EXPRESS YOURSELF LANGUAGE LOUNGE
Located in Bourke Street Link, this space is a crowd favourite at Maitland Riverlights.
Visitors are invited to come along and learn songs to sing, common words and greetings, hear stories read in different languages as well as poetry.
TIMETABLE
| TIME | PROGRAM |
|---|---|
| 2.00pm - 2.30pm | North Sudan - learning words in Sudanese Arabic |
| 2.30pm - 3.00pm | Bonjour ! French stories and games with the UON French Society and Studies of Language Association |
| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | Hola! Story time in Spanish with Carla Neira |
| 3.30pm - 4.00pm | Russian Speaking Community - learn common Russian words |
| 4.00pm - 4.30pm | Introduction to Tamil Language and Thirukkural, traditional games and Tamil Letters |
| 4.30pm - 5.00pm | Australian Iranian Community of Newcastle - The Alphabet Puzzle |
| 5.00pm - 5.30pm | Samoan Language with Carol - Greetings and basic language skills |
| 5.30pm - 6.00pm | South Sudan - Learning common words in Madi |
| 6.00pm - 6.30pm | Azziza explores Farsi, Persian, Dari languages |
| 6.30pm - 7.00pm | Newcastle Sinhala School - Sinhala Prastha Pirulu (idioms) |
| 7.00pm - 7.30pm | Afghan Community - Pashto - Dari storytelling A young Afghan - From defeating problems to rising success by Sami Zakhil |
EXPLORE MORE
RIVERLIGHTS STAGE
See a range of local and national bands captivating audiences with a range of performances influenced from across the globe.
GROOVE FUSION STAGE
See a range of fun and exciting performances and lessons delivered for audiences to participate in.