The European Day of Languages is celebrated annually on 26 September. It is a Europe-wide celebration of

languages and culture.

It is a celebration of ALL LANGUAGES, not just the European ones (there are over 6000 languages spoken in

the world)!

Our school community is very diverse.

Q: How many different languages do you think we speak at Salusbury?

http://youtu.be/Fy7JjJMnKEg

Q:What are the benefits of learning another language?

Brainstorm/Talk Partners

http://greatlanguagegame.com/

Challenge yourself to identify languages by their sound

Play the

language game

Make your own Language poster for your class.On a piece of paper, write a word or sentence in any other language you know and stick it on the poster (eg. Greeting).

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head.If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.(Nelson Mandela)

You live a new life for every new language you speak.If you know only one language, you live only once.(Czech proverb)

The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.(Ludwig Wittgenstein)

Q: What do you understand of these powerful quotes?