Something is coming!

The Japan Foundation, London is excited to announce a new event: The Japanese Language Championship for Young Learners UK – also known as… JaLaChamp!

JaLaChamp is a contest for primary and secondary school students studying Japanese, and consists of two categories: a speech category, and a video category where students are asked to create an original video. We want to encourage students to show us their creativity in full and have fun making videos and writing speeches using their Japanese!

The world is changing very. Technology is advancing, and nowadays if we have a computer or a smartphone we can send a message to anyone in the world. In a time like this, we should always consider the following questions: “What message do I want to convey and how?” Using the voice, the written word, visuals, design and more – there are many ways to express ourselves. It is important to be able to combine these different choices of expression to create a way of expressing ourselves that others can understand, empathise with or be persuaded by.

We want to encourage students to share with us their thoughts and viewpoints, as well as show us their creativity in full and have fun challenging themselves by entering this contest and using their Japanese!

Download the JaLaChamp event guidelines to find out more!

We will be announcing even more details soon, so please watch this space.