Foreign Language Festival set for Nov. 3

by Courtney Bullard, co-news editor

 

South Plains College says “bienvenidos” to local high school students for the annual Foreign Language Festival.

            The festival will be held on Nov. 3 from 8 a.m. to 3p.m. Students from local high schools such as Dimmit, Friona, Levelland, Muleshoe, and New Deal will be among those participating.  They will be competing in various events to test their foreign language skills.

            There are 12 events, including, broadcasting, written tests, sight-reading, skits, puppets, and folklore dance.

 Approximately 400 students and sponsors will be attending this year. There will also be 93 student volunteers from SPC ‘s Levelland campus, Reese center, and Texas Tech University. 

            “I want the students to have the experience of competing and doing well,” said Dr. Valerie Job, professor of Spanish at SPC and coordinator of the festival. “ I want them to meet new people and see how similar and unique they are.”

            The events will be held at various locations on the Levelland campus. The folklore dance will be in the PE Complex.  At the end of the day, the judges will unanimously choose three of the best folklore dances and two of the best skits. Then they will have an encore performance at 2:15 p.m. 

            “I want them to be on a college campus,” Dr. Job said. “ I want them to say, Oh my god, I can really go here.  It’s not too big that it’s intimidating, and I like them to have that feel of, wow, this is how it feels to be at a college.”

            All are welcomed to attend the festival.