Alison Koop, UW Educational Outreach
206-685-6344
akoop@extn.washington.edu
Jan. 22, 2009

UW World Languages Day introduces local high school students to diverse cultures

Event highlights careers using world languages

Date:                Friday, February 27, 2009

Time:                8:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Location:         UW Seattle campus

Event:               UW World Languages Day

More than 1200 high school students from across the Puget Sound region will visit University of Washington classes in many different languages, sample a variety of cultures, and learn about careers using world languages.

Activities and presentations include language mini-lessons plus history, dance, music, art, and more.

Highlights of this annual event sponsored by UW Educational Outreach include:

• Language mini-lessons in Turkish, Arabic, German, Finnish, Farsi, Polish, Romanian, Chinese, ancient Greek, and more
• Scenes from The Ramayana of India with music and dance
• Activities for celebrating traditional Chinese festivals
• Sohoyini "One Heart" West African Dance performance
• Loteria, a traditional Hispanic board game similar to "Bingo"
• World Languages Trivia Competition

View the presentation schedule.

Partial funding for World Languages Day comes from the Outreach Centers at the Jackson School of International Studies and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Sponsor:           UW Educational Outreach

Contact:        Alison Koop, UW Educational Outreach.
Prior to event: (206) 685-6344 (work) or akoop@extn.washington.edu Day of event: (206) 351-7628 (cell)
                           

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