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Languages Open Hearts and Minds

 Celebration, 01 okt. 2025 - 15 okt. 2025, Komotini, Grikkland

Οur school has embraced the opportunity to fully enjoy the celebration of the European Day of Languages, 26th September, since 2001, for a third year. We could not miss, therefore, the chance to organize projects, support multilingualism, the beauty of uniting everyone through communication, the power and special features every language has. Valuing students’ creativity and special skills, A, B, E and F class united their abilities and helped realise this two-week project. All A class and B class students were introduced to a wide variety of different countries, the languages of which are spoken in the European Union. In groups, they were given flags of these countries which they had to colour and then name the country by recognising its flag. Not only did they learn how to recognise each country but also spot the country on the map of Europe, Asia, Australia or America, depending on where the country is, as many different languages are spoken in the European Union. A short video has been created, using pictures with all the children’s flags and the letters of the Alphabet matching the first letter of each country, finally forming the message of the celebration for this year “Languages open hearts and minds”. The children even learned how to pronounce the message in the languages we learn at school. At the same time, E class students, 5th Grade, learned the countries the languages of which are spoken all over the world, their nationalities and the capital cities in English. They listened to the words, tried to spell and pronounce them correctly, they used their imagination and solved puzzles or tried to find the secret phrase-message combining the initials of some of these countries. On a second phase, they created collages with A class, trying to combine the flags A class created with the initial letters of the specific countries in order to unscramble the message of this special day, the European day of Languages, for this year, 2025. In addition, F class students, 6th Grade, worked on the countries, the languages of which are spoken not only in Europe but all over the world by recognising them, spotting them on the map of Europe and the world map. They learned the countries the languages of which are spoken in the European Union, their nationalities and capital cities, as well. Everybody enjoyed it, played with flags and languages, learned to locate different countries on the map. They became aware of language families spoken in Europe, read posters, became aware of this year’s EDL logo and participated with their voice on the European poll about what they consider the most difficult in learning a foreign language. As a school, we love such initiatives and welcome participating in celebrations unifying us through promoting languages and communication.

Venue: 6th Primary School of Komotini, Greece (Show On Map)
Target groups:  Language learners Pupils Children Language teachers Policy deciders/politicians at national Parents

Organizer: 6th Primary School of Komotini, Greece
Estimated number of participants/people involved: 150
Address: 9, Mesologgiou Street, 69100, Komotini, Grikkland
Contact Name: Athanasia Daskalaki
Website: https://blogs.sch.gr/6dimkomo/

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20 hugmyndir fyrir evrópska tungumáladaginn

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Kosningar um nýstárlegasta viðburð ársins! 

Til þess að gera daginn enn skemmtilegri getur hver sem er sem heimsækir vefsíðuna kosið um nýstárlegasta viðburð evrópska tungumáladagsins, hvort sem það er vegna hugvitsamleika, vegna þess að auðvelt er að staðfæra hann eða vegna þess að hann fangar anda dagsins sérstaklega vel. Kosningar verða opnar í einn mánuð, frá 20. september til 20. október og verður sigurvegarinn kunngerður í desember. Smávægileg verðlaun verða veitt skipuleggjenda viðburðarins sem hlýtur flest atkvæði. 
Til þess að gera daginn enn skemmtilegri, getur hver sem er sem heimsækir vefsíðuna kosið um nýstárlegasta viðburð evrópska tungumáladagsins, hvort sem það er vegna hugvitsamleika, vegna þess að auðvelt er að staðfæra hann eða vegna þess að hann fangar anda dagsins sérstaklega vel. Kosningar verða opnar í einn mánuð, frá 20. september til 20. október og verður sigurvegarinn kunngerður í desember. Smávægileg verðlaun verða veitt skipuleggjenda viðburðarins sem hlýtur flest atkvæði. 

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