Outstanding Speech Performances at Japanese Festival

Posted on September 05, 2018

Ten senior Macleans College students delivered impressive speeches at the recent Auckland Regional Secondary School Japanese Festival.

Sophie Sun (13HOSK) won 1st prize in the Year 13 category which included a return ticket to Japan and Gina Dai (12POWU) won 1st prize in the Year 12 category. David Paija (11BASM) and Angel Loh (11SMIH) won 1st and 2nd prizes respectively in the Year 11 category.

AUT hosts this annual speech contest and Nisui-Kai, The Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Auckland Inc, provided the 1st prize of a return trip to Japan. The winner, Sophie, had a brief Q&A after her speech and will travel to Japan next April.

All the participants enjoyed the experience of public speaking in Japanese.

Japanese Speech Festival 01 — Left: David Paija, Sophie Sun, Gina Dai, and Angel Loh.

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