2021/11/30

The 3rd All-Japan Student French Presentation Contest was held at KUFS on Saturday, November 13th. The competition was held online for the first time due to the surge in coronavirus cases when the call for contestants began. There were 53 participants and staff from both in and out of Japan who attended the event online, which was conducted smoothly and without any trouble with internet connection.

Although it was unfortunate that the contest could not be held in-person, there were a total of 14 students from 9 universities across the country, each presenting a wonderful, well-practiced presentation on their own topic.

The results are as follows.

1st place: Momoha Hara, 3rd-year student at Sophia University / Title: Japanese education that doesn’t alienate foreigners: my personal experience / Supplementary prize provided by Ambassade de France au Japon and Institut français du Japon (supported by Air France), Centre International d'Etudes Françaises at Université de Bourgogne, Chancellor of KUFS

2nd place: Saya Tokuda, 3rd-year student at Tohoku University / Title: Learning from Edo-period literature / Supplementary prize provided by the Embassy of Belgium in Japan, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Chancellor of KUFS

3rd place: Yuzuki Ashio, 3rd-year student at Hiroshima University / Title: Falling in love with the French Language / Supplementary prize provided by Université Catholique de l’Ouest, Association pour la Promotion de l'Enseignement du Français au Japon, Hakusuisha, Inc.

4th place: Kaori Matsuzaki, 4th-year student at Nanzan University / Title: To have a third-person perspective / Supplementary prize provided by Délégation générale du Québec à Tokyo, Institut français du Japon in Tokyo, Chancellor of KUFS

5th place: Asuka Soma, 3rd-year student at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies / Title: The power of words and the chain of happiness / Supplementary prize provided by Centre Culturel Franco-Japonais, Chancellor of KUFS

6th place: Yurika Aramaki, 3rd-year student at Seinan Gakuin University / Title: Changing the world / Supplementary prize provided by Centre National des Examens Japon, Institut français du Japon in Kansai, Contest Executive Committee

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