friendship Association and the Japanese Association, will sponsor her return air-ticket to Japan.

The 20'1 Japanese Speech Contest is aimed at encouraging contestants to give a public demonstration of their competency in Japanese.

The speech contest was divided into two categories, Beginner's Level and Advanced Level. The Beginner's Level was set for students who have studied the Japanese language for less than two years. The Advanced Level was set for those who have studied for more than two years.

Students who have studied for less than two years were also able to participate in the Advanced Level if they wanted to.

In total, 20 Japanese language students participated in this year's contest delivering their original speeches to the audience.

The audience and the judges were very impressed by the high level of Japanese language proficiency, the interesting contents of the speeches and the good presentation skills of those who took part.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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