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Multilingual Debate 2015

Venue: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Email: edu.liaison@hw.ac.uk
Telephone: 0131 451 3451
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Event Date: 25/03/2015 10:00

Heriot-Watt University's Multilingual Debate is an annual event that showcases the interpreting skills of undergraduate students on our Languages (Interpreting and Translating) degree programme, as well as the developing professional skills of postgraduate students on our MSc Interpreting and Translating programmes.

The event takes the form of a formal debate with two multilingual teams arguing for and against a motion of topical interest in a range of languages. The teams deliver their views in their various native languages (French, German, Spanish, English, Arabic, Chinese, British Sign Language (BSL)).

The Multilingual Debate stimulates an interest among young people in the international politics and social issues of the modern world whilst also setting language acquisition in a realistic context.

The audience is mainly made up of pupils coming from Scottish and English secondary schools, but also university undergraduate students considering entering the interpreting profession, as well as government and local authority representatives. The audiences participated in the debate by listening to the arguments, putting questions to the speakers in the languages represented and voting on the motion.

The Multilingual Debate 2015 takes place on Wednesday 25 March at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. There will be a morning and afternoon session.  If you wish to book a place at either of the sessions please email or telephone our Education Liaison Team.

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