EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES 2014

A day to celebrate languages and language learning.

What better way to represent Europe’s rich heritage of languages than by encouraging people to initiate conversations with speakers of the many different languages spoken around the continent?

The "Talk to Me" slogan has been used for the Day of Languages since 2003 when a set of stickers in 41 official languages of the Council of  Europe's member states were first launched.

To test out your recognition of Europe's different languages why not try out our Talk to me game?

The slogan has also formed the basis of a video clip developed by the Norwegian authorities which was played at cinemas around the country.

MERRY CHRISTMAS...!

      A Christmas card is a greeting card sent as part of the traditional celebration of the Christmas in order to convey between people a range of sentiments related to the Christmas and holiday season. Christmas cards are usually exchanged during the weeks preceding Christmas Day by many people (including non-Christians) in Western society and in Asia.   The traditional greeting reads "wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year". There are innumerable variations on this greeting, many cards expressing more religious sentiment, or containing a poem, prayer...; others stay away from religion with an all-inclusive "Season's greetings".
     If you want to send an e-card, just click on the following website:

       http://www.123greetings.com/events/christmas/merry_christmas/

EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES

 Dear students, welcome to my blog one year more.  This time, we are going to reflect

about the European multilingualism, that is why I have chosen  26th September as my re-opening day.  The European Day of Languages celebrates plurilingualism and encourages the 800 million Europeans in the Council of Europe's 47 member states to learn more languages; it has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26 September, as an initiative of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

Our task will be very easy, just follow the next steps:

1. Go to Google and search for worldmaps of Spanish/English/French/Portuguese speaking countries.

2. Copy and paste them on an A3 sheet, labelling each language- do it as nice as possible, please!

3. Finally, select one country and find a remarkable person, historical fact and typical food.(and tell us!)

Enjoy your E.D.L!