Greetings everyone!
Tomorrow, one of my students will compete in the annual Junior High School Speech Contest. All speeches will be in English. This is part of MEXT's aim to make English relevant in schools.
On paper, this speech contest seems really like a good idea. It gives an avenue for students who like English to showcase their speaking skills. But that's only on paper. The reality of this speech contest is not really encouraging. At least, based on my experience for the past three years.
