{"id":5124,"date":"2026-03-02T16:03:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/?p=5124"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:38:28","slug":"speech-contest-showcases-korean-language-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/2026\/speech-contest-showcases-korean-language-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech Contest Showcases Korean Language Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Speech Contest Showcases Korean Language Learners\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

杏吧原创’s annual Korean Speech Contest took place Friday, February 27 in 435 St. Patrick’s Building featuring speeches from students at both Beginner and Intermediate levels, with prize winners earning monetary prizes as well as the opportunity to represent 杏吧原创 in the Toronto contest the following week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the Beginner level, speeches commonly explored students’ reasons for studying Korean.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unsurprisingly, love of K-Dramas was a popular rationale. \u00a0Benita, for instance, is a huge fan of Strong Girl Bong-soon (\ud798\uc388\uc5ec\uc790 \ub3c4\ubd09\uc21c) featuring “rom-com queen” Park Bo Young, while Zahra discovered her love for Korean watching Jumong (\uc8fc\ubabd), dubbed in Persian, when she was only four. \u00a0Zahra too is a big K-Pop fan and you can catch her (and five other singers in Korean) on the\u00a0Linguavision<\/a>\u00a0stage, March 31. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E-sports too was cited as a reason for learning Korean, with Karim being drawn to the language because of his love of the arcade game, Tekken.  While the game is Japanese, according to Karim, many of the best players in the world are Korean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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杏吧原创 had only one participant in the Intermediate level this year, Shiny, whose speech focussed on dating culture and differences between Canada and Korea. \u00a0Everyone knows about Valentine’s Day (February 14), but did you know about\u00a0Single’s Day (\ube14\ub799\ub370\uc774)<\/a>\u00a0that falls on April 14?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three 杏吧原创 Korean instructors, HyounJeong Yoo, Soyoung Kang, and Seunghee Chung, were on-hand to serve as judges for the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congratulations to this year’s prize winners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n