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The European Day of Languages is an annual event being held on 26 September. This event is a Council of Europe initiative bringing together people throughout Europe in a celebration of languages and cultural diversity. The aim of the project is to celebrate the EDL international. It helps promote understanding and provides fun with languages. The project is based on: exchanging hand-made cards with wishes, singing together in English and national languages, creating online posters which promote foreign languages and encourage people to celebrate EDL. All these activities need to be completed on time, so on the 26th September every partner school can celebrate the European Day of Languages presenting everything that has been made for that special day.

SUBJECTS

Physical education, Arts and Crafts, Music, ICT, Foreign languages…

LANGUAGE

EN

PUPIL’S AGE

6 – 12

ICT TOOLS

E-mail, Virtual learning environments, (communities, virtual classes), Audio conference, Chat, Project diary, email, Foro, MP3, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Web publishing, TwinSpace, Video conference (Skype, google hangouts) ,Mindmaps (mindmeister) Voicethread, Interactive posters (glogster edu)

AIMS

Children learn about cultural and linguistic diversity in EuropeThe project promote foreign language learning and increase intercultural understandingIt encourages lifelong language learning in and out of school. It is our intention that students are exposed and familiarize with the sounds and the alphabet of other European languages, develop their creativity and learn about other European countries in a fun way.

WORK PROCESS

Exchanging postcards with students from all over Europe. Pupils will make postcard themseves presenting their country or city and write short wishes in English and in national languge. They will add some information about themselves (What’s your name? , Where are you from?, Where do you live?, How old are you?, etc.). We will send the cards in one envelope.
Making the exhibition of the postcards. At school we show the postcards to the locality in order to promote lifelong learning of languages and show Eauropean diversity. After the exhibition children will take cards home.
Online exchange of posters. We will create in group work posters which promote foreign language and encourage people to celebrate EDL. We can exchange posters by publishing them in the Internet. Then, we can print posters and make an exhibition at school. Singing together. We will make a video with children saying “Happy European Day of Languges” in English and national language. We can also sing “Happy birthday” song in English and in national language or “Frere Jacques” song.

Creating a mindmap full of languages. We will make an online collaborative mindmap with words in different European languages – each country will be responsible for its own language and one more they choose to work on.

EXPECTED RESULTS

Our project will provide each partner school with the materials (postcards, songs, recordings, etc) to celebrate the European Day of Languages in their own unique way and give students the satisfaction of helping each other with the preparations for the event.

Children will exchange handmade postcards showing their country or city and learning about cultural and linguistic diversity.