[JITCO] JITCO 32nd Foreign Technical Intern Trainees/Trainees Japanese Essay Contest Winners Announced
*JITCO*
Press release: August 13, 2024
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JITCO 32nd Foreign Technical Intern Trainees/Trainees Japanese Essay Contest Winners Announced
*Four people, including Le Thi Mai from Vietnam, won the top prize* Japan International Human Resources Cooperation Organization (JITCO), Chairman: Yagi
Hiroyuki] has announced the winners of the 32nd Japanese Language Essay Contest for Foreign Technical Intern Trainees and Trainees. This year, from among 1,277 applicants, we selected a Vietnamese-born researcher who works at Iwai Kasei Co., Ltd. (Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture).
Four people, including Timai Mai, were selected for the grand prize. Reading of works at last year’s award ceremony
Presented with a lively expression and fluent Japanese
* Grand Prize *
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Le Thi Mai The place that gave me hope Vietnam Yamaguchi Prefecture Tran Thuy An What is the meaning behind the greeting? Vietnam Tokyo Nguyen Thi Fien Huy My Teacher Vietnam Kanagawa Prefecture
Barsanjab Elbegzaya Mother’s Prayer – A world without war! ~ Mongolia Nagano Prefecture
The Grand Prize winner, Le Thi Mai, wrote about how she found hope in the support and empathy for people with disabilities that she learned after coming to Japan. Also the Grand Prize Winner: Tran Thuy Anne wrote about how her work as a caregiver helped her to appreciate the warmth and respect expressed in greetings. Also, Nguyen Thi Fien Mr. Hui talked about parting ways with his Japanese language teacher, who continued teaching until just before his death, and said, Ms. Elbegzaya expressed how she became keenly aware of the importance of peace after caring for a person whose memories of war never fade no matter how old they get.
This competition was started in 1993 as part of the effort to help technical interns and trainees improve their Japanese language skills. The application format is to submit a handwritten essay (3 pages of 400-character manuscript paper), and this time, which is the 32nd time, there will be a grand prize (4 people) out of a total of 1,277 entries, as well as an excellence award. (5 people), Excellence Award (11 people), and Honorable Mention (15 people).
In addition, JITCO will hold a “JITCO Exchange Conference” on October 4th (Friday) at the Keidanren Hall in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, bringing together people involved in technical intern training. During this time, an award ceremony for the essay competition will also be held. At the award ceremony, the technical interns and trainees selected for the grand prize will read their winning works aloud. You can see them presenting their work with lively expressions and fluent Japanese.
◆Click here for the full press release and attached list
https://prtimes.jp/a/?f=d104757-49-bce9a304ee8feca8120ec05a8208f2aa.pdf ◆ Click here for the announcement on the JITCO homepage
(https://www.jitco.or.jp/ja/news/article/34420/)
◆Click here for a video of the reading at last year’s award ceremony and an interview with the award winners.
(https://www.jitco.or.jp/ja/channel/)
* Japan International Cooperation Agency for Human Resources * https://www.jitco.or.jp/
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