{"id":194288,"date":"2017-02-21T18:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/sem-categoria\/2017\/02\/41020-pt_pt\/"},"modified":"2017-02-21T18:43:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T10:43:00","slug":"41020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/pt-pt\/news-and-press-releases\/press-release\/detail\/41020\/","title":{"rendered":"UM members celebrate International Mother Language Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p>While it is not hard to identify foreign students at the University of\nMacau (UM), knowing the native languages they speak might be a bit challenging\nbecause more languages are used on our campus than ever. Therefore, UM\nprofessors and students from around the world gathered to\ncelebrate the International Mother Language Day. They embraced linguistic and\ncultural diversity by reciting poems and singing in their mother tongue.<\/p><p>The event began with the\nItalian student Veronica Valle sharing her view on love by reciting one of her\nfavourite poems, <i>Inferno Canto XXVI<\/i>,\nby Danite Alighieri. Valle ended her poetry recital by translating the most\nsignificant lines into English:&nbsp; <\/p><p>\u2018Consider the seed that gave you birth:<br\/>\nyou were not made to live as brutes,<br\/>\nbut to be followers of worth and knowledge\u2019<\/p><p>Besides languages that are commonly used on campus, such as Cantonese,\nMandarin, English and Portuguese, some participants also spoke French,\nBrazilian, African languages, Japanese, and Korean. <\/p><p>Language is one of the most\npowerful tools for preserving our cultural heritage that defines who we are.\n\u2018Our mother tongue shapes us in a way. It shapes how we think, how we view the\nworld, how we view each other, at least in the first few years when we first\nstarted to speak our mother tongue,\u2019 says Katrine Wong, one of the event hosts\nand associate professor from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. <\/p><p>Prof Wong also explains the\nconnection between this event and this year\u2019s theme,\u2018Towards Sustainable\nFutures through Multilingual Education\u2019. \u2018(Since there are) a lot of attacks\nand arguments everywhere, we really need to learn how to respect and accept\neach other&#8217;s cultures and languages. And by doing so, we can then have a better\nunderstanding of what exactly being a human being or being a world citizen is,\u2019\nshe says. With an increasing international population on campus, she feels a\nstrong need to celebrate this event, and she is grateful to her colleagues for\n\u2018pulling people together\u2019.<\/p><p>Inoc\u00eancia Mata, one of the\nevent hosts and associate professor from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities,\nsays that the celebration aims to encourage linguistic diversity and\nmultilingual education on campus. \u2018We want to help our students develop fuller\nawareness of linguistic and cultural traditions throughout the world and to\ninspire solidarity based on understanding, tolerance and dialogue,\u2019 she says.<\/p><p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/p><p>The International Mother Language Day, held\nannually on 21 February, was established by the United Nations Educational,\nScientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1999 to raise awareness of\nlanguages around the world and to promote cultural diversity.<\/p><p><br\/><\/p><div>Source:&nbsp;Communications Office&nbsp;<\/div><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><div><p>Media Contact Information:<br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;font-stretch: normal;line-height: 22px;\"\/>Communications Office, University of Macau<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p>Albee Lei &nbsp;Tel\uff1a(853) 88228004<br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;font-stretch: normal;line-height: 22px;\"\/>Kelvin U &nbsp;Tel\uff1a(853) 88224322<br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;font-stretch: normal;line-height: 22px;\"\/>Email\uff1aprs.media@um.edu.mo<br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;font-stretch: normal;line-height: 22px;\"\/>UM Website\uff1awww.umac.mo<\/p><div><br\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While it is not hard to identify foreign students at the University of Macau (UM), knowing the native languages they speak might be a bit challenging because more languages 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