Mother-Tongue Assembly + Fun with Languages

A couple weeks ago was international mother-tongue appreciation day. Due to my involvement in the mother-tongue literacy service group, we decided to have an assembly for the whole school on this day fit with speeches and performances dedicated to various languages and their importance. The duration of the assembly was about 30 minutes. During these 30 minutes we had a speech, a reading of a german poem, a multicultural song by the primary school, a performance by 2 DP drama students, and finally some interviews. The interviews were conducted by Diana and myself. We spoke to korean, chinese, spanish, sinhalese, and chinese students regarding their mother-tongue and its affect on their life. Below are pictures taken from the assembly. Although i am not in it, there is a picture of  the primary school performance below. 

FUN WITH LANGUAGES

Our service group fun with languages has been very successful so far. We have been able to meet twice already and both times we have worked with the kids to teach them new languages and have fun along the way. We are due to meet every service session until the end of the year. After every meeting we discuss what we have achieved with the primary students that day and come up with ideas for activities for the next session. All the kids seem really eager to learn the languages and their excitement and cooperation helps us with our comfort and our dedication to them and the service group. Below are a couple pictures I took during the two sessions. As leader I am very proud of how far this service group has come since it was created and hopefully we will be able to continue this activity and expand further

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