Let’s Learn Our National Language | Peatix tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2021-11-15T09:30:09+08:00 Peatix The Select Centre Let’s Learn Our National Language tag:peatix.com,2017:event-287764 2017-09-16T14:00:00SGT 2017-09-16T14:00:00SGT A Workshop by Alfian Sa’atIntroductory Malay language class suitable for all Back by popular demand! The Let’s Learn Our National Language class conducted by award-winning writer and playwright Alfian Sa’at returns for a second run. Pick up basic Malay and learn how to compose pantuns in this fun and interactive workshop. At the end of the workshop, your pantuns will be set to music by a group of musicians for a melodious completion of the class. Even absolute beginners will benefit from this unforgettable experience with Singapore’s National Language.See also:WorkshopsLearning Second Language in the Age of TechnologyComics Translation Workshops: An IntroductionTranslating bandes dessinées: From French to EnglishTranslating Asterix: From French to Bahasa IndonesiaTranslating Manga: From Japanese to EnglishComics Drawing Workshop For KidsThe Blue Forest: Translation Workshops for ChildrenFor more information about TranslateSingapore 2017 programmes and to get tickets, please click here.TranslateSingapore is back for the third year as we celebrate “SG Translation Month”! Click here to find out more about the highlights this year.ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORABOUT ALFIAN SA’ATAlfian Sa’at is a Resident Playwright with W!LD RICE, one of Singapore’s most recognised theatre companies. His published works include three collections of poetry, One Fierce Hour, A History of Amnesia and The Invisible Manuscript; a collection of short stories, Corridor; a collection of flash fiction, Malay Sketches; two collections of plays, as well as the published play Cooling Off Day. Alfian won Best Script at the Life! Theatre Awards in 2005 for Landmarks, in 2010 for Nadirah and in 2013 for Kakak Kau Punya Laki (Your Sister’s Husband). In 2011, Alfian won the Boh-Cameronian Award in Malaysia for Best Book and Lyrics for the musical The Secret Life of Nora. In 2013, he won the Boh-Cameronian Award for Best Original Script for the play Parah. In 2001, Alfian won the National Arts Council Young Artist Award for Literature. His plays and short stories have been translated into German, Swedish, Danish and Japanese and read and performed around the world.