University of Arizona Language Fair
April 17, 2024, 11 am to 2 pm
University of Arizona Mall, across from the Memorial Student Union and Old Main
The Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) will host the annual UArizona Language Fair on April 17, 2024, an event designed to raise the visibility of the wide range of languages that students study at The University of Arizona. Departments, programs, and UArizona student clubs representing the languages and cultures taught at our institution apply for small grants to fund interactive activities that showcase the languages taught in their departments and spoken in their communities. The event is open to all students, faculty, staff, and visitors to campus.
Participants in the Fair enjoy free food, games and other activities that celebrate the benefits and opportunities that come from communicating in another language.
Join the fun on the UArizona mall!
The following languages and cultures will be have booths this year:
- American Sign Language
- Arabic
- Chinese
- Diné Bizaad
- French
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Latin
- Persian
- Portuguese
- Slavic and Eurasian languages, including Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian, Kazakh, Bashkir, and others
- Spanish
- Turkish
With representatives from the following programs on hand, to share information about their offerings in language and culture as well:
- American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)
- Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL)
- Center for English as a Second Language (CESL)
- College of Humanities
- Critical Languages Program – including Cantonese, Danish, Hindi, Korean, Modern Greek, Norwegian, Scots-Gaelic, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu, Vietnamese
- Global Education Minor
- Peace Corps
- World Literature
- UA Study Abroad
Current students in language programs will join the fun, and we hope to recruite new ones for Fall classes!
This event is organized through the College of Humanities and CERCLL. It is cosponsored by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Center for East Asian Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Center for Latin American Studies.
