{"id":212,"date":"2022-05-04T16:17:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/?p=212"},"modified":"2022-05-04T16:56:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:56:27","slug":"world-portuguese-language-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/2022\/05\/04\/world-portuguese-language-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Portuguese Language Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/292\/2022\/05\/Portuguese-Language-Day-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/Portuguese-Language-Day-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/Portuguese-Language-Day-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/Portuguese-Language-Day-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/Portuguese-Language-Day-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/05\/Portuguese-Language-Day.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, the 40th session of UNESCO&#8217;s General Conference decided to proclaim 5th May\u00a0as annual &#8220;World Portuguese Language Day&#8221;.\u00a0At Queen&#8217;s, the Portuguese language\u00a0(both\u00a0European and Brazilian) is not only offered in the form of degree pathway modules, but also taught for non-specific purposes. We would like to invite you to join with us in celebrating\u00a0this day and sending our best wishes to those who speak and learn the Portuguese language at Queen&#8217;s and elsewhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Happy World Portuguese Language Day!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/commemoration_header\/public\/commemorations\/fundo_de_pagina_portugues_3.0_0.jpg?itok=5J6-N63l\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/commemorations\/portuguese-language-day\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/commemorations\/portuguese-language-day\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>UNESCO<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>About World Portuguese Language Day<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The date of 5 May was officially established in 2009 by the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) &#8211; an intergovernmental organization that has been in official partnership with UNESCO since 2000, and which brings together peoples with the Portuguese language as one of the foundations of their specific identity &#8211; to celebrate the Portuguese language and Lusophone cultures. In 2019, the 40th session of UNESCO&#8217;s General Conference decided to proclaim 5 May of each year as &#8220;World Portuguese Language Day&#8221;.<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/commemorations\/portuguese-language-day\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/commemorations\/portuguese-language-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>UNesco<\/strong><\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, the 40th session of UNESCO&#8217;s General Conference decided to proclaim 5th May\u00a0as annual &#8220;World Portuguese Language Day&#8221;.\u00a0At Queen&#8217;s, the Portuguese language\u00a0(both\u00a0European and Brazilian) is not only offered in the form of degree pathway modules, but also taught for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/2022\/05\/04\/world-portuguese-language-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,21,22,9],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-diversity-and-inclusion","category-festivals-and-celebrations","category-language-courses","tag-world-portuguese-language-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}