Languages and Cultures

2:00pm Languages and Cultures Sessions are for All Ages

Explore the languages, cultures, and communities of the world. You can look forward to learning languages from native speakers in American Sign Language, Spanish, French, and more, and to learning about the traditions, foods, and favorite places of people from around the world and in your own neighborhood. 
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Recordings

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June 3, 2020
Family, Career and Social Justice of a Latina in Maryland with Leslie Salgado, Mother, Engineer and a  Social Justice Activist
Details: I will share with the students several aspects of my life as an immigrant from Latin America that arrived to the US in 1969. I will be sharing my experiences as a female engineering student and professional, as a mother and as a social justice activist.

May 14, 2020 
Sharing our Stories with author children's and YA author Hena Khan, https://www.henakhan.com/
Learn about author's Hena Khan's path to becoming a children's/YA author as she talks about the value of seeing your life reflected in favorite books.                           

May 12, 2020
Being a Brit with Deeba Jafri
Learn about the history of afternoon tea, the difference in English and dialects, the metric system, and the role of the royal family     

May 11, 2020
“Supporting LGBTQ+ Students w/CARY (Community Allies of Rainbow Youth)” with Members of CARY, community activists and allies of Rainbow Youth
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May 8, 2020
Second Freaky Friday Languages/Cultures 
Bangladeshi Arts and Culture with the Bhuiya-Hasan family, 
 
May 5, 2020
“The Real History of Cinco de Mayo” with Maribel Rubio, Proud Chicana and Author of Sangre Martriarca

May 4, 2020
 “The Language and Culture of Star Wars” with John Chung, Lifelong Star Wars fan and collector

May 1, 2020
First Freaky Friday Language/Culture
“Learning about Nicaragua” with the Sanchez family

April 27, 2020
“Learning about Ramadan” with Wasim Khan and Shehlla Khan, Muslim parents and educators

April 21. 2020
"Guatemala the Colorful" with Jennifer Huertas

April 15, 2020
Fun with Portuguese with Mariangela

April 13, 2020
"Bonjour! Fun with French" with Annick Kanter-saint Hubert, Belgium-native

April 7, 2020
"All About Passover!" with Kyra Bromberg, A reform Jewish actor, playwright, and performer

April 6, 2020
"Intro to Russian" with Alyson Precie, linguist and language lover

March 25, 2020
"Intro to Russian" with Alyson Precie, linguist and language lover
Questions for Alyson? Email her
Resources: Russian Cyrillic Alphabet http://russian.speak7.com/russian_alphabet.htm
Once you can read Cyrillic, there's lots of words you already know!
https://therussianblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/the-russian-that-you-already-know-cognates/
American Sign Language

May 20, 2020
Learning more in Sign Language with Jessie Patterson, ASL Champion and OM Mom

May 13, 2020
Learning More in Sign Language with Jessie Patterson, ASL Champion and OM Mom

May 6, 2020
“Intro to ASL and Finger-spelling" with Jessie Patterson, ASL advocate and OM parent
This class is for beginners or anyone needing a refresher on the ASL alphabet

April 30, 2020
"Getting to Know SavvyASL" Learn about 9-year-old Savannah who is a Deaf performer as she chats with OMO in ASL

April 22, 2020
ASL for Earth Day and School with Jessie Patterson

March 31. 2020
"Food and ASL" with sign language superstar, Jessie Patterson

March 24, 2020
"Review of ABCs, Words, Numbers, and Family Signs in ASL" with sign language superstar Jessie Patterson

March 23, 2020
"Review of ABCs, Words, Numbers, and Family Signs in ASL" Study Hall (Ms. Jessie was absent, but many people still joined in to practice together :)

March 18, 2020
"Basic Conversations in ASL" with sign language superstar Jessie Patterson

March 17, 2020
"ABCs in ASL" with sign language superstar Jessie Patterson

Chat with SavvyASL Savannah Dahan

Savannah is a nine years old Deaf performance artist who was born with moderate to severe hearing loss. Her parents and siblings are all Deaf, and use American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate. At an early age, Savannah's parents exposed her to music through the beautiful art of sign language. Since then, she has signed a number of top chart hits, starting with Carrie Underwood's "The Champion"that amassed more than 10 million views within a week and resulted in Carrie Underwood inviting Savannah to her October 4th concert. She was featured on CBS, NBC, and ABC's "Good Morning America," to name a few.