Students and teaching staff members of the Institute of Linguistics and International Communications prepared a concert for the International Mother Language Day.
On February 21st, in the “Nash etazh” (“Our Floor”) space, students of various ages, nationalities and majors gathered to celebrate the Mother Language Day. People around the world celebrate this day to remind everyone about the importance of preserving languages, as well as maintaining the diversity of cultures and traditions. But within the walls of the university it is also important because international students can listen to their mother languages and feel themselves at home.
“We have been organizing the Mother Language Day event for three years in a row now, and it has already become our tradition. Special feature of this festivity is that we demonstrate the diversity of mother languages of our international students. We tried to engage students not only from the Institute of Linguistics and International Communications – students from the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the Institute of Engineering and Technology joined us,” noted Dina Valeeva, Head of the Sociocultural Adaptation Centre of the International Office.
Students from China, Senegal, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Guinea, and other countries performed before the audience and demonstrated the beauty of the mother languages.
“I like SUSU. We have very good teachers, and I’m happy that I’m studying namely here. And I’ve really enjoyed this event. I’m surprised at how many talented international students have performed here today!” shared student from Turkmenistan Gulshat Meredova.
The students were happy to sing songs and recite poems in Chinese, Turkmen, German, Uzbek, Spanish, Arabic and Farsi. Speakers of such unusual languages as Pular and Wolof also presented their performances.
Freshman Mohamed Balde from Guinea participated in this event for the first time and sang a song My Love in the Pular language:
“I’m from Guinea and speak French. I like presenting our language and our culture.”
The event turned out to be very kind and positive. Performances touched the hearts of the audience and they cheered for the students and even danced to the songs they sang.