{"656509":{"#nid":"656509","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Win Big at Annual State-Wide Japanese Speech Contest","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree students studying Japanese in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Modern Languages\u003C\/a\u003E won awards in the advanced category at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatj.weebly.com\/awards--recognition\/japanese-speech-contest-2022\u0022\u003Eannual Japanese Speech Contest\u003C\/a\u003E. Choux Kim, a first-year computational media major, won first\u0026nbsp;place. Clarissa Kim, a first-year industrial design major, and Chan-Min Lee, a first-year computer science major, each received a Special Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatj.weebly.com\/\u0022\u003EThe Georgia Association of Teachers of Japanese\u003C\/a\u003E hosted the virtual contest on March 5, 2022. High school and college students were divided into categories based on language proficiency and \u0026nbsp;recorded memorized presentations entirely in Japanese.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEight students from the Georgia Tech Japanese program participated at three proficiency levels:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EElementary-intermediate level:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EArya Vajpayee, a second-year computational media major with a minor in Japanese\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EZelda Wu, a second-year biochemistry major\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJoseph Fajloun, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student with a minor in Japanese\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIntermediate-advanced level: \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EEcho Zhu, a fourth-year environmental engineering major\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJessica Paley, a fifth-year music technology major with a minor in computing and people and minor in Japanese\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAdvanced level:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EChan-Min Lee\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EChoux Kim\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EClarissa Kim\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn total, 30 students from six regional universities and two metro-Atlanta high schools participated in the contest.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA video of Choux Kim\u0026rsquo;s winning presentation is available on YouTube: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c4LSInV6oao\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c4LSInV6oao\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELearn more about the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\/languages\/japanese\u0022\u003EJapanese\u003C\/a\u003E program at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;Connect with Modern Languages on\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gtlanguages\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFacebook\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gt_languages\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EInstagram\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/georgia-tech-modern-languages\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELinkedIn\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/gt_languages\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETwitter\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;and never miss an update on our student activities, school news, and upcoming events.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three students studying Japanese in the School of Modern Languages won awards in the advanced category at the annual Japanese Speech Contest hosted by the Georgia Association of Teachers of Japanese.. 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