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Within the scope of International Francophonie Days the ASPU Faculty of Foreign Languages Chair of Romanic Languages organized an event headed “Popular Singers of France”.
The 2nd and 4th year BA students for a second transferred those present to France, to the local cafes, where the young people mainly spoke about contemporary culture, particularly popular singers.
Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf, Joe Dassen and other world-famous singers who were followed by the new generation of singers with a new quality of compositions, words and style.
In the “café” the students not only introduced modern singers, but also made a live performance, thus, familiarizing the audience with their songs.
Moreover, pupils having arrived from different schools of Stepanavan, who visited the University by the invitation of Foreign Languages within the scope of university –school cooperation, also joined the students with their performances.
The Head of the Chair of Romanic Languages Donara Ghazaryan greeted those present and noticed that French language did not have such a wide-spread use in our country like it used to due to the requirements in the labour market and by making the selection of a foreign language on voluntary basis for students.
“We would like to show the enemy that the Armenian nation can not only fight, but also sing and dance”, mentioned the Head of the Chair and assured that within the framework of the Francophonie days various undertakings would be initiated including competitions, seminars, and meetings.
Jean Michel Gasparyan is the Advisor to the Ambassador of France to Armenia for Cooperation and Cultural Affairs, who had been lecturing at the Faculty of the Pedagogical University, Faculty of Foreign Languages for already 3 months. During the meeting, with an obvious admiration he first of all expressed his pride with the students after which added, “I am happy to see that this generation is also interested in contemporary French culture.”
Desire to learn, responsibility and serious attitude towards the selected profession; Jean Michel Gasparyan outlines the features that he could to his surprise find in Armenian students, adding by half a joke that French students are urged to speak, while Armenian students are urged to keep silence.
Speaking about the event organized within the scope of the Francophonie days, the French lecturers noticed that this is a very good initiative to introduce students and pupils from the perspective of uniting them.
“Culture is discourse, a strong relation between different layers of society”.
