World Languages and Cultures Day
World Languages and Cultures Day 2024 will be taking place on Tuesday, October 8th at the SIU Student Center! Check-in will begin at 8:30am and the last session will end at 12:00pm.
The School of Languages and Linguistics and the College of Liberal Arts hosted the 48th annual World Languages and Cultures Day on Tuesday, October 3rd. There were 1000 high school students who attended the event. The students came from 14 area schools and were brought by 40 language teachers. After a Welcome from the School led by Brianna Janssen Sánchez, Associate Dean Jennifer Smith gave a welcome address, and students participated in the "Guess the Language" game. Following the welcome session, students attended breakout sessions for the rest of the morning. These sessions were led by SLL faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students, along with other volunteers from throughout CoLA and across the SIU campus.
Contact: wld@siu.edu
