Foreign language contest set for March 23 at WCU

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Approximately 250 high school students from across Western North Carolina and northern Georgia will test their knowledge of French and Spanish on Tuesday, March 23, in Western Carolina University’s 28th annual Foreign Language Contest.

Sponsored by WCU’s department of modern foreign languages, the competition will be held at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center.

Individuals and teams will compete in the categories of music, quiz bowl, native speaker Spanish quiz bowl, skits, show and tell, how-to, poetry recitation, native speaker poetry and extemporaneous speaking.

The competitions begin at 9 a.m., with doors opening at 8 a.m. at the Ramsey Center.  The awards ceremony will begin at 12:15 p.m.

Modern foreign languages students, faculty, and staff, and other volunteers from around WCU’s campus, will serve as judges.

Participating high schools will include Tuscola, East Henderson, West Henderson, Carolina Day, Franklin and Rabun Gap-Nacoochee.

For more information, call Melissa Allen at WCU’s department of modern foreign languages at 828-227-7241.