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EDL Language café 2024

 Fair, 24 Sep 2024, Stockholm, Sweden

A very popular language café running for secondary school students aged 13-19 in the Stockholm and vicinity region. 45 minute time slots back to back, when approximately 60-75 students and their teachers come into the exhibition area and have mini lessons in ca 26-28 European languages - this year, to highlight the 20th anniversary of the largest EU enlargement, we have among our ranks for the first time the embassies of Slovenia and Latvia, who will take part and give the students insights about their respective national languages. Also, the embassy of fellow 2004 enlargement member Cyprus will join the ranks of the Greek language table, bringing the "Big Bang" participation to 9 out of 10 countries from the 2004 enlargement. There is also a quiz for the students to take and prizes for those who do well. We also invite the winner of the national EDL competition to come and join us for a short prize ceremony. Registration needed, limited number of places, first come first served; open for schools with pupils in any grades between 7th to 12th (högstadium and gymnasium). Mainly relevant for schools in the wider Stockholm region since it is an in person event.

Venue: Finlandshuset (Show On Map)
Target groups:  Pupils Students

Organizer: European Commission
Estimated number of participants/people involved: 80
Address: Snickarbacken 4, 111 39, Stockholm, Sweden
Contact Name: FO, European Embassies and Culture and Language Institutes and national authorities.
Website: https://sweden.representation.ec.europa.eu/news/europeiska-sprakdagen-26-september-2024-2024-05-23_sv?prefLang=en

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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

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