It’s time for the EUTOPIA-SU Languages Week again – this year from 3 to 7 March. Coordinated by the SU Language Centre, Languages Week at SU promises to be an exceptional week. Join the celebration of languages, culture and diversity along with like-minded people across the world!
Aimed at students and staff, Languages Week at SU will be celebrated by three in-person and four online events, all free of charge. The in-person events include an interactive Language Café evening, a multilingual Karaoke lunch-hour session and an Afrikaans Poetry Showcase evening hosted by the student association VER[r]AS. The online events include three lunch-hour language-learning opportunities to get the feel of a language you might like to explore: an IsiXhosa Taster course, a South African Sign Language Taster course, and an Afrikaans Taster course. In addition, there is also an online interactive session exploring the interconnections between SU’s concept of a multilingual mindset and intercultural competence, entitled Exploring and Developing a Multilingual Mindset. Bookings for the SU events are managed through Eventbrite – here you will find more information on all the events as well as links to register.
More events are available online through the EUTOPIA Alliance – have a look at what’s on offer here. Institutions across the world participate in EUTOPIA Languages Week every year, creating an opportunity for staff and students from all EUTOPIA partners to attend online events all over the world during that week, and to interact with each other. SU is one of six global partner universities EUTOPIA associates with beyond its core alliance of 10 universities in Europe to create an international gateway for exchanging knowledge and culture.
Register soon to secure your spot. Venue information and links to join online will be sent after registration. If you change your mind after having registered, do let the organisers know so that they can open that spot to someone else, and so that they don’t prepare for you unnecessarily.
For enquiries or cancellations, email languagesweek@sun.ac.za.
