On October 29, Okayama University held the Seventh Okayama Cup Speech
Contest online connecting universities in the northeastern region of
China and SixERS (Chiba University, Niigata University, Kanazawa
University, Okayama University, Nagasaki University and Kumamoto
University).
The speech contest has been held annually since 2014 in cooperation with
SixERS，Consulate-General of Japan in Shenyang and Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science Beijing Representative Office with the aim to
encourage Japanese language learners in northeast China and strengthen
the relationship between Japanese and Chinese universities. Last year,
the contest was regrettably canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic;
however, this year’s contest was moved online thanks to the cooperation
of related organizations. As the guest of honor, ZHANG Jingping,
Director, Division of International Cooperation and Exchange, Northeast
Normal University was present.
In addition to the competitive speech category, a new “recitation”
category was added to encourage language learners with varying levels of
proficiency to take part. As a result, forty-eight students from twelve
universities in northeast China entered the contest. The first round
was conducted by evaluating video recordings of the participants, after
which five students from each category were selected to take part in the
final round, where contestants presented their speeches online to
representatives from northeast China universities and SixERS.
After being evaluated by KATAE Takashi, Consul-General,
Consulate-General of Japan in Shenyang, Vice President for International
Affairs SUZUKI Takayoshi and SiXERS faculty in attendance according to
strict criteria, Zhang Zhi-Bin from Dalian University of Foreign
Languages and Liu Si Yu from Dalian University of Foreign Languages were
selected as winners of the speech category and recitation category,
respectively. The two prizewinners were also awarded a study trip to
Okayama University. Additionally, Lin Mei from Dalian University of
Technology was awarded the special Consul General Prize from the
Consulate-General of Japan in Shenyang.
Okayama University has been collaborating with universities in the northeastern area of China for over thirty years and will continue to promote academic exchange between SixERS and Chinese Universities with the intention of encouraging students to serve as a bridge for friendship between Japan and China.
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