Language Competitions

The Language Centre annually hosts French and Spanish language competitions called Encuentro/Rencontres.

These competitions are the brainchild of Joseph Inniss (Tutor 1, Curriculum) and began as Encuentro – a Spanish speech competition for A-Level, Associate Degree and first year students of UWI in 1992.

Eight Competitions

With the increasing interest and participation shown by schools, Encuentro has expanded to Encuentro/Rencontres, a total of eight competitions spanning primary, secondary and tertiary institutions.

Three competitions in French
- Eloquence
- Clin D’Oeil
- Rencontres
Five competitions in Spanish
- Declamaciones
- A La Vista
- Encuentro
- Encuentro Musical
- Encuentro Musical for Primary school students of Spanish, is staged biennially

The objective is to increase students’ confidence in using foreign languages by providing them with opportunities to display their language skills in a public setting. The competitions for 2010/11 are:

Encuentro Musical

A song competition for primary school students of Spanish.

En Vivo

A competition of dramatization in Spanish of everyday situations for 4^th and 5^th form secondary school students.

A la vista/Clin d’oeil

A poster competition in Spanish and French for students from first form of secondary school through to the tertiary level.

Encuentro/Rencontre

A speech competition in Spanish and French for Associate Degree, CAPE, A-Level and up to 1^st year of the UWI.

Declamacione/Concours d’Eloquence

An elocution competition in which fourth and fifth form students will recite from memory selected passages in Spanish and French. This year the Theme is “Do Language Barriers hinder collaboration between the countries of the Americas?

Competition Dates and Deadline