{"id":2814,"date":"2019-09-29T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish\/?p=2814"},"modified":"2019-09-29T21:50:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T19:50:50","slug":"thank-you-to-the-participants-in-the-european-day-of-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish\/2019\/09\/29\/thank-you-to-the-participants-in-the-european-day-of-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you to the participants in the European Day of Languages!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once again, Alquer\u00eda had a successful celebration of Europe’s rich linguistic and cultural heritage. \u00a0Though the official date for the celebration of European Day of Languages is September 26, at Alquer\u00eda we chose to have our celebrations on Friday afternoon, September 27th, \u00a0to close out a multicultural week in the Alquer\u00eda Language Department.<\/p>\n

The students in Year Six did an amazing job educating the rest of primary about some of \u00a0the lesser studied countries in Europe! \u00a0Working in pairs, the year 6 kids rose to the challenge of creating and presenting \u00abmini-conferences\u00bb explaining the location and main geographic features of each country, as well as a brief history, discussion of gastronomy, notable holidays, famous people, the education system, greetings in the respective langagues and short video clips showing national anthems, and traditional music or dances. \u00a0 \u00a0Some groups even chose to wear traditional dress for their presentations, and notably, one group offered a bite of a traditional \u00a0cake from their region (thank you Irene and Candela M. for going the extra mile!)<\/p>\n

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Two pairs of year 6 students presented their conferences to a workshop of students. \u00a0The workshops included the Year 1, \u00a02, 3, 4, and 5 students in groups mixed by age. \u00a0They were each given a flag that randomly sent them to a \u00abcountry\u00bb or workshop. \u00a0The groups then rotated four times to learn about a total of eight countries.<\/p>\n

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To cap off the celebrations, our families were very generous in providing traditional snacks from countries near and far to wind down our celebration with a sunny snack in our patio, accompanied by international music. \u00a0THANK YOU<\/span> to all who helped make our celebration a success with your generous participation.<\/p>\n

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In an age of much political turmoil, and international strife, we highly value this day<\/span> as a way to encourage inter-cultual understanding<\/span>, and an appreciation of what Europeans have in common<\/span> (to give a specific example, when many groups were looking for traditional holidays and celebrations in their country, they commented, \u00abThere are no special holidays that are different from ours!\u00bb<\/em>), \u00a0as well as recognizing the richness of our differences<\/span> (another comment, \u00abreally?! They eat THAT?\u00bb)<\/em><\/p>\n

With humor and empathy, we hope to encourage a lifelong curiosity and desire to know and understand our fellow European citizens.<\/p>\n

The countries and speakers that were the subject of our celebration this year include:<\/p>\n

Felipe and Aitor -Croatia<\/p>\n

Candela R. and Estela- Finland<\/p>\n

Emilio and Rodrigo – Norway<\/p>\n

Laura and In\u00e9s – Estonia<\/p>\n

C\u00e9sar and Marco – Cyprus<\/p>\n

Irene and Candela U-Hungary<\/p>\n

Rub\u00e9n and Gabriel – Iceland<\/p>\n

Elvira and Elena – Malta<\/p>\n

Miguel and Gonzalo – Liechtenstein<\/p>\n

Gabriela, Julia and Candela M – Lithuania<\/p>\n

Enrique and Mario – Bulgaria<\/p>\n

Pedro and Ignacio – Estonia<\/p>\n

Guille and Daniel – Latvia<\/p>\n

Again, congratulations to Year 6 for being dynamic, excellent teachers for the rest of our school, and encouraging our travel bugs with your interesting presentations!<\/p>\n

Una vez m\u00e1s, Alquer\u00eda tuvo una exitosa celebraci\u00f3n del rico patrimonio ling\u00fc\u00edstico y cultural de Europa. Aunque la fecha oficial para la celebraci\u00f3n del D\u00eda Europeo de las Lenguas es el 26 de septiembre, en Alquer\u00eda decidimos hacer nuestra celebraci\u00f3n un d\u00eda m\u00e1s tarde, el viernes 27 por la tarde, para cerrar una semana multicultural en el Departamento de Idiomas de Alquer\u00eda.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a1Los estudiantes en Sexto hicieron un trabajo incre\u00edble y extraordinario al educar a nuestros alumnos sobre algunos de los pa\u00edses menos estudiados de Europa! Trabajando en parejas, los ni\u00f1os y ni\u00f1as de sexto se enfrentaron al desaf\u00edo de crear y presentar \u00abmini-conferencias\u00bb explicando la ubicaci\u00f3n y las principales caracter\u00edsticas geogr\u00e1ficas de cada pa\u00eds, as\u00ed como una breve historia, discusi\u00f3n de su gastronom\u00eda, fiestas m\u00e1s notables, personajes famosos, el sistema educativo, saludos en los respectivos idiomas y cortos de video que mostraban los respectivos himnos nacionales, junto a su m\u00fasica y bailes tradicionales. Algunos grupos incluso eligieron disfrazarse con vestimenta tradicional para sus presentaciones, y notablemente, un grupo ofreci\u00f3 un bocado de un pastel tradicional de su regi\u00f3n (\u00a1gracias Irene y Candela M. por hacer este esfuerzo adicional!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Dos parejas de alumnos de sexto presentaron sus conferencias en un taller para otros alumnos. Los talleres incluyeron a los alumnos de 1\u00ba, 2\u00ba, 3\u00ba, 4\u00ba y 5\u00ba en grupos mezclados por edad. Para organizar los grupos, cada alumn@ recibi\u00f3 una bandera que los envi\u00f3 al azar a un \u00abpa\u00eds\u00bb o taller. Luego, los grupos rotaron cuatro veces para conocer un total de ocho pa\u00edses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Para concluir las celebraciones, nuestras familias tambi\u00e9n fueron muy generosas al proporcionar meriendas tradicionales de pa\u00edses cercanos y lejanos para terminar la jornada en nuestro soleado patio, acompa\u00f1ados de m\u00fasica internacional. GRACIAS a todos los que ayudaron, otro a\u00f1o m\u00e1s, a que esta ya tradicional \u00a0celebraci\u00f3n fuera un \u00e9xito.<\/span><\/p>\n

En una \u00e9poca de mucha agitaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica y conflictos internacionales, valoramos extraordinariamente este d\u00eda como una forma de alentar la comprensi\u00f3n intercultural y una apreciaci\u00f3n de lo que los europeos tienen en com\u00fan (por poner un ejemplo espec\u00edfico, cuando muchos grupos estaban buscando las fiestas y celebraciones tradicionales en su pa\u00eds, comentaron: \u00ab\u00a1No hay d\u00edas festivos especiales que sean diferentes a los nuestros!\u00bb<\/em>), as\u00ed como tambi\u00e9n reconocieron la riqueza de nuestras diferencias (otro comentario, \u00ab\u00a1\u00bfEn serio? \u00bfSe comen ESO?\u00bb<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Con humor y empat\u00eda, esperamos fomentar una curiosidad de por vida y el deseo de conocer y comprender a nuestros conciudadanos europeos.<\/span><\/p>\n

Los pa\u00edses y oradores que fueron el tema de nuestra celebraci\u00f3n este a\u00f1o incluyeron a:<\/span><\/p>\n

Felipe y Aitor -Croacia<\/span><\/p>\n

Candela R. y Estela- Finlandia<\/span><\/p>\n

Emilio y Rodrigo – Noruega<\/span><\/p>\n

Laura e In\u00e9s – Estonia<\/span><\/p>\n

C\u00e9sar y Marco – Chipre<\/span><\/p>\n

Irene y Candela U-Hungr\u00eda<\/span><\/p>\n

Rub\u00e9n y Gabriel – Islandia<\/span><\/p>\n

Elvira y Elena – Malta<\/span><\/p>\n

Miguel y Gonzalo – Liechtenstein<\/span><\/p>\n

Gabriela, Julia y Candela M – Lituania<\/span><\/p>\n

Enrique y Mario – Bulgaria<\/span><\/p>\n

Pedro e Ignacio – Estonia<\/span><\/p>\n

Guille y Daniel – Letonia<\/span><\/p>\n

Una vez m\u00e1s, \u00a1felicidades a los alumnos y alumnas de sexto por ser tan din\u00e1micos, excelentes docentes para el resto de nuestra escuela y por inspirarnos con ganas de viajar gracias a sus interesantes presentaciones!<\/span><\/p>\n

P.D. Hay mas fotos el el blog de 5\u00ba y 6\u00ba.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone.<\/p>\n

Manolo, Lindley and D\u00e9bora<\/p>\n

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