The European Day of Languages

Since 2001 every year we celebrate the European Day of Languages on the 26th September. In Europe there are more than 60 different languages. Around 700 million Europeans are represented in the Council of Europe, which has 46 members and 27 of them form the UE (European Union). We think it is very important to learn more than one language, because it’s easier to communicate with people from other countries and understand other cultures better. We can even make new friends!

At school, with the help of our English and German teachers, we did many activities according to our school year. We painted old t-shirts using different languages, we decorated Pavillion B (indoors) with a wonderful rainbow, in the classrooms we took a quiz, read articles on the subject and visited the European Day of languages website. We really did a journey through Europe’s languages!

Alunos da Escola Básica e Secundária de Gama Barros