В статье рассматриваются принципы организация и итоги проведения IX межрегиональной олимпиады по японскому языку усилиями преподавателей японского языка кафедры востоковедения УрФУ. Раскрыто содержание конкурса, проанализированы его итоги в контексте развития навыков японской устной разговорной речи и методов преподавания японского языка.This article reported how the ninth Yekaterinburg Japanese Language Speech Contest was organized by a novice Japanese language teacher at the Department of Oriental Studies at Ural Federal University. After the contest, the survey was conducted and the result showed that it was clear that providing such a contest was a worthwhile opportunity for learners of Japanese to actually use Japanese with a clear purpose, to improve their language skills, and to expand their confidence in speaking in Japanese. Although there was positive feedback from the contestants, as a language teacher as well as an organizer there were several issues to deal with in the future in order to improve the event
