EUROPEAN DAY OF

LANGUAGES.
 WHAT IS THE EUROPIAN DAY OF LANGUAGE?
• The European Day of Languages (EDL) was first
celebrated in 2001 during the European Year of
Languages. At the end of this campaign the Council
of Europe's Ministers decided to make The European
Day of Languages an annual event, to be celebrated
each 26 September. Every year, millions of people
organise or take part in activities to promote
language diversity and the ability to speak other
languages. It’s aim is to encourage language learning
across Europe. This is an opportunity to celebrate all
of Europe's languages, including those that are less
widely spoken like Albanian.
WHAT ARE IT’S OBJECTIVES?
• It’s objectives are:
1. Alert the public to the
importance of language
learning
2. Promote the rich linguistic
and cultural diversity of
Europe;
3. Encourage lifelong language
learning in and out of school.
HOW DO WE CELEBRATE IT?
• Running each year since 2001, • Some schools around Europe
the European Day of Languages do activities that include
continues to celebrate the different languages or
language diversity by different cultures like:
highlighting the importance of 1) Language quizzes
language learning and
encouraging learners to pursue 2) Europian food maker
languages as they journey 3) Singing songs in
through education. different languages
HOW DO SCHOOLS IN ALBANIA CELEBRATE IT
Our school celebrates this day by organizing a festival attended by
some of the students that know a language other than Albanian and
English. Most of us know French and German too. The festival is
organized by our English teachers, ALBANA and BRUNA, and the way
that we celebrate it is by singing song in different languages that we
know, reciting poems and even dancing in front of our school.