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Language festival to open in Hanoi

Visitors to the Festival of European Languages will have a chance to sample different language courses and learn their first words in a new language at a Goethe Institute Hanoi event on Oct. 15.
Visitors to the Festival of European Languages will have a chance tosample different language courses and learn their first words in a newlanguage at a Goethe Institute Hanoi event on Oct. 15.

Representatives from participating institutions, including the GoetheInstitute, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, Institute Cervantesand the Representation of Wallonie-Bruxelles, will present theirlanguages in the Goethe-Institute's classrooms and library in 30-minutecourses covering German, English, French, Spanish, Hungarian, Italianand Finnish.

Instructional materials such as posters,picture books and short films will be used to learn about the differentcountries and their languages, allowing visitors to experience thelinguistic and cultural diversity of Europe .

The eventfalls on European Languages Days, which also saw a conference themedMultilingualism – Challenge and Chance for a Global World that tookplace on Oct. 14, with four keynote speakers.

Co-organisedby several European cultural institutes and embassies, EuropeanLanguages Days aims to introduce European languages and discuss Europe's linguistic diversity and its role in an international context./.
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