On Friday 27th September, come to celebrate the European Day of Languages in Edinburgh, together with European consulates and cultural organisations at the Institut français d’Ecosse!
The European Day of Languages will start with morning activities aimed at S2 and S3 pupils, aiming to celebrate, inspire and consolidate the importance of languages to young people. The event will consist of up to 8 language/country “corners”: Czech, Italian, French, German, Irish, Polish, Romanian, Spanish. Each country will deliver a 15-minute interactive snapshot session on their language. Pupils will rotate around each “corner” and enjoy an interactive encounter in different languages.
In the afternoon, we will host two conferences with scholars Dr Alexandra Smith and Antonella Sorace from the University of Edinburgh, followed by a cocktail. One of the conferences will focus on how European writers foster creativity and ‘out of the box’ thinking style through language and the other on multilingualism and creativity.
Programme:
4.30pm-5pm: Opening conference
5pm-5.30pm: Conference with Dr Alexandra Smith, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh: “How do European writers foster creativity and ‘out of the box’ thinking style through language?”
The presentation will apply the ideas of several linguists who explore diversifying experiences –including multiculturalism, bicultural identities, and diversity, to several European literary works with the view to show how these works make the reader to develop “out of the box” thinking style associated with creativity and innovation.
5.30pm-6pm: Conference with Antonella Sorace, Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh and Honorary Professor at University College London: “Multilingualism, perspective-taking and creativity: what they have in common and why it matters”.
The conferences will be followed by a Q&A session.
6.30pm-7.30pm: Cocktail
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