Date accomplished Potpis YOUR TASKS EN261

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1. Listening and reading

• I read a magazine or news article in a foreign language.
• I read a comic book in a foreign language.
• I listened to a radio station in a foreign language for an hour.
• I listened to an audio book in a foreign language.
• I watched a movie in a foreign language.

2. Writing and creating

• I wrote my name in 3 different alphabets (such as Greek, Cyrillic and Latin).
• I kept a journal in a foreign language for one week.
• I wrote a shopping list in a foreign language.
• I wrote a short postcard to a friend sending a holiday greeting in a foreign language.
• I translated a song in a foreign language into my own language.

3. Speaking and communicating

• I made a phone call in a foreign language.
• When on holiday in another country, I used the language/s of the country to greet people, order food and drinks, or perform other everyday tasks.
• I found a language partner and we spent half hour speaking in one language, and then half hour speaking in the other language.
• I played a board game with my friends speaking a foreign language.
• I played a sport with my friends for an hour only speaking a foreign language.
• I spent an afternoon with my friends only speaking a foreign language.

4. Vocabulary and language discovery

• I identified 5 words in my own language that are the same as/borrowed from other languages.
• I identified 5 languages (correctly!) in the **Which language is it?** game on the European Day of Languages’ website. (https://edl.ecml.at/whichlanguage)
• I found out how many different languages are being spoken in my class.
• I found a polyglot who speaks at least 5 languages and discovered why he/she speaks so many languages.
• I used a dictionary, or another source, to look up and learn 10 new words in a foreign language.

5. Creativity and memory

• I memorised a short poem in a foreign language and recited it aloud to a friend.
• I took 3 photos in my surroundings and described them in a foreign language, explaining what I saw, what was happening, and what feelings the scene evoked.
• I learned how to sign 2 words and spell my name in a sign language (International Sign or a national sign language).
• I counted from 1 to 10 in four foreign languages.
• I switched the language of my phone or my tablet to a foreign language for one day (or longer!).

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