The Languages Center celebrated Christmas on Tuesday, November 27 with a celebration! Every class sang a Christmas song in the language that they are learning, and we were able to hear music sung in Korean, Japanese, English, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, and French.
Three students from the Languages Center participated in the thirteenth National Oratory Contest of Japanese. Argelia Idiaquez came in second place in the A category, and Betsabé Rodríguez and Edman Godoy also participated. This was the third consecutive year that UPN students partook in this competition, and the event was judged by Japanese nationals. Congratulations to the students!
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The Japanese embassy visited the Japanese class last Tuesday, helping to teach how to write Shodoo, or Japenese calligraphy. The class thoroughly enjoyed the visit, and thank Mrs. Shoko Asuma, the cultural affairs officer, for her visit!
The Languages Center opened its doors to the UPNFM community in February, 2015; having has its main objective the promotion of the internationalization of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán (UPNFM). The Languages Center is a part of a strategic plan that complenents the actions that come from the Institution of Cooperation and Development (INCODE) of the UPNFM. El Centro de Idiomas abre sus puertas a la comunidad de la UPNFM en febrero de 2015; teniendo como objetivo primordial la promoción de la internacionalización de la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán (UPNFM). El Centro de Idiomas es parte de la estrategia complementaria a las acciones que viene impulsando el Instituto de Cooperación y Desarrollo (INCODE) de la UPNFM.