About
What is it?
Why a European Day of Languages?
Moving into the polyglot age
The celebration of linguistic diversity
Participate
Who can participate?
How to participate
T-shirts
Materials
Downloads
Events
EDL events
European Commission
20 event suggestions
Activities
EDL T-Shirt Contest
Language journey
Language challenge handbook
Language challenge app
Multilingual tongue twister challenge
The great multilingual joke book
Facts
Language Facts
Language Trivia
Facts about sign language
Celebrities speaking languages
Place names
Myth or fact?
Quotes
Questions you never dared to ask about languages
Games
Talk to me!
Language Quiz
Sign Language Game
Which language is it?
Where am I?
Brain game: Greek alphabet
Brain game: Cyrillic alphabet
Fun
Palindromes
Same word - different meaning
Longest words
Tongue twisters
Idioms of the world
Unique words
Animal sounds
Self-evaluate your language skills!
All the colours of the rainbow
Teachers
Information
Take a read
Inventory of ICT tools and OERs
Language associations directory
Teaching materials
National Relays
All National Relays
aze
bul
bos
cat
ces
cym
dan
deu
ell
eng
spa
est
eus
fin
fra
fry
gla
glg
hrv
hun
hye
ita
kat
ltz
lit
lav
mne
mkd
mlt
nld
nor
pol
por
ron
rus
slk
slv
sqi
srp
swe
tur
ukr
Poll: Why learn a language?
Which of following factors would motivate you most to learn a new language (choose a maximum of 3)? If it was none of these – let us know your suggestions!
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Poll: Why learn a language?
Which of following factors would motivate you most to learn a new language (choose a maximum of 3)? If it was none of these – let us know your suggestions!
To speak with friends or family
To make new friends
To understand a different culture
To travel
To live/work/study in another country
To communicate at work (on the phone, at meetings, welcoming visitors)
To get a (better) job
For shopping
To surf on the Internet
To watch films or TV
To read books and newspapers
Just to learn for personal satisfaction
Other – please specify
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Why learn a language?