Annual Korean Speech Contest

Every year on Hangul Day, MUKSRH hosts an annual speech contest. This speech contest is open to contestants aged 16 and over who are currently engaged in full-time education and are studying Korean privately or in Korean language courses in institutes or at universities in the Melbourne metropolitan area. Each year we change the topic for the competition. Judges from the Consulate and from Korean language schools in Melbourne are invited to choose the winners. Between 2018 and 2024, 105 young people have competed from eight different educational institutions in Melbourne, Sydney and Vietnam.

The Third Annual Korean Speech Contest 2020

This year the speech contest was carried out entirely through video entries and was also open to all Korean studies’ students in Australia. Students submitted a video of themselves giving a three-minute talk in Korean on the following topics:

Korea and me during the COVID-19 pandemic

or

How I get through times of troubles?

The winners were announced on Hangul Day (9 October 2020) and the candidates were assessed on their presentation skills and linguistic competencies.

Please see the video below for an opening address from the Consul-General of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Hanil CHEON. Monash University Korean Studies is proud to share a long and strong relationship with the consulate in Melbourne.

The overall winner in 2020 was Sneha Satya Sai Karri (The University of Sydney)

The runners-up were:

• Cheyenne Lim (Monash University)
  

• Jamie Chuen Kiang Lim Young (Monash University)

• Abigail Ik Wen Yong (Monash University)
  

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The Second Annual Korean Speech Contest 2019

The overall winner in 2019 was Hirzi Putra Laksana (The University of Melbourne)

The runners-up were:

• Yeng See Leong (Monash University)
  
  

• Victoria Jizhen Zhang (Monash University)
  

• Yasmin Gurleyen (Monash University)
  



Competitors, judges and hosts of the 2^nd Annual Monash University Korean Speech Contest 2019

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The First Annual Korean Speech Contest 2018

On September 20th, Monash University Korean Studies hosted the 1st Annual Speech Contest at Caulfield Campus.

The aim of the competition is to encourage the study and appreciation of Korean language and culture within the Melbourne and metropolitan area, and also foster collaboration between local Korean language educationalists. There were a total of eleven candidates competing in three levels of linguistic experience.

The competitors were as follows:

1. Group 1 candidates (less than one year’s experience): Zidong Fu, Anna Giang, Yanhui Li, Karina Tam
2. Group 2 candidates (between one and two year’s experience): Cheyenne Lim, Ai Otomo

3. Group 3 candidates (more than two  year’s experience): Zihan Li, Zhihao Chen (Momo), Gurupriyanka Simini, Danae Smith, Krithika Venkatraman

The event was opened by Mr Sunghyo Kim, the Consul-General of the Republic of Korea. The judges were Ms Kyeung-ja Son, Korean Consul, Republic of Korea Consulate-General of Melbourne, Dr Sungsik Park, Head, Korean Language School of Melbourne, Dr Eun Lee Jeong,  Former Head, Korean Language School of Melbourne. The winning candidates were selected on the basis of their presentation skills and linguistic competence. The 2018 overall winner was Zhihao (Momo) Chen, and she won the top prize of $1500. The three runners-up prizes of $250 were awarded to Anna Giang, Cheyenne Lim and Danae Smith. Congratulations to everyone who took part!

The overall winner in 2018 was Zhihao (Momo) Chen (Monash University)

The runners-up were:

• Anna Giang (Monash University)
  

• Cheyenne Lim (Monash University)
  

• Danae Smith (Monash University)
  

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