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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 3rd may, 2015
OUR CAMPUS
The Centre for Language Learning
has been around
for a decade, building its offerings so that it now teaches
12 different languages at several levels. The CLL’s classes
offer not only the language training, but exposure to the
associated cultures.
The 12 languages currently taught at the CLL are Arabic,
Mandarin Chinese, English as a Foreign/Second Language,
French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese,
Patois, Spanish and Yoruba. Classes are open to anyone
with an interest, and that is why every three years, the CLL
hosts a month of activities that serve to highlight what they
are about.
During the month of March, the Centre threw open
its doors with an Open House, which began with a panel
discussion, “Cuba-US Normalisation Implications for the
Anglophone Caribbean,” featuring Dr. Armando Garcia, Dr.
David Rampersad, Ms. Bonita Morgan and Dr. Jacqueline
Laguardia-Martinez.
There was also a mini-film festival, featuring ten
films from ten different language backgrounds. On the
days designated as Open House Days, the Centre set up
exhibitions, mounted by students, and featuring games and
exercises within each room designated for the Language.
There were also cooking demonstrations and very popular
was the food that was on offer, some for sampling, but most
for sale in the car park just outside.
The UWI T20 2015
Tournament concluded
on April 5, with Club Crusoe of Tobago, led by
CaptainNavin Stewart winning against FCClarke
Road.
Clarke Road used all of their 20 overs to tally
137, and Club Crusoe comfortably went past their
score in 18 overs, with 138 for six wickets. Leron
Lezama and Ewart Nicholson both scored 58,
with Derone Davis, 4/32, picking up the most CC
wickets. Clarke Road’s Yannic Ottley had struck
32 runs to be top scorer, with Antonio Greenidge,
next at 23.The Crusoe bowlers, Zard Clarke, 3/17,
and Vickash Rampersad, 2/25, were just too good
for them.
Club Crusoe continued to dominate at the
Man-of-the-Match Awards with Navin Stewart
winning Man-of-the-Series and the Biggest Six
Prelims, and Leron Lezama winningMan-of-the-
Match of the Finals. FC Clarke Road’s Derone
Davis was awarded Biggest Six Post-Prelims.
The 2015 tournament started off with
twelve teams, playing a preliminary round,
and quarterfinal round, which took place in
January and semi-final round with undefeated
teams progressing to the final, for a cash prize of
TT$30,000. Matches took place at the Sir Frank
Worrell Cricket Ground of the UWI Sport and
Physical Education Centre (SPEC).
Action in the
semi-finals
Club Crusoe dominates UWI T20
Yoruba fashions were on display.
Some of the different aspects of the Open House.
The Open House closed its doors on March 28 with a
concert featuring performances from the Japanese, Chinese
and Spanish sections, and an international fashion show.
The House of
Twelve Tongues
