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Singing in Mother Tongue Event
On 13th March 2011, six of Sheffield's
complementary schools took part in the Singing in Mother Tongue Event in the Winter Gardens in the city centre. This event was
part of the International Mother Tongue day celebrations. Children (and some parents) sang in different languages
and traditional costume.
The schools that took part were:
Sheffield Korean School
The Japanese
Play and Study group
The Eritrean School
The Arabic Community Language School
Sheffield Star Mandarin
School
Club OK- Russian Club and Complementary School
It was a successful event and everyone that
took part in the event really enjoyed it and it was a good example of Sheffield's diverse culture.
We are looking to make this an annual event.
Sheffield Chinese School Performances
Sheffield Chinese School took part in the Cultural Performance Competition at Birmingham
Central Library on Saturday 19th February 2011.
Videos of the performances can be viewed here
http://www.youtube.com/web07sdcs
In September 2010 Languages Sheffield has been represented at two events: a seminar about multilingualism at MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism at the University of Birmingham, and the centenary members' day of Institute of Linguists: the main lecture by David Crystal talked about four ways to celebrate and promote the phenomenon of language and diversity
of languages: - celebratory days, for
example 26 September, which could be more widely celebrated - would you like to send a friend a languages card for Languages
Day?
- dedicated places, for example the
house of languages in Barcelona Casa de les Llengues
- art works, for example a sculpture,
a film, …
- a prize or award
Have you any other ideas?
Recent newsletters
and annual reports
We have the latest Issue
of Languages Link Spring/Summer 2011
Here is also a copy of our Annual Report for 2009-2010 which lets you know
what we have been doing over that time.
Languages Link Issue 05 Spring/Summer 2011. PDF
Annual Report 2009-2010
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