Newman Smith Student Places Second In World Japanese Contest

Newman Smith student Amanda Kim placed second in the World Japanese Speech Contest held in Kawasaki City, Japan. Amanda represented the United States in the contest after placing first in the United States National Japanese Speech Contest, the Texas Japanese Speech Contest and Dallas Regional Speech Contest.

Twenty-two contestants from 18 countries such as Russia, Germany, France and China entered the World Japanese Speech Contest where Amanda delivered a five-minute speech in Japanese before almost 1,000 Japanese-native speakers. As a part of the contest, she also was interviewed in Japanese for five minutes.

Her Japanese teacher at Newman Smith is Kay Sanada.