Throughout Europe, 700 million Europeans are represented in the Council of Europe's 46 member states and all are encouraged to discover more languages at any age, as part of or alongside their studies. This stems from the Council of Europe’s conviction that linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent. Therefore, the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, promotes plurilingualism in the whole of Europe. At the Council of Europe’s initiative, the European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26 September - together with the European Commission.
To celebrate the day, we implemented diverse multilingual activities in the framework of our English as a Foreign Language lesson with A’ and B’ class students. The following languages were heard in our classes: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Turkish, Russian, Moldavian, as well as Arabic, Japanese and Korean.
Coordinating Teacher: Katerina Christodoulou (EFL).