The Japan Foundation is again holding its Speech Contest for Australian students. This is the 40th year of the contest and is open to Year 11 and 12 students across the country. There are several different divisions covering all levels of competence.

Prizes include return airfares and accomodation packages to Japan. State winners in each section are expected to proceed to the National Final.

Guidelines and other Contest information is available from the Japan Foundation Website

The WA Final is on July 30th and the Western Australian contact for the contest is:

Chris Graham
Japanese Language Teachers’ Association WA
PH: (08) 9495 7439/ FAX: (08) 9390 4082
Email: chris.graham@det.wa.edu.au
WA State Final: Thursday 30 July
Please visit JLTAWA website
http://www.jltawa.org.au

Other information for Teachers of Japanese is available on the CMIS WACE Pages Japanese : Second Language

The latest edition of the Japan Foundation’s Omusubi newsletter is now available. It features Sensei’s Pages where teachers can learn about exciting programs for schools. These include a Speech Contest, a website contest, new resources and video production contest.

The newsletter includes information about the Prize Donation Program which was developed by the Japan Foundation, Sydney to support schools staging any kind of Japanese language-related event and can be primary or secondary schools in any part of Australia.

The CMIS Japanese Language for WACE studies page contains useful information for schools studying Japanese.