Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Language Bowl continues to grow
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The 2007 Modern and Classical Languages Academic Bowl (formerly known as the Foreign Language Academic Bowl) held April 19, was the largest to date, attracting 44 teams of high school students from the Evansville Vanderburgh County School Corporation; Evansville Catholic high schools; and the tri-state area. The academic portions in each language included questions on history; contemporary politics and government; geography; social affairs; the European community; day-to-day life; and vocabulary, grammar, and syntax. “There were many heart-stoppers as teams tied for first and second, and then battled it out in ‘sudden death’ rounds,” said Dr. Susan Smith Wolfe, acting chair of the Foreign Languages Department, which will become the Department of Modern and Classical Languages in fall 2007. Teams competing in the song contest were judged on pronunciation, genuine cultural content, and originality/creativity. “Many of the 21 teams drew ‘ah's’ from the crowd in sweet ballads, engaged them in songs about injustice and friendship, or set the whole room clapping to a mariachi beat,” Wolfe said. The winners of the academic portion were: French 1. Memorial 2. Castle 3. Bosse German 1. Harrison 2. Southridge (Huntingburg, Indiana) 3. Castle Latin 1. Boonville (Team 1) 2. Mount Vernon (Team 3) 3. Boonville (Team 2) Spanish 1. Southridge 2. Harrison 3. North The song contest winners were: French – Jasper German – Harrison Latin – Boonville Spanish - North With the help of the USI Foundation, the Academic Superbowl grows each year. |
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