Last
Friday, after we had our writing class, we had a break and attended an event called
“International Culture Festival and Celebration” at Auditorium. At first, I
thought that this event wasn’t interesting at all. But I changed my mind after
the event started. It was really interesting, nice, and fun!
The
MCs were Gisel from second semester and William from fourth semester, they made
the events more lively so all of the audiences, some of whom were also senior
high school students,
could enjoy the
event. Unexpectedly, Mr. Kuncoro Foe as the rector of Widya Mandala University
came, he spared his time to come and gave a speech. His speech was so good, he shared
about his dream for English Department and he hoped that English Department would
be
better. Not only Mr.Kuncoro Foe, many
journalists also came to cover this event.
In
this event, there were 7 representative countries. Each country had to present
about their country’s. They were from China, France, Belarus, Indonesia, Spain,
Germany and Netherlands. China representatives came from Hakka Indonesia and
they shared about their cultures, how to write “mandarin characters” and two “ako
– amoi” sang Mandarin songs. France and Belarus also shared the language of their
country and taught us some words to say. Then it was the turn for Indonesia,
food was the main point of Indonesia’s presentation. They explained about “Pecel”
as the icon of Indonesia especially Surabaya’s iconic food. All of them gave a
good presentation, but the most interesting was Spain. Why Spain? Because after
the presentation there was a salsa performance and the audiences also
participated the dancing on the stage. Not only the audience, but some
lecturers also danced. After the salsa dance, it’s the turn for Germany and
Netherlands. They had an interactive talk with the audiences, there were some
games and gifts were distributed.
Personally,
I really liked this event because I could get a lot of knowledge about my own
country’s culture and also other country’s culture. I also could improve my
listening and speaking skills in other languanges. Overall, all of the
countries had their own uniqueness and we should appreciate and respect. I hope
that next year there will be another event like this with more countries
that join! :D
The
MCs were Gisel from second semester and William from fourth semester, they made
the events more lively so all of the audiences, some of whom were also senior
high school students, could enjoy the
event. Unexpectedly, Mr. Kuncoro Foe as the rector of Widya Mandala University
came, he spared his time to come and gave a speech. His speech was so good, he shared
about his dream for English Department and he hoped that English Department would
be better. Not only Mr.Kuncoro Foe, many
journalists also came to cover this event. 
Agreed with your opinion, i hope on next year more representatives from many nations will be invited to this event .
ReplyDeleteHello Nia,
ReplyDeleteyou did a great job on writing this assignment. You have explained the event very well and you told the readers who had attended that event. You also organized your writing by writing each point in other paragraph. I think every point that you explained was easy to understand. I like the way you write the third paragraph, you have wrote all the activities which had been done in the event.
However, in the first line of the first paragraph “Last Friday, after we had our writing class ….” I think it would be better if you insert a certain date so that it is clear for the readers, when the event was held. Also in the first line of the last paragraph, you say “Personally, I really like this event because I could get a lot of knowledge about my own country’s culture …” By culture you mean the food? Because that was what the Indonesia’s representative presented. Well, that is all from me. Sorry if my feedback sounds offending to you. Keep up the good work!
A good piece of work!
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