28th Annual Language Fair Is April 1 at Nebraska Union
Released on 03/24/2004, at 12:00 AM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
WHEN: Thursday, Apr. 1, 2004
WHERE: Nebraska Union, 1400 R Street
Lincoln, Neb., March 24, 2004 -- The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present its 28th annual Language Fair from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. April 1 at the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St.
The Language Fair provides an opportunity for Nebraska high school students of French, German, Japanese and Spanish languages to demonstrate their acquisition of language and culture in various competitive events judged by faculty and graduate students from the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
In addition, mini-lessons will be offered throughout the day by department personnel in a variety of languages, including Basque, Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Russian and Tamil.
The fair is normally attended by 900 to 1,100 high school students and teachers.
CONTACT: Joy Suder, Language Fair Coordinator, Modern Languages & Literatures, (402) 472-3745