Dear Language Aficionados,
We now have an official date for our screening of "Speaking in Tongues" for Tuesday, August 3rd, at the Jones Library. I have gotten a copy of the film with Spanish subtitles so please invite Spanish Speakers to come as well.
Please feel free to printing this mini poster out and distribute it to all your friends. If you cannot download the attached document, I will give you the bare facts below:
WHAT: Creating a Dialogue on Two-Way Immersion: Screening of Award-Winning film “Speaking in Tongues”
WHERE: The Jones Library 43 Amity Street in the Center of Amherst, MA 01002-228 (In the big meeting room downstairs)
WHEN: Tuesday August 3rd, 2010 from 5:30pm until 7:30pm
AGENDA: 5:30PM : Refreshments served as people arrive
5:45PM: Screening of “Speaking in Tongues”
6:15PM: Panel discussion with participation from the audience
7:30PM: Ending of event with time for more refreshments and informal conversations
WHO: Sponsoring Organizations are FAIR: Familias en Amherst para la Inmérsion Recíproca (Families in Amherst for Two-Way Immersion)
CONTACT: Lissa Pierce Bonifaz, Coordinator of FAIR lissapiercebonifaz@gmail.com
FORMAT: Town Hall Meeting
After the viewing of the film, a panel will open up a discussion with the larger audience on the intersection of language education, student achievement, school integration, global competitiveness, and cross cultural competency in the local context of Amherst. The panel will include activists, professors, parents with different language perspectives, teachers, and experienced students from a nearby Two-Way Immersion School. The discussion will be moderated by an experienced Amherst resident.
CHILDCARE: There will be a Spanish Story Hour in the children's room of the library where parents can rotate with their children at 6:30pm and still get a chance to hear the discussion. Children are welcome to the screening of the movie if they are quiet.
ATTENDEES: The Superintendent of Amherst Public Schools and members of the School Committee will be in the audience. RECEPTION: with refreshments will start at 5:00pm before the movie and after the discussion at 7:00pm.
