During COVID, junior Andrew Macedo spent his seemingly endless quarantine time learning Mandarin—a language option that wasn’t available in TOPS. Finding it difficult to learn a language all by himself (especially something not commonly taught in a public school curriculum), Andrew wanted to create a support system for others with similar interests.
And thus, the world languages club was created.
With a target atmosphere of being laid back, supportive, and __, people form language groups and encourage each other while opening up the opportunity to practice newly learned skills. In just the first club meeting, ASL, Japanese, Latin, Russian, German, Korean, and quite a few others were added to the board—letting participants immediately and independently build their skills.
In a comfortable atmosphere without mandated meetings, you can share resources, encouragement, and organizational skills while still being social and encouraged.
“I think it would be interesting if [the World Languages Club] could get some interactions with Model UN or the International Business side of FBLA, as there is some overlap with the language barrier,” Andrew states, hoping to broaden the horizons of the newly-formed club.
In future meetings, he’s hoping to have a larger turnout but was still impressed and happy with the first meeting this past Monday (Oct. 18). Maybe even later, possibly organizing a fundraiser or sponsorships with trips abroad.
Meetings are every Monday after school in the library (meetings are not mandatory)—Google Classroom code: wjsuv5m