The European Day of Languages on 26 September is a well-established opportunity to raise awareness about language learning and linguistic diversity. The celebration of the European Day of Languages ​​on 26 September was established by decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, on 6 December 2001.Languages ​​are an integral part of the world’s cultural heritage, which we must preserve, cultivate and highlight. For this reason, the  6th grade classe together with the English teacher of the 4th Primary School of Edessa carried out actions within the school, highlighting the importance of learning foreign languages.

Students draw and color different greetings ,with the colors or shape of each country`s flag and made a nice poster.

They  also created the European languages tree using wordart.

Open the following link:

https://wordart.com/9pqklnox215s/european-day%20of%20languages



They recorded greetings in different languages

 They made a video with instructions for the game ‘Tzami(tower)

Students can continue the activities by following the link below and enjoy this wonderful foreign language journey.

Do you want to learn to introduce yourself or say “I love you” and “Thank you” in 24 different languages? Open the link, click on the Select a language field and find out how… If you press the speaker, you will also hear the pronunciation!

https://op.europa.eu/webpub/dgt/languages-take-you-further/en/discover/