The European Day of languages is on Monday 26th September. This is a fantastic opportunity to raise the profile of languages in your school! Over the internet, especially on Facebook, I have read wonderful ideas and schools who are planning a full timetable of activities for the day or even the week! Amazing!
This is a very short post for those who have not planned activities in advance and want something quick to do on the day!
Some short Youtube Videos to show with your students or in a short assembly:
A simple video from Birmingham University about the benefits of learning languages
A funny video on learning languages with GoldFish Kitty! Very old but always a winner!
A video from Naziha de Londres for MFL departments on the careers that can be pursued with languages. Click here. I love this video to share with parents and students via a QR code and also to display in your department corridor!
These are 5 activities that require very little preparation and have a great impact to celebrate the European Day of Languages:
A European Theme Baking competition throughout the school. Easy to set up and you will only need a place to keep all the cakes! Involve the community by inviting your school kitchen staff to judge which is the best cake! Give prizes to the students. Take lots of pictures and showcase them around the MFL block/corridor!
A European T-shirt Logo competition. We did this with our Y9 students last year and it was a great success! Students in Y9 designed a logo to showcase the importance of learning a language. The did this by hand and/or digitally. The MFL department staff chose the best logos, 5 in total, and we made them into t-shirts!!! The Logo was due on the day of the European Day of Languages but we showed the t-shirts in an assembly later in the year with an Amazon voucher. Vistaprint was great to have our t-shirts printed!
A Languages Lunch on the day. We invited students in Y10/11/12/13 to take part in a Language lunch. Students spoke in French, German and Spanish only and we prepared traditional food for the day. Our Alevel students led the conversations with the younger students.
Cooking a traditional dish in school on the day. This a great cross-curricular activity with the Food tech department! We have cooked paella and crepes in the past!
A Break Time Photo Booth with prompts about how great it is to learn languages. This can be run by Y11s or Language Leaders if you have them. Easy to set up. KS3 students can create the prompts in lessons and the older students take the photos with a school device. This will make a wonderful display!
If you want some Quizes or activities, sonríe in Spanish have created the following free resources to be used in the classroom or adapted.
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