Fagnaðu evrópska tungumáladeginum með okkur!



Um gjörvalla Evrópu eru þeir 700 milljón Evrópubúar sem tilheyra 46 aðildarríkjum Evrópuráðsins hvattir til þess að kynnast fleiri tungumálum, óháð aldri og bæði innan veggja skólans sem utan. Þetta er í beinu samræmi við þá sannfæringu Evrópuráðsins að fjölbreytileiki í tungumálum leiði til aukins þvermenningarlegs skilnings og sé eitt af þeim atriðum sem liggi ríkulegum menningararfi álfunnar okkar til grundvallar. Það er einna helst þess vegna sem Evrópuráðið í Strassborg vill stuðla að fjöltyngi í allri Evrópu.

Að tilstuðlan Evrópuráðsins hefur evrópska tungumáladeginum verið fagnað þann 26. september ár hvert síðan 2001, í samráði við framkvæmdastjórn Evrópusambandsins.


Where am I?

You'll be shown 20 random images from all over Europe. Can you find out, where those images where taken? Use your language skills and the virtual magnifying glass to find hints in the picture. Good luck!

Send us your own pictures for this game here!

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You'll be shown 20 random images from all over Europe. Can you find out, where those images where taken? Use your language skills and the virtual magnifying glass to find hints in the picture. Good luck!

And: Add your own images to the game!

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Multilingual tongue twister challenge

How many tongue twisters, in at least 3 different languages, can you manage in one minute? Tongue twisters are tricky in one language, not to mention in 3 or more. These are not for the faint-hearted! You can prove just how good you are by submitting a video either individually or with friend. We have already received over 150 submissions. Some are indeed very good. Check them out below!

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Multilingual tongue twister challenge

How many tongue twisters, in at least 3 different languages, can you manage in one minute? Tongue twisters are tricky in one language, not to mention in 3 or more. These are not for the faint-hearted! You can prove just how good you are by submitting a video either individually or with friend. We have already received over 150 submissions. Some are indeed very good. Check them out below!

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The great multilingual joke book (or Make me laugh!)

In how many languages can you make someone laugh? A sense of humour and what someone finds amusing are often considered to be influenced by the language/s they speak and their cultural background. In order to test out whether this is really the case, and during a time where there has not been much to laugh about, we are inviting you to send us your best jokes. The jokes can be in your own language/s or a language you are learning - the most important thing is that they are funny! They can of course be related to language/ adaptable to different languages but the primary criteria is that they are amusing!

Submit your favourite joke! If your joke makes it past a very strict jury (comprised of individuals who don’t laugh much!) your joke may be selected to feature in the ‘greatest ever (or perhaps only!) multilingual joke book’ to be published after the EDL.

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The great multilingual joke book (or Make me laugh!)

In how many languages can you make someone laugh? Submit your favourite joke! If your joke makes it past a very strict jury (comprised of individuals who don’t laugh much!) your joke may be selected to feature in the ‘greatest ever (or perhaps only!) multilingual joke book’ to be published after the EDL.

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EDL T-shirt contest winner 2023 

The winner of the 2023 EDL T-shirt contest is Alžbeta Šáleková –Slovenská Republika. Congratulations!

"When creating the design, I wanted to express the idea of the competition in a simple and clear way. I chose human natural means of communication as the main components. They are depicted by one interconnected variable line. It symbolically materializes the words leading from mouth to ear, at the same time thus representing a mutual conversation. The variability of the shapes used points to the diversity of languages, information, themes, and cultures, which enriches and develops them."

Stuttermabolakeppni evrópska tungumáladagsins


Sendu okkur þína hönnun fyrir stuttermabol evrópska tungumáladagsins! Sjá upplýsingar

 Hér getur þú keypt stuttermabol evrópska tungumáladagsins

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Bakaðu köku!


Fyrir 20 ára afmæli evrópska tungumáladagsins báðum við ykkur að senda okkur bestu afmæliskökuuppskriftirnar ykkar. Við völdum 20 magnaðar uppskriftir og settum þær í litríkan bækling.
Fagnaðu með okkur með því að baka eina af þessum algjörlega evrópsku afmæliskökum!

Hér er hægt að niðurhala bókinni






Þú getur líka lært tungumál!


Hér er hægt að niðurhala bæklingnum (á ensku)


Famous quotes

We are all familiar with quotes from famous personalities in our own languages and cultures - but how many do we know from elsewhere in different languages? Here is a chance to discover the wisdom, truths (or half-truths!), creativity, humour and sometimes downright cynicism from a range of cultures and languages as well as their origins. Do you have a favourite? We would be delighted if you would also contribute some of your own!

Famous quotes

We are all familiar with quotes from famous personalities in our own languages and cultures - but how many do we know from elsewhere in different languages? Here is a chance to discover the wisdom, truths (or half-truths!), creativity, humour and sometimes downright cynicism from a range of cultures and languages as well as their origins. Do you have a favourite? We would be delighted if you would also contribute some of your own!
Quote of the day:

Едно е да искаш, друго е да можеш, а трето и четвърто – да го направиш. It is one thing to want something, quite another to be able to do it and rather distinct to actually do it.

By Nikolay Haytov


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The secret agent’s language challenges app  2022 

The challenges and quizzes contained within this app encourage learners – future international agents – to take advantage of the plentiful opportunities available to practice or learn more about a language beyond a classroom context. By passing through a series of levels you can rise from a lowly agent in training to become a master secret agent. You can compete with friends in achieving challenges, identifying countries and languages and completing quizzes. The challenges go from the easy, such as, “count from 1-10 in 3 different languages within one minute” to ones that are a bit more demanding, “together with a friend, write the words to a song/rap in a foreign language."

The secret agent’s language challenges app  2022 

The challenges and quizzes contained within this app encourage learners – future international agents – to take advantage of the plentiful opportunities available to practice or learn more about a language beyond a classroom context. By passing through a series of levels you can rise from a lowly agent in training to become a master secret agent.
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Hvaða tungumál?

Við könnumst öll við að vera í strætisvagni, kaffihúsi eða að labba úti og að heyra tvær manneskjur tala saman á erlendu máli. Þá veltum við því fyrir okkur hvaða mál þetta sé. Nú getur þú æft þig þannig að næst þegar þú verður í þessum aðstæðum getir þú borið kennsl á tungumálið!
 
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Handbók evrópska tungumáladagsins fyrir tungumálaáskoranir

  
Í þessari handbók er 51 áskorun sem hvetur nemendur til þess að stíga út fyrir þægindarammann og nýta tækifærið til þess að æfa sig í tungumáli eða læra meira um það utan kennslustofunnar. Sjá meira.

Questions you never dared to ask about languages

For this year’s European Day of Languages we have produced a series of short video clips focusing on ‘Questions you never dared to ask about languages’ with experts covering a range of backgrounds and specialisations responding.
As the title suggests, the questions are ones that we might not wish to ask in front of an audience but, in fact, highlight important issues and address some popular misconceptions about languages and language learning. Do you have a question you would like to ask an expert?

To see subtitles on the videos, please activate this feature by clicking on ‘subtitles’ in the YouTube menu below the video. To change languages, click on the gear wheel and select subtitles>’automatically translate’ and select the desired language (the machine translation is provided by YouTube).

Questions you never dared to ask about languages

For this year’s European Day of Languages we have produced a series of short video clips focusing on ‘Questions you never dared to ask about languages’ with experts covering a range of backgrounds and specialisations responding.

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Why learn a language?

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!
 
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1st Evening Junior High School of Thessaloniki
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Summa International business
26/9/2023 - 27/9/2023
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Jičín
30/9/2023 - 30/9/2023
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Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus
26/9/2023 - 26/9/2023
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20 ideas for this year's European Day of Languages

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20 ideas for this year's European Day of Languages

Struggling to find ideas for an event for this year’s European Day of Languages? It can be challenging to organise events that are fun, inclusive, have an educational element and motivate a large number of people. Below are a few ideas to get your creative thoughts flowing, most of which are based on the principle of “starting small to go big”! 20 ideas for activities that can be carried in celebration of this year's EDL.
 
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Myth or fact?

1. My mother tongue is all I need.

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2. I’m not bilingual/multilingual. I can only speak one language.

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3. Most people in the world use more than one language.

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4. English is the only language children need.

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5. Children get confused if they learn more than one language at the same time.

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6. I can’t help a child to learn or use a language I don’t know (well enough) myself.

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7. If learners don’t know the language of schooling, they’ll learn it best by being exposed to that language only - and by using that language only.

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8. Continued use of the home language(s) will interfere with children’s learning of the language of schooling.

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9. My job is to teach X as a foreign language and not to deal with other languages in my classroom.

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ICT language tool of the week

Sendsteps (students vote and ask questions with their mobile)

Sendsteps is a voting tool that can be used during lectures to interact with your students. After downloading the software, the teacher adds questions to a Powerpoint slide. During the actual presenta... view details

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Evrópski tungumáladagurinn er studdur og skipulagður af Evrópsku tungumálamiðstöðinni sem heyrir undir Evrópuráðið? Evrópuráðið er ein helsta mannréttindastofnun álfunnar. 46 ríki eiga aðild að því, þ. á m. öll aðildarríki Evrópusambandssins.


 

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Sjálfsmat á tungumálafærni

Þetta tól gefur þér færi á að meta færni og kunnáttu þína í tungumálum sem þú kannt, í samræmi við samevrópska tungumálarammann.

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