Day Eleven: Student Life Fair and Spanish Class

Hey, hope you’re all ok.

So, GIAG is heading towards it’s conclusion on Sunday. Can you believe the last week and a half has gone so fast? But, just because uni life is getting more serious with talk out assessments (already!!!), it doesn’t mean that the events are slowing down, oh no, if anything there’s even more going on!

Today, I’ve been to the Student Life Fair and what an event that was. I don’t think I went to it last year, or at least I don’t remember it, but did I miss out or what?! It’s in the least as good as the Intro Fair when it comes to hand outs, but there were so many people on offer to help and give advice.

Stalls included Endsleigh for all those insurance needs, the UCLan Accomodation Services and the Co-Op.

Speaking of the Co-Op, their stand was by far my favourite because the smoothies they were making were delicious! Banana with honey and a few other little treats thrown in and mixed berry smoothies were on offer and they really tasted delicious.

I think the Preston Transport stall was a great idea too because it gave people the chance to find out what was available to them in their area and they were very helpful.

There was a great turn out at this event and as Lee Bradshaw, Campaigns Officer told me in an interview (which will be going up tomorrow) there was a steady stream of students throughout the morning.

I do have some pictures for the event, so they will be up tomorrow soon.

Next on my list was the Spanish workshop. This was the last of the language taster sessions involved in GIAG and it was just a good as the previous ones.

Esther Lopez-Figueroa was our tutor during the session and her passion for her home country’s culture and language really came through.

She began by teaching us the basics of greetings and decribing where you are from like the other tutors did and went onto how to go about ordering food and drinks and how to count.

But the highlight of the session was the question and answer section towards the end, which was great for all those queries about the language, but Esther went onto describe the culture in Spain and little snippets of how its past has influenced the present.

She also mentioned how the country is split into different areas, a bit like counties in Britain, but these areas have a different local government and speak a different type of Spanish. For instance, the area above Portugal is greatly influenced by the Portuguese language and the area in the North by France, sounds very similar to the French language.

Esther also mentioned that Spanish can be taken as an elective or a certificate on top of your degree, as are all the languages available from the School of Languages and International Studies.

So if any of the language reviews have whet your appetite, go down to Fylde Building and ask.

That’s it for now. Unfortunately, I missed the How To…Guides, but I am waiting on a review of the Table Tennis event that took place this afternoon.

As for me, I’m off to the Cooking Masterclass in an hour, so I’ll be back later on this evening with another entry, but until then, tata.

Em. x