26th September: European Day of Languages

- Which languages are studied in Europe?

Work in pairs and try to fill-in the gaps of the sentences below, using the following words from the box.

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1. There are about 220 European ……………………… today.

2. The most widely-used languages in Europe are English, German,……………,Russian and Italian.

3. All European ……………..are about 50.

4. The European Day of Languages is celebrated on …………………… 26.

5. One way to learn English is to .........................with English-speaking students through e-mails and ………….films without subtitles.

Where are the following languages spoken? Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Colour the languages in the map Look for words in these languages: ex. Slovak: ahoj / Slovenian: pozdravi / Spanish: hola / Swedish: hej