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Broward District World Language Competition 

(in February at a designated Broward County school)

2025 Competition Information

(Learn about all the categories of competition and their requirements)

Academic Categories

Impromptu (Japanese Impromptu Topics) + Declamation

Skit Presentation

Projects

New Media

Posters (Must include this year's theme; see below)

Talent Category

Singing, Dancing, Musical Presentations

2025 Broward District World Language Competition 

Date: March 15, 2025 --- 8:00 - 12:30pm

Location: Hollywood Hills High School

This Year's Theme: GROW YOUR FUTURE WITH LANGUAGES

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Florida Speech, Skit, Manga & Video Contest 

(held at a South Florida college in March)

Students can compete in several categories according to their level.  They may present recorded speeches on a topic of their own choosing related to Japan.  They can also create a comical, cultural, or historical yonkoma (4-Frame Manga) as well as develop and record a Japanese karaoke music video or a promotional video encouraging students to study Japanese.

2025 AFTJ Florida Speech, Manga, Karaoke & Video Contest

SPEECH CONTEST (@ TBA)

ONLINE CONTEST

Online Entry Form due TBA (Usually in March)

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National Japan Bowl™ Competition 

(held in April in Maryland -- near Washington, DC)

Teams of three students at Levels 2, 3, and 4 answer a series of quiz-style questions in a timed format.  Questions test your team's knowledge of language comprehension, accuracy, vocabulary and character writing/recognition, as well as predetermined cultural topics and current events, idiomatic expressions, and onomatopoeia.

Check out the Japan America Society of Washington DC's page with reports and photo slideshows from previous Japan Bowls. There are a number of pictures posted of our students during the competition!

33rd National Japan Bowl Competition

THURSDAY & FRIDAY, APRIL 4th & 5th, 2025

Washington, DC

Last Year's Information (includes the 2024 Japan Bowl Guide & a Link to Recordings of the 31st Japan Bowl Championship Rounds in 2023)

Speak with Sensei, if you're interested!

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Other Opportunities Available!

The American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) sponsors a Nengajou (New Years Cards) Contest in December.  Click on this link to find out more about the 2025 Contest (Year of the Snake), and speak with Sensei, if you are interested in participating in this national competition for 2025. 

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Students in the Deerfield Beach High School Japanese Language & Culture Program have the opportunity to participate in annual Japanese language competitions: the Broward District Foreign Language Competition, the AFTJ Regional Japanese Language Contest, and the National Japan Bowl™ Competition.  DBHS students have learned so much and achieved success in these competitions over many years.