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European Day of Languages

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Bunscoil Mhuire Youghal, European Day of Languages, 2009

Students from Bun Scoil Mhuire, Youghal, Co. Cork celebrate the European Day of Languages 2009

The European Day of Languages (EDL) is a Council of Europe initiative, held annually on 26 September, which aims to:

  • alert the public to the importance of language learning
  • increase awareness and appreciation of all the languages spoken in Europe
  • encourage lifelong language learning
In 2009, Léargas ran two competitions to celebrate the day, a poster competition and a video competition: to see the results, click here, to see what else happened around the country, click here. For information on this year's competitions, go to the Noticeboard.

You can find information, resources and interactive games on the European Day of Languages website