Café Lingua in the Dark

The whole idea of the event was based on connecting regular Café Lingua with the issues dealt with by our ExchangeAbility programme. The reason for it is obvious. Students visit an event which is by that time of the semester already well known to them. However, this time they had the opportunity to experience something quite different. At the very beginning of the session, students were introduced to the issues of both sign language and Braille. We managed to get in touch with a professional who taught the students basics of sign language. At the end of this segment, students could introduce themselves and everyone could express specifically their name in sign language. After the main part, they also learned the chorus of the infamous ESN dance “Don’t you worry child” in sign language. As the second segment of the event, students learned the basics of Braille. They learned how to write their own name and other essentials. At this moment even several competitive activities were involved. Students were for example supposed to guess as fast as possible what is written in Braille on notes they were provided with. Later on, they were asked to work in groups and to translate several different messages they were given. As the final part of the event, they were asked to think about and write down their own messages. The task was that these messages must be somehow related to the upcoming event “What is your biggest fear?” also related to our ExchangeAbility programme.