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September 26th is celebrated as European day of languages. To mark this important day our foreign language teachers got together and organized a workshop for students in the school library under the name “Language café”.  Students were encouraged to take part in a language quiz where general knowledge about other European languages was required. Students grouped themselves into different groups depending on their interests and the language they are studying. Teachers and other participants (school librarian) encouraged students to discuss what the benefits of learning foreign languages are as well as how foreign languages can help us improve communication on daily basis. All the activities were carried out in a relaxing and informal way while drinking a tasty cup of tea or coffee and snacking on cookies and pretzels. Such a cosy atmosphere motivated students to talk about everyday topics, but it all had to be in a foreign language. Our teachers were satisfied with such...

Throughout Europe, around 800 million citizens of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe are encouraged to learn more languages, at any age, in and out of school. The 2001 was declared The European Year of Languages by the Council of Europe and European Union that jointly organised activities celebrating linguistic diversity in Europe. They successfully involved millions of people across 45 participating countries. Following the success of the Year of Languages 26th of September was declared a European Day of Languages. In Europe there are over 200 languages in daily use so well developed language skills became almost a necessity and are a right for everyone. They allow people to take full advantage of opportunities offered by modern society. Learning languages helps us to understand each other better and overcome our cultural differences. Did you know that… –  there are between 6000 and 7000 languages in the world – spoken by 7 billion people divided into 189 in...