Mother Tongue, Other Tongue Poetry Competition!

Mother Tongue, Other Tongue is an exciting multilingual poetry competition that celebrates cultural diversity and the many languages currently spoken and studied across the Yorkshire and Humber region. Organised by our fantastic partners at Languages Sheffield, the competition is open to children and young people who speak or are learning a language other than English. It is also open to ESOL learners and adults learning a foreign language.

There are two categories to enter:

Mother Tongue – you are invited to write a ‘remembered’ or ‘original’ poem or song in your home language (this can be any language except English or in a mix of languages). You need to write, in English, a short account of the inspiration for your poem. This category is judged on the English commentary

 

Other Tongue – you are invited to write your own original poem in a language you are learning. Entries must be from non-native speakers of any of the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.

Age categories for the competitions are:

• Primary Years 4, 5, 6
• Secondary Years 7, 8, 9
• Secondary Years 10, 11
• Post 16 - Years 12, 13
• Adults can enter either category, providing they are attending language adult education classes or ESOL classes in the region.

The competition is endorsed by Carol Ann Duffy and is part of a national laureate education project. There will be some fantastic prizes for the winners! 

To enter: 

Go to www.languages-sheffield.org.uk

Each entry must be accompanied by a MTOT cover sheet available from the above website andentries must be posted to:

MTOT, Languages Sheffield, The Circle, Rockingham Lane, Sheffield, S1 4FW 

by the deadline of Friday 12 July 2013

For any further information email mtot-yh@hotmail.com or phone Caroline Norman 0114 2536705 or Clare Allison 0114 2296571

For more info on the competition, please visit: http://www2.hlss.mmu.ac.uk/mother-tongue-other-tongue/