안녕하세요!!
Last Thursday, the Korean Cultural Centre in Nigeria hosted the 2016 Korean Speech contest. Students of the Sejong Institute language class participated both at beginner and intermediate level. I won the competition last year and was able to go to Korea to mark the celebrations of Hangul Day. So I attended the competition this time around to support my classmates and cheer them on!
There were a lot of familiar faces and people I haven't seen in a while so it was a sort of reunion for me.
The topics were really interesting and the most exciting part for me was being able to understand what the contestants were saying. It made me think about the first time I went for the speech contest 2 years ago when my Korean was around beginner level. I could barely understand wht anyone was saying so this was awesome for me.
Some of the topics at this contest were about energy resources in Nigeria, An Ode to Taeyang, Love for Taekwondo, Miyeok-guk and A look at Korean Music which was the winning speech. Amanda, the winner, belted out some classic Korean Trot and drama OST and wowed the audience with her talent!
The competition was judged by visiting Teachers from Sejong University in Korea who are currently running Kpop Academy at the centre here in Nigeria (More about that in a later post). Our Korean language teacher was returning to Korea so we took some goodbye photos with her one of which is above.
The winners were announced and awards given to both the beginner and intermediate category. Also a popularity award was given as well. The winner is set to take a trip later in the year to the land of morning calm where more adventures awaits her.
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On KOREAN TWITTER disseminating real time views on dramas & music etc
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On INSTAGRAM sharing pictures
and on TUMBLR just doing what people do on there
안녕,
meera
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