MLTAQ Speech Competition Results
“One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.”
— Frank Smith
The 42nd Annual MLTAQ Speech Competition was held at Griffith University last weekend (Sunday 20 August) with 60 students from Year 4 – 12 representing A.B. Paterson College in four languages: Japanese, Spanish, Chinese and Russian.
Every year, the Languages Faculty are so proud of the students who represent the College – they always present themselves as remarkable young ambassadors. Our students work so hard to learn their respective speech weeks in advance as it is not an easy task of public speaking in a foreign language in front of a panel of judges and responding to impromptu questions.
Their amazing results, however, are testament to their diligence and love of learning another language.
A.B. Paterson College students achieved an overall total of 7 Gold, 8 Silver, 8 Bronze and 24 Highly Commended Awards.
As the Junior School Japanese Divisions were so big this year, we were also awarded three 4th place Certificates, and one 5th place Certificate.
A special mention must go to Year 12 students, Ally Zhou, and Victoria Guevara Subero who both achieved 1st place in their respective Year 12 Divisions. Ally went on to the Japanese State Championship, where she achieved 3rd place overall, and Victoria’s judges were so impressed with her speech that they have encouraged her to have it published! What an incredible achievement for both of these talented young ladies - all whilst juggling the business of Year 12 Mock Exam preparation.
JUNIOR SCHOOL JAPANESE
Year 4
- Matthew Dalziel - 3rd place
- Apple Zhou - Highly Commended
- Emika Clark - Highly Commended
- Lachlan McQueen - Participation Certificate
Year 5
- Emily Wong - 4th place
- Leeahn Kim - Highly Commended
- Sara Bulmer - Highly Commended
- Anushka Khosla - Participation Certificate
Year 6
- Rakhel Feldblyum - 5th place
- Emily Gao - Participation Certificate
- Nikita Harish - Participation Certificate
- Sahishnu Sriram - Participation Certificate
SENIOR SCHOOL JAPANESE
Year 7
- Alisha Xu - Silver Medal
- Pahvi Sharma - Bronze Medal
- Allana Oh - Highly Commended Certificate
- Cynthia Ge - Highly Commended Certificate
Year 8
- Hansika Raje - Highly Commended Certificate
- Lalit Selvakumar - Highly Commended Certificate
- Phoebe Corin - Highly Commended Certificate
Year 9
- Cindy Chen - Silver Medal
- Seeret Arora - Highly Commended Certificate
- Chloe Ourari - Highly Commended Certificate
- Grace Yang - Highly Commended Certificate
Year 10
- Molly Read - Silver Medal
- Carolina Bjork - Bronze Medal
- Stephanie Lincoln - Highly Commended Certificate
- Samuel Cathcart - Highly Commended Certificate
Year 12
- Mingqian (Ally) Zhou - Gold Medal
JUNIOR/SENIOR SCHOOL JAPANESE BACKGROUND SPEAKER DIVISION
Year 4
- Ryutarou Sunakawa - 4th place Certificate
Year 5
- Moka Graham - Silver Medal
- Sei Woodall - 4th place Certificate
- Ria Yamasaki - Participation Certificate
Year 8 – 10
- Ko Dejima (Year 9) - Gold Medal
- Ken Woodall (Year 9) - Highly Commended Certificate
- Kenta Yamaguchi - Highly Commended Certificate
QLD STATE DIVISION
Year 12
- Mingqian (Ally) Zhoe - 3rd place
SENIOR SCHOOL SPANISH
Year 7
- Reetliv Rayar - Gold Medal
- Sigrid Perez - Highly Commended Certificate
- Zainab Junaib - Highly Commended Certificate
Year 8
- Seyara Welagedara - Gold Medal
- Teresa Cheung - Highly Commended Certificate
- Sabrina Middleton - Highly Commended Certificate
- Olivia Segui - Highly Commended Certificate
Year 9
- Charlie Corkill - Bronze Medal
- Eva Ziukelis - Highly Commended Certificate
- Dinuki Indiketiya - Highly Commended Certificate
- Seeret Arora - Participation Certificate
Year 10
- Matilda Grant - Bronze Medal
- Aliyah Luman - Highly Commended Certificate
- Georgia Conway - Participation Certificate
Year 11
- Zoe Clacher - Silver Medal
- Isabelle Doo - Participation Certificate
- Zara Khan - Participation Certificate
SENIOR SCHOOL SPANISH BACKGROUND SPEAKER DIVISION
Year 12
- Victoria Guevara Subero - Gold Medal
JUNIOR SCHOOL CHINESE BACKGROUND
Year 6
- Max Zhou - Gold Medal
- Catherine Sun - Silver Medal
- Harper Shi - Participation Certificate
- Alvin Zhao - Participation Certificate
JUNIOR SCHOOL RUSSIAN
Background (English Dominant)
- Nicole Atkins - Gold Medal
- Maria Gribanov - Silver Medal
Background (Russian Dominant)
- Rakhel Feldblyum - Silver Medal
- Maxim Nadezhdin - Bronze Medal
SENIOR SCHOOL RUSSIAN
Year 10 Background (Russian Dominant)
- Alexander Feldblyum - Bronze Medal
Congratulations to all participants this year!
Cheyne Sandercoe | Head of Languages Faculty