JLfest 2023 | The 16th Annual Japanese Language Festival
COMPETITION RESULT ANNOUNCEMENT
Junior Level: Saturday, July 31, 2021
Senior Level: Sunday, August 1, 2021
JUNIOR LEVEL (N4 & below)
Winner:
Lu Hou Yang
SM LOK YUK KOTA KINABALU (CF)
1st Runner up:
Cathan Mak Li Yee
SM LOK YUK KOTA KINABALU (CF)
2nd Runner up:
Janessa Anak James Bon
SM SAINS MIRI
SENIOR LEVEL (N3 & above)
Winner:
Kuhaneetha Bai A/P Kalaicelvan
KOLEJ TINGKATAN ENAM SRI ISTANA
1st Runner up:
Luqman Hakim bin Ahmad Firdaus
KOLEJ MARA BANTING
2nd Runner up:
Nur Sabrina binti Anuar
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA (KAMPUS DENGKIL)
PRESENTATION BY THE WINNERS
4KOMAshibai Competition
4KOMAshibai Competition
Senior (1st Place) - Kuha
Senior (2nd place) - Luqman
Senior (3rd Place) - Sabrina
PANEL OF JUDGES
Edward LEE
Vice President
JAPANESE LANGUAGE SOCIETY OF MALAYSIA
NG Kar Pek
Assistant Director
EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MALAYSIA
Hasparina Abdul Ghafar
Head of Centre
MALAYSIA-JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY MALAYSIA
MARUTANI Shinobu
Japanese Language Lecturer
THE JAPAN FOUNDATION,
KUALA LUMPUR
Sugandaran A/L Kaivaliam
Japanese Language Teacher
SEKOLAH MENENGAH SULTAN ABDUL HALIM
SUMITANI Kenichi
Chief Lecturer
PUSAT BAHASA TEIKYO MALAYSIA
COMMENTS FROM THE JUDGES
"Impromptu speaking involves not only ideas but also their delivery. It requires skills ranging from speed thinking, creativity, and a certain degree of language proficiency to good communication strategy and time management. Hence, the contestants in this competition must be commended for their effort in balancing these skills. And the 7-minute time frame is indeed a time bomb! Hat-offs to all contestants and congratulations to the winners. みなさん、よくがんばりました。
The main takeaway for all contestants is perhaps NOT to be overly focused on notetaking as it does eat up most of the allocated time."
EDWARD LEE
"Speaking is always a major weak point for many Japanese language learners. The competition itself is very interesting. Other than motivating students to improve their Japanese language proficiency in order to speak confidently, especially when presenting an impromptu speech, it is also a perfect tool to help train and develop students' ability in creativity. I would like to see JLfest continues to offer the 4KOMA-shibai competition for the coming years."
NG KAR PEK
"4KOMAshibai is a very interesting and creative way of entrance into impromptu speech in Japanese language. Hope that in the future more students will take the chance to participate in this competition."
SUGANDARAN KAIVALIAM
JUDGES COMMENT (1)
Overall comments on the competition (Senior Level)
JUDGES COMMENT (2)
Overall comments on the contestants (Senior Level)
JUDGES COMMENT (3)
Suggestions for Improvement