The XXIV International Language Festival at Yakovlev University

On October 20, the International Language Festival took place at the ChSPU. Polyglots and linguists from different countries, professors and teachers of foreign languages, students and schoolchildren, and all those who like to study languages and cultures, gather annually at the festival. The project was organized by Language for Success School of Foreign Languages , Sodruzhestvo Volunteer Center, Haval Chuvash Initiative Group and the Faculty of Foreign Languages of ChSPU.
More than 30 languages were represented at the event, which was held in the framework of the NAUKA 0+ science festival. These include Finnish, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Chechen, and even such a rare language as Aleutian. The guests also had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the sign language and the Braille script. Presentations were conducted by experienced linguists and polyglots, as well as native speakers.
Specialists from Belgium and Portugal became honored guests of the festival. The presentation of the Chinese language attracted a crowd of those who want to learn it. It was conducted by the students of the Guizhou Normal University (PRC), who arrived at the ChSPU on the academic exchange program. They were assisted by the fifth-year students of the Faculty of Foreign Languages Larisa Filippova and Aksinya Timofeeva, who undertook a six-month internship at the Guizhou Normal University.
The festival participants were able to fully immerse themselves into the wonderful world of languages, learn new words and expressions, practice pronunciation, find out extraordinary facts about other cultures and communicate with native speakers.

Photos were provided by E.N. Mozhegorova and N.V. Kormilina