European Day of Languages 2020
September 26
The European Day of Languages is celebrated every year on 26th September.
Europe is lucky to enjoy a rich diversity of language and cultures with 200 European languages, 24 Official EU languages and it is estimated around 60 regional or minority languages. These figures are not including languages spoken by people from elsewhere within the world who have migrated to live within the EU which enrich the diversity of languages spoken still further. The purpose of the European Day of Language is to celebrate both the cultural and linguistic diversity within Europe and to encourage and promote language learning.
The aims of the European Day of Languages include:
To celebrate the diversity of languages and cultures within Europe.
To encourage language learning at any age.
To promote intercultural understanding.
Here at St George’s we will be celebrating the event throughout the following week, with Madame Sohier leading all the events in her French lessons. We will be looking at varying cultures, their languages and traditions. We will be creating a shape poem “Rainbow of Love” in French to share with our friends.