Speech contest

The other day, from afternoon I went to Gakuseikaikan 4F and saw speech contest. I had heard that exchange students will attend the contest so I was really looking forward to it. And Brendan, Danny Jina Candan Chris were there and they were supposed to attend it and other exchange students were there to listen to them.
I was really looking forward to it because I wanted to know what exchange students think and how they feel about their daily life.
And I had listened to one of the people who attend it before.
They were speaking Japanese frequently so when I listened to their speech,I was really surprised.

Because their speeches were beyond my imagination and I didn't know they could speak Japanese so frequently and the contents of their speeches were full.
I was glad to hear that because each person were making efforts to do their best.
And I could understand how they feel and think about daily life.
And I attended English speech contest as well and I was so nervous so I understood their feelings during the contest. And when I attend this English speech contest, exchange students could come and listened to my speech. I was so glad.
And this time I was a listener.

I think this speech contest is a good opportunity to realize level how much could I speak and how much could I express myself and so on.

So I'm planning to attend this year's English contest and of course I'll aim for the first prize because I missed it last year so I'll prepare enough and I wanna get it.
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