{"id":536,"date":"2020-03-05T11:02:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T11:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cewl-ip\/?p=536"},"modified":"2020-11-10T12:04:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T12:04:25","slug":"lets-try-calligraphy-event-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/2020\/03\/05\/lets-try-calligraphy-event-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Let&#8217;s Try Calligraphy&#8221; event a success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">CEWL hosted a special event during Enhancement Week to give students learning languages with us the chance to have a go at calligraphy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Around 40 students who take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/cewl\/courses\/world\/world-lang-modules.html\">World Language modules<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/cewl\/courses\/world\/language-express\/index.html\">Language Express courses<\/a> took part in\u00a0 the\u00a0 &#8220;Let&#8217;s Try Calligraphy&#8221; event on 26 February.<\/p>\n<p>The event gave them a chance to have a go at writing in Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Russian.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-545\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-545 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cewl-ip\/files\/2020\/03\/Arabic-calligraphy-1-1024x912.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Arabic-calligraphy-1-1024x912.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Arabic-calligraphy-1-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Arabic-calligraphy-1-768x684.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Arabic-calligraphy-1-1920x1711.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Learning to write Arabic script<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All of the participants enjoyed this cultural experience, supported by some of the University&#8217;s native language speaking students.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-551\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-551\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cewl-ip\/files\/2020\/03\/Russian-group-e1583404918370-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Russian-group-e1583404918370-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Russian-group-e1583404918370-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Russian-group-e1583404918370-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Russian-group-e1583404918370-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Russian group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-548\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-548\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cewl-ip\/files\/2020\/03\/Chinese-Calligraphy-Demonstration_by-Leng-Shan_IMG_20200226_165033-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Chinese-Calligraphy-Demonstration_by-Leng-Shan_IMG_20200226_165033-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Chinese-Calligraphy-Demonstration_by-Leng-Shan_IMG_20200226_165033-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Chinese-Calligraphy-Demonstration_by-Leng-Shan_IMG_20200226_165033-1-1920x2560.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leng Shan demonstrating Mandarin Chinese calligraphy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-549\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-549\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cewl-ip\/files\/2020\/03\/Chinese-Group-IMG_4131-e1583404942921-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Chinese-Group-IMG_4131-e1583404942921-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Chinese-Group-IMG_4131-e1583404942921-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Chinese-Group-IMG_4131-e1583404942921-1920x2560.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mandarin Chinese group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-550\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-550\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cewl-ip\/files\/2020\/03\/Japanese-group-e1583404931158-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Japanese-group-e1583404931158-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Japanese-group-e1583404931158-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-learning\/files\/2020\/03\/Japanese-group-e1583404931158-1920x2560.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Japanese group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/cewl\/courses\/world\/index.html\">Visit the CEWL website<\/a> to find out more about learning a world language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEWL hosted a special event during Enhancement Week to give students learning languages with us the chance to have a go at calligraphy. &nbsp; Around &hellip; <a 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