European Day of Languages 2013

Every year, 26 September is the day we celebrate Europe’s rich linguistic heritage – the EU’s 23 official languages, the 60 or so regional/minority languages, and the languages spoken by people who’ve come to Europe from other parts of the world.

European Day of Languages-European Commission

History

The first European day of languages was held in 2001 as part of European Year of languages when hundreds of events were organised, reaching millions of people in 45 countries. Organised jointly by the EU and the Council of Europe, the European day of languages continues that work, to raise public awareness of the languages used in Europe, to promote cultural and linguistic diversity and to encourage people – schoolchildren and adults – to learn languages.

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Learn about European languages
Learn about minority languages

Interesting CLIL websites for ESO

This is a selection of interesting websites for Spanish CLIL students of social studies (ciencias sociais) in English.

General
http://www.isabelperez.com/clil/clicl_m_6.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

ESO-3: Geography
www.europa.eu.int/abc/12lessons/index _en.htm
http://www.ieslamadraza.com/elena/websociales/geography3eso/indexgeography3.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
http://clilmodulegeography.blogspot.com.es/
http://countries.mrdonn.org/index.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

ESO-4: History
http://www.khanacademy.org/#history
http://www.historylastra.blogspot.com.es/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
www.SchoolHistory.co.uk
www.artyclopedia.com
http://worldhistory.mrdonn.org/index.html
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/World_History

Conversational English

All languages have different registers, formal and informal ones. Conversational English has some commons words and expressions that are useful if we have to speak English in informal contexts. If you want to learn some typical expressions, you might try this quiz from the BBC Learning English website.

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