JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST (JLPT) 2011
Nicolas Choy Zheng Ming shows off his JLPT certifcate |
All together now, say "Omedetou" (congratulations)! More than 90% of NP students who took the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) 2011 organised by the Japan Foundation have passed at the N5 level! They not only received an internationally recognised certification but also a great boost in confidence! The JLPT is divided into five levels - JLPT N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, with N5 being the most elementary. |
IN-HOUSE JAPANESE SPEECH CONTEST 2011
The In-house Japanese Speech Contest was conducted on 3 Feb 12 from 4.30pm to 7:30pm at ISpark as a final assessment for the Enhancement Programme (EP) Intermediate Japanese 202 (IJ202) module. 125 students from IJ202 joined the contest and gave their speeches in Japanese. 38 students and 2 lecturers from the Waseda Shibuya Japanese Senior High School were invited as guest judges. The audience included EP BJ104 students and NP alumni. The programme consisted of an opening ceremony, the actual speech session, an interaction session with the Japanese students, and a closing ceremony. Here are some pictures of our proud winners receiving their prizes.
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SCHOOL VISIT 2011
An exchange programme with Komagome Senior High School was held at LT22 on 17 Feb 12 from 3pm to 6pm.
About 200 students and 6 lecturers from Japan visited NP. They interacted with 70 NP students. The exchange enriched the perspectives of students from both schools and helped them form new friendships!  
JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST (JLPT) 2010
The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) is organised by the Japan Foundation and leads to an internationally recognised certification.
The JLPT is divided into five levels - JLPT N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, with N5 being the most elementary.
More than 90% of our NP students passed the test at the N5 level and obtained the certification.
JAPANESE PHOTO ESSAY CONTEST IN SINGAPORE 2009
Bruce Lim Tiong Chuan graduated in April 2009. He participated in the fifth edition of the Japanese Photo Essay Contest in 2009 when he was enrolled in the EP Intermediate Japanese 202 module. With his submission on the topic “World Through My Camera," under the Tertiary Category 2 (intermediate level) he was awarded the Blue Ribbon. Coming in second was a student from National University of Singapore. Click here to view Bruce Lim's photos .
Sahrul Nizam B Suknan also participated in the fifth edition of the Japanese Photo Essay Contest in 2009. He is still a student in the EP Basic Japanese 103 module. With his submission on th topic “My World," he also bagged top honours, this time under Tertiary Category 1 (basic level) together with another student from the National University of Singapore. Click here to view Sahrul Nizam B Suknan's photos . JAPANESE PHOTO ESSAY CONTEST IN SINGAPORE 2008
The Japanese Photo Essay Contest is a competition supported by the Japan Forum and the Embassy of Japan in Singapore. The contest was held in October 2008. Bok Yan Ying Eileen who graduated in April 2009, participated in the contest when she was enrolled in the EP Basic Japanese 104 module. In her submission on the topic “My Life," she introduced her daily life and the people closest to her with through a series of photos.
She came in first in the Tertiary Category.
Click here to view Eileen's photos .
THE JAPANESE SPEECH CONTEST IN SINGAPORE 2009 The Japanese Speech Contest organised by the Japan Association is held annually in Singapore. The contest aims to encourage Japanese language learners to strive for greater excellence and to enhance the understanding and relationship between Singapore and Japan. The format for the contest was developed by the Japanese Cultural Society in 1968 and initially, it only included an adult category. The dramatic increase in the number of students learning Japanese as a third language prompted the Japanese Association to organise a Students’ Eloquence Contest in 1995. The two contests were combined in 1996 to form the Japanese Speech Contest. This combined format has been retained for this year’s contest.
The 2009 Japanese Speech Contest was held on 5 July at the Japanese Association. Previous EP Intermediate Japanese 201 student, Yeo Jing Xiang (S10047749J) was chosen as one of the semi-finalists in the Tertiary Category. Previous EP Intermediate Japanese 202 student, Lim Yee Siew (S10037612J) also came in fifth for the Tertiary Category. Her speech was on the topic, “Letter to Myself- 10 Years from Now”.
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JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST (JLPT) 2008
The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) is organised by the Japan Foundation and leads to an internationally recognised certification . JLPT is divided into four levels. JLPT 1, 2, 3, 4 with Level 4 being the most elementary. More than 70% of our NP students passed the test at Level 3 and 4 and obtained the certification. |