Welcome to the 2021 SILC Language Fair!
Hello, all! Our Language Fair is completely virtual this year. You can join us from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android
- All Zoom activity rooms will be available on Thursday, Jan. 28, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., unless otherwise noted in the descriptions below.
- Many of the rooms have multiple languages associated with them:
Upon entering the Zoom room — in the chat box — please type which language room you would like to join and you will be placed into the correct breakout room.
Links to activity rooms
(Links will be available on Thursday morning at 9 a.m.)
Asian languages activities (Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian)
Chinese activities (Chinese Tempe, Chinese Flagship)
Classics, Middle Eastern and American Sign Language activities (Arabic, ASL, Greek, Hebrew, Latin)
European languages activities (German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish)
French activities
Spanish activities (Spanish Tempe, Spanish downtown, Spanish ASU online)
SILC and CLAS advising
ASU testing (CLEP): Sessions run every 30 minutes between 9:30–11:30 a.m.
Mini-lessons: Sessions run every 15 minutes between 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Mini-lessons schedule:
Activities: Descriptions and registration
Competition registration is now closed. Thank you to everyone who registered!
Student-created entertainment registration
This year Dr. Minardi will be in charge of student-created entertainment and every performance will have a 15-minute time slot. Registration for entertainment will be available Monday, Jan. 11. Please email eminardi@asu.edu if you have any questions.
Drama/theatre: Each school has the opportunity to perform a short play/puppet show in the target language.
Fashion show: Each school has the opportunity to perform a fashion show, by bringing traditional dress from the country(ies) they are representing/studying.
Instrumental performances: Each school has the opportunity to perform traditional instrumental music from the target cultures.
Singing: Each school has the opportunity to perform songs from the target country(ies).
Calligraphy
As in previous years, the students will be able to have their names written in calligraphy in Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, Korean, Greek, and many more languages.
Scavenger hunt
Between the hours of 9 a.m.–12 p.m., the students will have the opportunity to participate in an inter-cultural scavenger hunt. There will be two rooms with language booths containing information about each language and culture. The students will pick up a scavenger hunt worksheet which will contain about 30 questions in all the languages represented by the booths. They will have to figure out in what language each question appears, what the question says, and go to the appropriate booth to find the answer. After 12 pm, all worksheets will be graded and all those with perfect responses will be thrown into a box. We will then draw names for prizes. Prizes will be given out at 1:15-1:30 p.m.
Mini-lessons
There will be three rooms available for mini-lessons, which will run from 9 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Examples of languages from last year are: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. We hope to have even a larger selection this year (e.g., this year we'll have Russian!). Mini-lessons will be 15 minutes with a five-minute passing time and will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
This year we hope to offer dance sessions from different cultures such as Chinese Lion Dance, flamenco, salsa, and capoeira. These sessions will also be on a first-come, first-served basis
Karaoke
Join us for the quintessential of all Japanese entertainments, Karaoke, featuring songs from an international song list in various languages.
Teacher Karaoke, 9:25–10:25 a.m.: Teachers are encouraged to join the fun at this karaoke session. The time limit for each performance will be 2.5 to 3 minutes.
Student karaoke, 10:25 a.m.–12 p.m.: Any student can register on the spot and will be allowed to perform on stage. The time limit for each performance will be 2.5 to 3 minutes.
Instructor events
Teacher karaoke (9:25–10:25 a.m.)
Join us for the quintessential of all Japanese entertainments, Karaoke, featuring songs from an international song list in various languages.
Teachers are encouraged to join the fun at this karaoke session. The time limit for each performance will be 2.5 to 3 minutes.
Vendors
The registration room will have materials and representatives from various publishers who are sponsoring the fair to show you what is available for high school instructors. Please come and see what they have available for you.
Competition descriptions
Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Spanish
Poster contest
Competition schedules
Chinese competitions
- Date: Friday, Jan. 29
- Faculty contact: Dr. Xia Zhang
- Competition format: Classical Poem Recitation
- For detailed instruction, assigned poems and signing up, Email xia.zhang@asu.edu
Spanish competitions
- Asynchronous- send youtube link to Dr. Anne Walton-Ramirez annewr@asu.edu
- Created or known plays: Levels 5–6, heritage 5–6, levels 7–8, heritage 7–8
- How many teams per school? 2
- How long per video? 4–8 minutes
- Deadline: Friday, Jan 29, 2021, 11:59 p.m. Results given by Feb. 15, 2021 for these asynchronous sessions.
French competitions
German competitions
- Faculty contact: Ms. Sara Lee
- Novice and intermediate known plays = asynchronously
- The impromptu play = synchronously
Forms
Poster video adjudication sheet
Online poster contest entry form
Student registration form
Online poster contest instructions and rules
