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On Saturday, November 22, the finals were held for the Fondation Maison Franco-Japonaise 16th Annual French Speaking Contest. Fourth-year student Miu Anno of the Department of French Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (KUFS) won the Ambassade de France à Tokyo / Institut Français Award, received for placing first in the Intermediate Category.

The Fondation Maison Franco-Japonaise French Speaking Contest is a nationwide speech contest for contestants ranging from junior high school students to adults. Each participant must give a speech in French on a specified theme and answer questions from the judges.
Ms. Anno received high praise for her speech on the Intermediate Category theme of "How do you define success in life?," during which she talked about how she found her own successes amid the challenges posed by life thus far, and discussed the importance of each person's individual value and life in light of issues faced by contemporary society related to social media and lookism. As a supplemental prize, Ms. Anno received a support grant to cover the purchase of round-trip plane tickets between Tokyo and Paris for a four-week French language training course.



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