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European day of languages: cat got the European tongue
The concept of ‘lost in translation’ isn’t really a valid one anymore. Why learn languages if French and Czechs are communicating with each other in English at any random conference in Madrid or Krakow? Why stuff your brain with vocabulary, young Brits ask themselves, if at the end your German degree doesn’t get you high up on the job ladder? And why try and understand your neighbour, if the Belgian melting pot hasn’t even worked out – today the country is threatening to split into French and Flemish parts. Even an EU commissioner from Luxembourg is criticised in the media for addressing a message to France in English whilst in Brussels. Language is the smallest common denominator of mutual understanding and integration. The European Day of Languages promotes each 26th of September for consistent language diversity on the old continent
- Read the special edition European day of languages: cat got the European tongue
- Romain Galati: 'In ten years people will be speaking more languages'
- Brief status of sign language in Europe
- Luxemburg: three languages, one nation
- Belgium: a linguistic laboratory
- ‘Learning German is pointless’: British students abandon foreign languages
- Portmanteau words: Denglisch in Europe
European day of languages: we love tongues
Every 26 September since 2001, Europe has celebrated the international day of languages – and why not, as the EU has 23 official languages. A Eurostat survey shows that English is the de facto EU lingua franca, which is also a source of constant polemic in the continent, whilst over 35% of EU’s adults speak one language. Will the Italian language be the solution?
- Read the special edition European day of languages: we love tongues
- Tongue twisters
- Videos: Europe's sports stars grapple with foreign languages
- E-learning: a new way to learn languages online
- French citizens ‘Balkan-level’ skill at the English language
- Five reasons why Italian should be Europe's lingua franca
- Too much English spoken in Europe?
EU day of languages, Paris: why Portuguese singer Lio wants to hug you
The current rotating EU president-holders emphasise the human, not institutional touch of learning languages in Europe. Testimonies from an Abba-themed press conference before celebrations for the first time in the French capital on 26 September
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‘Holland, Denmark are language learning examples for France, England and Spain’
In Spain, professionals like Ignacio Bosque condemn the lack of government investment into language teaching in European universities
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