As the European Day of Languages is fast approaching (it is celebrated on the 26th of September, but since it falls Saturday, we will celebrate it in school on Friday), I thought I would write a post about it.
As mentioned on the
website :
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The general objectives of the European Day of Languages are: -
Alerting the public to the importance of language learning and diversifying the range of languages learnt in order to increase plurilingualism and intercultural understanding;
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Promoting the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe, which must be preserved and fostered;
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Encouraging lifelong language learning in and out of school, whether for study purposes, for professional needs, for purposes of mobility or for pleasure and exchanges."
This year, I am planning to organise a little competition I found on the
mflresources forum. During the day, pupils have to spot which language members of staff are using. This is agreed in advance, and staff members simply 'drop' some language other than English into the lesson or in the corridor. Pupils who can identify the languages win a prize and the teacher who made the best effort to speak a different language also wins a prize. Some teachers have already agreed to speak Chinese (Cantonese), Hindi, Vietnamese, Japanese, Irish! I will tell you how it went on Friday (hopefully, very well!).
Otherwise, you can join a
Facebook group to share ideas and a
great wiki created by
@dominic_mcg to share experiences and good practice with even links to resources from the seven previous EDLs!
What are you planning to do on EDL?
