European Day of Languages

How
How many
many European
European
countries
countries can
can you
you name
name
European
European DayDay of
of Languages
Languages in
in one
one minute?
minute?
is
is held
held every
every year
year on
on 26th
26th Click
Click on
on the
the timer
timer to
to begin.
begin.
September
September to to celebrate
celebrate the
the
different
different languages
languages spoken
spoken inin
Europe.
Europe.

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European Day of Languages
How
How many
many did
did
you
you name
name
correctly?
correctly?

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Why Do We Celebrate the European Day of Languages?

The
The first
first European
European Day Day ofof Languages
Languages was was held
held
in
in 2001.
2001. ItIt was
was started
started by
by the
the European
European
Commission
Commission andand Council
Council ofof Europe
Europe toto show
show the
the
importance
importance of of language
language learning.
learning.

With
With aa partner,
partner, discuss
discuss why
why you
you
think
think it’s
it’s important
important to
to learn
learn aa
language.
language.
Why Learn a Language?
Being
Being able
able to
to speak
speak different
different languages
languages can
can help
help you
you to…
to…

…live
…live and
and work
work in
in aa …travel
…travel and
and …understand
…understand
…make
…make new
new different
different country.
country. study
study abroad.
abroad. different
different
friends.
friends. cultures.
cultures.

How
How many
many different
different languages
languages are
are spoken
spoken in
in your
your school?
school?
European Day of Languages

Europe
Europe is
is aa continent
continent with
with many
many countries
countries and
and
almost
almost every
every country
country has
has its
its own
own language.
language.
This
This is
is called
called the
the national
national language.
language. Some
Some
countries
countries have
have more
more than
than one
one national
national
language.
language.

Did
Did you
you know
know that
that there
there are
are over
over 200
200 European
European
languages?
languages? Russian
Russian isis the
the most
most widely
widely spoken
spoken
language
language in
in the
the continent
continent ofof Europe
Europe (about
(about 140
140
million
million speakers).
speakers).
The European Union
The
The European
European Union,
Union, which
which brings
brings together
together the
the countries
countries
of
of Europe,
Europe, has
has 24
24 official
official languages,
languages, but
but the
the most
most
commonly
commonly spoken
spoken are
are French
French and
and English.
English.

Bonjour
Bonjour !! Good
Good
Morning!
Morning!
 You
You have
have two
two minutes
minutes to to
match
match upup as
as many
many ofof the
the 24
Quiz official
official languages
languages of of the
24
the
European
European Union
Union toto their
their
flags
flags as
as you
you can.
can.
Click
Click each
each flag
flag to
to reveal
reveal
1 Maltese
English Estonian
3 Polish
4 French
5 Croatian
6 German
7 the
the answer.
answer.
2

Hungarian
8 Slovak
9 Dutch
10 Italian
11 Slovenian
12 Swedish
13 Irish
14 Latvian
15 Czech
16

Romanian
17 Finnish
18 Lithuanian
19 Bulgarian
20 Greek
21 Danish
22 Spanish
23 24
Portuguese

Bulgarian Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English

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Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hungarian

Irish Italian Latvian Lithuanian Maltese Polish

Portuguese Romanian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish

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What Happens on the European Day of Languages

There
There are
are events
events and
and celebrations
celebrations taking
taking place
place
across
across many
many countries
countries in
in Europe.
Europe.

Activities
Activities include
include fairs,
fairs, conferences,
conferences,
school
school events,
events, workshops
workshops and and language
language
taster
taster sessions.
sessions.
Celebrating European Day of Languages
With
With aa partner,
partner, can
can you
you come
come up
up with
with aa list
list of
of five
five things
things that
that you
you could
could do
do in
in
your
your class
class or
or school
school to
to celebrate
celebrate European
European Day Day of
of Languages?
Languages?

Could
Could wewe create
create aa menu
menu with
with
different
different European
European specialities?
specialities? Could
Could we
we listen
listen to
to music
music
or
or watch
watch aa TV
TV
programme
programme in in another
another
Could
Could we
we learn
learn European
European language?
language?
some
some words
words oror
phrases
phrases from
from
another
another language?
language?
Quiz
Fill in the gaps to complete the information about European
Day of Languages.
Be careful! There are extra answers that you don’t need. Click
on the correct words to reveal the answers.

European Day
Day of
of Languages
Languages was
was established
established in
in 2001
by
by the
the
Council
Council of
of Europe.
Europe. ItIt takes
takes place
place every
every year
year onon th 26
th September.
September. ItIt
celebrates
celebrates the
the different
different spoken inlanguages
spoken in Europe.
Europe. The
The European
European
Union
Union has
has official
official languages and24
languages and the
the most
most commonly
commonly spoken
spoken
are
are and French
and English.
English.

French
French countries
countries 2001
2001 26
26 languages
languages

European
European 2011
2011 24
24 Europe
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Greetings

Let’s
Let’s learn
learn how
how to
to say
say
‘Hello!’
‘Hello!’ in
in some
some different
different
European
European languages.
languages.

Latvian
Italian
Polish
Spanish
Romanian
Latvian
Swedish
Italian
Polish
Spanish
Romanian
Swedish

Ciao!
Hej hej!
Sveiki!
¡Hola!
Bunӑ!
Cześć!
Ciao!
Hej hej!
Sveiki!
¡Hola!
Bunӑ!
Cześć!
Can
Can you
you guess
guess
what
what these
these
languages
languages are?
are?

Can
Can you
you find
find out
out how
how to
to say
say ‘Hello!’
‘Hello!’ in
in some
some more
more languages?
languages?
Greetings
You
You have
have one
one minute
minute to
to say
say
‘Hello’
‘Hello’ to
to as
as many
many people
people inin as
as
many
many different
different languages
languages as as
Sveiki!
Sveiki! Hej
Hej hej!
hej! you
you can!
can!
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Click on
on the
the timer
timer to
to begin.
begin.

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Quiz
Read the question and choose the correct answer.

When
When was
was the
the first
first European
European Day
Day of
of Languages
Languages celebrated?
celebrated?

A 2007
2007 B 2001
2001

C 2011
2011 D 1991
1991

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Quiz
Read the question and choose the correct answer.

What
What date
date is
is European
European Day
Day of
of Languages?
Languages?

A 28th
28th September
September B 26th
26th October
October

ItIt changes
changes
C 26th
26th September
September D every
every year
year

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Quiz
Read the question and choose the correct answer.

How
How many
many official
official languages
languages does
does the
the European
European Union
Union have?
have?

A 26
26 B 200
200

C 50
50 D 24
24

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Quiz
Read the question and choose the correct answer.

How
How many
many languages
languages are
are spoken
spoken in
in the
the continent
continent of
of Europe?
Europe?

A Over
Over 200
200 B 24
24

C 150
150 D Over
Over 2,000
2,000

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Quiz
Read the question and choose the correct answer.

What
What is
is the
the most
most widely
widely spoken
spoken language
language in
in the
the continent
continent of
of Europe?
Europe?

A English
English B French
French

C Russian
Russian D Spanish
Spanish

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Quiz
Read the question and choose the correct answer.

What
What does
does the
the European
European Day
Day of
of Languages
Languages promote?
promote?

Learning
Learning French
French
A and
and English
English
B Everybody
Everybody speaking
speaking English
English

The
The importance
importance of
of A
A common
common language
language for
for
C language
language learning
learning
D all
all European
European countries
countries

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Quiz
Read the question and choose the correct answer.

Which
Which of
of these
these will
will speaking
speaking aa foreign
foreign language
language help
help you
you to
to do?
do?

Understand
Understand
A different
different cultures
cultures
B Make
Make new
new friends
friends

C Work
Work or
or study
study abroad
abroad D All
All of
of these
these things
things

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Quiz
Read the question and choose the correct answer.

Which
Which are
are the
the most
most widely
widely spoken
spoken languages
languages in
in the
the European
European Union?
Union?

A French
French and
and English
English B German
German and
and English
English

C French
French and
and Russian
Russian D English
English and
and Russian
Russian

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Quiz
Read the question and choose the correct answer.

How
How would
would you
you say
say ‘Hello!’
‘Hello!’ in
in Latvian?
Latvian?

A Hej
Hej hej!
hej! B Sveiki!
Sveiki!

C Bonjour
Bonjour !! D Cześć!
Cześć!

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Quiz
Read the question and choose the correct answer.

How
How would
would you
you say
say ‘Hello!’
‘Hello!’ in
in Romanian?
Romanian?

A Bunӑ!
Bunӑ! B ¡Hola!
¡Hola!

C Hej
Hej hej!
hej! D Ciao!
Ciao!

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Discussion
If
If you
you were
were asked
asked toto design
design aa symbol
symbol
to
to represent
represent the
the European
European DayDay of
of
Languages,
Languages, what
what would
would you
you come
come up
up
with
with and
and why?
why?

Do
Do you
you know
know how
how many
many
different
different languages
languages are
are spoken
spoken
around
around the
the world
world (click
(click to
to
reveal
reveal the
the answer)?
answer)?
Which
Which languages
languages would
would you
you
like
like to
to learn
learn and
and why?
why?

Estimates
Estimates vary,
vary, but
but there
there are
are about
about 7100
7100 languages
languages spoken
spoken in
in the
the world.
world.