Games and arts and crafts activities about language, gender and translation.

Games and arts and crafts activities about language, gender and translation.

• Kahoot quiz on gender and language, designed on a platform participants can access from their mobile phone with a QR code
• Poster with short bios of relevant women in different fields and of different origins.
• Did you know? Fun facts about professions and gender.
• Interactive poster to play a game about professions, in which participants have to match the names of professions, in Spanish and English, to pictures of women.
• Bookmarks to colour.
• Photo call to highlight the role of language in smashing gender stereotypes. The photos will be posted on social media.
• Roll-up banner with research results on gender stereotypes in human and machine translation, with examples for all kinds of participants.
• Distribution of badges with slogans about the importance of language.

Coordinated by: María López Medel, Department of Translation and Interpreting

Date and Time:

Friday 29 September 2023

11 a.m.-2 p.m. for secondary education and vocational education centres

5.30 p.m.-midnight for the general public

Place: University of Alicante – San Vicente del Raspeig Campus – Sundial, Hangar, Control Tower and nearby areas.