European Day of Languages

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• European Day of Languages
• 26th September 2007
• Objectives
• Celebrate language diversity.
• Promote language learning.
• Raise awareness about Europe.
• Give yourself a clear reason WHY learning a
  language and you will be MORE motivated to
  succeed!

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• 3 -Business and careers
• Even though English is widely spoken in the
  world, speaking another language is an obvious
  advantage to communicate!
• Less than 20 of the worlds total population
  actually speaks English.
• 4 Language enhancement
• Learning another language can help you understand
  your own!
• Example Many languages have contributed to the
  development of English. You will understand where
  words and grammatical structures are from, and
  augment your vocabulary to boot.

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• PROVERBS to discuss
• Language is the archives of history.
• (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
• The limits of my language are the limits of my
  universe.
• (Ludwig Wittgenstein)