Celebrated on 26 September, the European Day of Languages (EDL) is a means of promoting awareness among the general public of the importance of language learning and protecting the linguistic heritage.
The objectives of the European Day of Languages are:
- -Celebrating linguistic diversity in Europe, the plurilingualism of its citizens and lifelong language learning;
- -Improving awareness of Europe’s linguistic heritage and promoting its rich diversity by encouraging openness to different languages and cultures;
- -Motivating European citizens to develop plurilingualism (the ability to use different languages, to whatever standard) to achieve a degree of proficiency in a number of languages, including those less widely used or taught;
- -Encouraging and supporting lifelong language learning for personal development.
On that note my C' Classes looked at English, French and German tongue twisters. A sentence or series of words that is hard to say correctly is called a tongue twister. Children love tongue twisters and challenge their friends to try to say them fast several times in row. For language learners, tongue twisters are a fun way to work on one or two sounds at a time to get the pronunciation just right. Start by saying the tongue twister slowly, then try to speed up. Once you can say a tongue twister through, try to say it twice or three times in a row for a bigger challenge.
Here is what they sound like! (FYI: The students actually had a lot of fun!!)