Expolingua Berlin 2010 comes to a successful close

Berlin. Expolingua Berlin, Germany’s international fair for languages and cultures, was brought to a successful end on Sunday November 21st. During the three-day fair at the Russisches Haus der Wissenschaft und Kultur, a total of 13 086 visitors got acquainted with the subject of language learning and teaching. 182 exhibitors from 26 countries presented their services, which included languages schools from Germany and abroad, language travel agencies, exchange organisations, cultural institutes and publishing houses.

This year, the fair’s guest language was Chinese. In a special area, visitors were able to discover how quick and easy it is to acquire a basic knowledge of the Chinese language, what is hidden behind the mysterious characters and that Chinese really is not that hard to learn. Eleven Confucius institutes were at the event under the umbrella of the Chinese organisation Hanban. In addition, the Chinesische Kulturzentrum Berlin, the International House Xi'an, Mandarin Home and the LSI Landesspracheninstitut Bochum informed visitors about the Chinese language and culture.

Taking place at the same time, a lecture programme involving around 100 contributions also attracted a great deal of interest. Experts gave information on subjects such as language holidays and stays abroad, as well as language tests and careers using foreign languages. The numerous mini language courses were particular crowd-pullers, during which visitors could try out Chinese, Finnish, Korean, Arabic and Spanish and various other languages.

The next Expolingua Berlin will once again take place in the Russisches Haus der Wissenschaft und Kultur in Berlin from October 28th to 30th 2011.

Expolingua Berlin 2011
October 28 – 30 November, 2011
Fri–Sun, 10:00 – 18:00
Russisches Haus der Wissenschaft und Kultur,
Friedrichstr. 176 – 179, 10117 Berlin, Germany
www.expolingua.com
Organisers: ICWE GmbH
Contact: Matthias Staudacher, Tel.: +49 (0)30 310 18 18-0,
info@expolingua.com

Photo gallery of the fair: www.expolingua.com/expolingua_berlin/presse_portal_gallery.php

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ICWE GmbH
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10625 Berlin, Germany

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