{"id":4922,"date":"2024-04-22T11:45:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T11:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szjo.uw.edu.pl\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2024-04-23T09:02:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T09:02:57","slug":"spring-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szjo.uw.edu.pl\/?p=4922","title":{"rendered":"SPRING SLAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <strong>16 May 2024<\/strong>, the University of Warsaw (Institute of English Studies and Centre for Foreign Language Teaching) will host its first English poetry slam. So, what is a poetry slam?<\/p>\n<p>It is a lively, interactive spoken word competition which originated in America in the 1980s. The idea was to popularize poetry which was deemed too academic and stuffy, as well as adding a competitive element. The contestants in the Spring Slam will be University of Warsaw students from all faculties who will read\/perform their poems and be judged by a jury of randomly chosen audience members. Slam poetry<br \/>\ncompetitions are exciting and surprising events \u2013 it\u2019s not always the most polished poem or confident poet that wins.<\/p>\n<p>It is an inclusive event at the heart of which lies the idea that poetry is within all of us and therefore anyone can be a poet. The key is authenticity. In the digital age, it is important that we return to the very roots of communication: spoken word. So, if you feel like sharing your work then please enter our Spring Slam and send an email confirming your participation to Ms Anna Piwowarska: a.piwowarska8@uw.edu.pl!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subject<\/strong>: SPRING (Wordsworth and Shakespeare have written about it but we want<br \/>\nyour modern-day interpretation of it!)<br \/>\n<strong>Language<\/strong>: ENGLISH<br \/>\n<strong>Location<\/strong>: Dobra 55, \u017b\u00f3\u0142te Schody Paradne<br \/>\n<strong>Time<\/strong>: 17.00 &#8211; 19.00<br \/>\n<strong>Duration<\/strong>: 3 MINUTES OR LESS<br \/>\n<strong>Categories<\/strong>: C1 AND C2 LEVELS (winners will be awarded)<br \/>\n<strong>Deadline<\/strong>: 9 MAY 2024 (limited places available)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/szjo.uw.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SPRING-SLAM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEAFLET<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 16 May 2024, the University of Warsaw (Institute of English Studies and Centre for Foreign Language Teaching) will host its first English poetry slam. So, what is a poetry slam? It is a lively, interactive spoken word competition which originated in America in the 1980s. The idea was to popularize poetry which was deemed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szjo.uw.edu.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/szjo.uw.edu.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/szjo.uw.edu.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szjo.uw.edu.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szjo.uw.edu.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4922"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/szjo.uw.edu.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4931,"href":"https:\/\/szjo.uw.edu.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions\/4931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szjo.uw.edu.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szjo.uw.edu.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szjo.uw.edu.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}