AvH Language Day June 17  2010

The Language Day for seven graders has been a tradition at our school for seven years. At the end of the school year all students from grade seven spend one day practising the languages that are taught at AvH. These are English, French, Latin and Russian. The special thing is that the day is prepared and carried out by students from the 11th
 and 12th classes. 

At 8 o'clock on 17th  June the students met at the assembly hall for the opening of the event. First they listened to a short speech about the importance of learning foreign languages. Then 6 teams were formed with one leader each.  In the teams were students from all 4 classes. There were two English stations, one for French, one for Latin, one for Russian, and line dance. The maximum number of points at each station was 15, but the line dance station was just for fun – no points.
 
For most students school town was the highlight. In the gymnasium there were different places one would find in a city, such as a cinema, a hospital, a supermarket or a police station. On cards the students got little tasks telling them  what to do there.  The better they could communicate the more points they  received.
 
The second English station was a board game and those who knew a lot about Great Britain could collect many points.In French the students  practised speaking about themselves and their families, asking  for the way or working with numbers.
In Latin they learnt about Rome, some Roman gods and the Seven Wonders of the World, but also about Latin words that are used in our own language. Then there was a quiz about Russia, and one could also learn  some letters of the alphabet.Only at one  station no foreign language was practised, and that was line dance in the gym.

Good music, easy steps – it was fun even for those few students who were sceptical first. In the break there was breakfast in the cafeteria. Every class had their own big table laid by students from grade 11 with the food the seventh graders had brought in the morning. Everybody enjoyed it, and some tables were really full of delicious cakes, fruit and sandwiches.
 
At 1.30 p.m. all met in the assembly hall again. The best group showed the line dance on the stage, and then the winners got their prizes, mainly  vouchers  sponsored by the Förderverein of our school.  The winner was Julius from class 7.1with 68,5 points, but it was really close because  there were four other students who had reached almost the same number of points: Ulrich from 7.4 with 68 points,  Antje from 7.2 with 67,5 points and Vanessa and Martin from 7.1 with 67 points. Congratulations! It was an interesting day with a lot of different activities. Many of the seventh graders were surprised at how nice and helpful the students of the higher classes had been. Hopefully they will remember that  when in just four years' time it will be their turn to perform our Language Day with the youngest students at the school ….

Die 5 Sieger des Fremdsprachentages 2010