2017-9 Blog Entry List

英語スピーチコンテスト（後期課程）

posted : 2017/09/27

９月２１日（木）に本校カフェテリアで英語スピーチコンテストが行われました。

後期課程の生徒全員が、夏休み中に自分で原稿をつくり独力で練習をしました。その成果を一人一人が２学期の授業で発表しクラス予選を行いました。21日に発表したのは各クラス代表です。４年生では田村維琉芽さん、北爪智佳子さん、星くるみさん、原朱伶さんが、５年生では木村瑞希さん、柴田ももこさん、菊地渉くん、持田尚人くんが発表しました。どの発表もレベルが高く素晴らしい発表でした。審査の結果、以下の４名が入賞し学校代表として高崎地区大会に出場することになりました。

優勝：菊地　渉（５年）"Look at the Other Hole"

２位：木村瑞希（５年）"Incorporating "Free Acting" in Literature Teaching"

３位：北爪智佳子（４年）"Common Disease"

４位：柴田ももこ（５年）"Take Pride in My Own Language"

この他に４年の鴨田豪くんが海外居住者の部門でスピーチを、５年の桜井あかりさん、桜井みなみさんがプレゼンを行いました。

レチャー先生からの講評のことば

It`s been a great contest with many wonderful speeches and presentations. I speak for all of the judges and myself when I say that we are very happy that we could listen to such passionate students speak today.

There were many interesting topics. I could tell that many of you put a lot of effort and preparation into your speeches and presentations. Particularly in the content. –Many of you talked about very important issues and raised important questions for your classmates to think about.

My biggest hope for all of today`s speakers and presenters, is that you continue to share your ideas and opinions after this contest. When you talk about your ideas and experiences with people, you can understand each other better. Understanding others is one of the most important skills you can have in life.

Today, you expressed all of your ideas in English. If you want to, you can share and exchange your ideas with people outside of Japan! That is why we study foreign languages, like English, so that the number of people we can communicate with increases, and the kinds of things we can learn about and share increase.

Learning a language takes a lot of effort and time, but the reward is great. You can talk to new people, make new friends, and learn new things –things that might be difficult to learn about in Japanese. Please use English whenever you can and share your ideas and experiences with many different people. I`m sure both you and the other person will learn something new.

Some of today`s participants might think that their journey ends here with this contest, but I challenge you to continue: continue writing, continue speaking, and continue learning. Today was a great experience for all the participants because learning English and using the English you know is its own reward.

Congratulations again to all of today`s participants.