World Languages and Cultures - Academic Bowl
Each year, the Department of World Languages and Cultures hosts an Academic Bowl for local high schools.
Students participate in French, German, Japanese, and Spanish competitions.
2024 Academic Bowl Information
Thank you for joining us for a day of German, French, Japanese, and Spanish language competition on Thursday, March 14, 2024!
Teams will answer questions on grammar and culture. As in previous years, grammar questions will cover material through the intermediate level in each language. This year, the culture questions will focus on a theme.
- French questions will be focused on the Republic of the Congo.
- German questions will be focused on Sports of the Germanophone world.
- Japanese questions will be focused on Japanese food.
- Spanish questions will be focused on the cultures of the Andean countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru).
Themes for the videos are listed below.
- French Video: Students will prepare a creative, engaging, and well-researched video presenting scientific and/or technological advances made by Francophone scientists.
- German Video: Students will prepare a creative, engaging, and well-researched video providing instructions for playing a sport (real or imaginary) connected with the Germanophone world.
- Japanese Video: Students will prepare a creative, engaging, and well-researched video of Japanese pop culture.
- Spanish Video: Students will prepare a creative, engaging, and well-researched video on an Andean trip that includes stops in at least two countries.
Please direct questions regarding the Academic Language Bowl to Bryan Faw (bcfaw@usi.edu) or A. David Hitchcock (dhitchcoc@usi.edu).