What is the European Day of Languages?
The European Day of Languages is held annually on the 26 September to celebrate language and cultural diversity. The Day was first celebrated in 2001 and aims:
The European Day of Languages is held annually on the 26 September to celebrate language and cultural diversity. The Day was first celebrated in 2001 and aims:
- To alert the public to the importance of language learning
- To increase awareness and appreciation of all languages
- To encourage lifelong language learning
Don't forget... English is the language that opens doors. So, learn English - listen in class!
2 comments:
I hope that the "European Day of Languages" will encourage many people to learn a new language. Especially in the United Kingdom where the interest in learning languages seems to be declining.
You may know that four schools in Britain have introduced Esperanto, the neutral international language, in order to test its propaedeutic values?
The pilot project is being monitored by the University of Manchester, and I believe the project deserves academic appraisal.
An interesting video can be seen at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8837438938991452670
On this special day I would like to put in a plea for learning Esperanto. It is a planned language which belongs to no one country or group of states.
Take a look at http://www.esperanto.net
Esperanto works! I’ve used it in speech and writing in a dozen countries over recent years. Esperanto is not one of the 23 official languages of the EU, but it deserves our attention. It opens doors too!
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