Some facts about languages for pupils

1. Language
Diversity
Multidisciplinary Flipped Learning with ICT
Erasmus+ KA2 Project
FLwICT
(2015 – 2017)
4th Project Meeting, 4th -8th April 2016
Daugavpils Saskanas School /Latvia

2. Facts about languages:
 Up to 7000 languages are spoken around the world.
 260 languages can be found in Europe
 24 official and working languages of EU;
 80% of home pages on the Web are in English;

3.  English has about 4 000 000 000 native speakers;
 The most native speakers has Mandarin Chinese;
 26 September is European Day of Languages
Facts about
languages:

4. Language Families:
Many languages originate from
separate language families.
Within continental Europe there
are eight language groups
coming from the big
Indo-European group. These
separate into smaller families
resulting in the diversity of
European languages we speak
today.

5. Why should we learn languages?
 It improves your brainpower, with the knowledge
that you already have learn.
 We learn and know other cultures.
 People who use many languages in their jobs earn
around 8% more.
 To communicate with other people.

6. How many languages do you speak? What
languages do you speak?
 Normund, I speak 4 languages – Germany, English,
Latvian and Russian
 Irene, I speak 3 languages – French, English and
Spanish
 Mert, I speak 2 languages – Turkish and English
 Monika, I speak 2 languages – Polish and English
 Thomas, I speak 3 languages – French, English and
Spanish

7. Sources
• https://www.google.lv/search?q=languages&biw=1600&bih=
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• https://www.google.lv/search?q=languages&biw=1600&bih=
755&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDkLXk7
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• https://www.google.lv/search?q=languages&biw=1600&bih=
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• https://www.google.lv/search?q=languages&biw=1600&bih=
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• Our brains

8. Prepared by
 Daugavpils Basic School, Latvia, Normund
Palabinskis
 Girne Secondary School, Turkey, Mert Olucak
 Miguel de Cervantes Secondary School, Spain, Irene
Luque Ysern
 Lycee Maurice Genevoix, France, Thomas Martin
 Poland, Monika Wilinska