子供たちは、日本人は英語、米国人は日本語で、スポーツなどの趣味や家庭の出来事などについて、思い思いに発表。基地内のペリースクール７年（中学１年に相当）ベイリー・ジョーンズさん（１２）は終了後、「日本語は、みんなが話している内容を知りたいと思って習い始めた。少し難しい」と話した。
また、きょうだいで入賞した山口大付属光小１年、山田竣一朗君（７）は「英語は好き。いつかアメリカの人ともいっぱい話したい」、姉の同６年、京子さん（１２）は「将来は客室乗務員になりたい」と喜んでいた。
The children gave a speech - Japanese children in English and those from USA in Japanese - and talked about what they thought of their hobbies, sports, their family affairs etc. After the contest, Bailey Jones (12), 7th grade at Perry School inside the US base, said "I started to study Japanese because I wanted to know what all those people were talking about. It's still difficult."
Shun'ichiro Yamada (7), 1st grade at Hikari Primary School attached to Yamaguchi University, said "I like English. Someday I want to speak to a lot of American friends." And his sister, Kyoko (12), 6th grade at the same primary school, said "I want to be a cabin attendant of the airplane in the future." Both Shun'ichiro and Kyoko won the prize.
