EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES FACTS ABOUT LANGUAGES BUNDLE #1
**EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES FACTS ABOUT LANGUAGES**
Two sets of 36 facts cards focusing on ***facts about world languages***, 72 facts in total, @ £3.00 each in the bundle - a great whole-group learning activity at any time of the school year, and particularly on or around the annual ***European Day of Languages***. It's also useful as an ice-breaker in the back-to-school phase, as it’s a very social activity, and really gets students up from their desks, walking around talking to each other. The information addresses a very wide range of languages topics, from ***world history, history of language, varied fields within linguistics to global languages facts*** for example.
The cards are designed for older students, as the facts do require a certain level of ***world knowledge and language awareness***, and particularly ***world geography***. I always screen a world map first, pointing out continents, countries, regions and territories and so on, because using the cards is also a great way of actually learning about the world, its ***history, shifting geographical and political borders, migrating populations*** and so on.
I use the cards in various ways: for example, a really popular method is the ***walk and talk*** activity, where students take a card each, walk around the classroom, exchanging facts - when they’ve shared the information on their card, students swap cards, and carry on walking — in this way, they encounter the same facts a couple of times, which really embeds knowledge. I tend to do this activity several times across the school year, following it up with an informal whole-group quiz, particularly when I feel that students need a break from more formal learning.
I also use the cards as either ***entrance or exit*** cards - again, followed by a quick quiz at several points in the year - simply turn the language on the individual cards into a question format. This works really well when students quiz each other, which moves them away from teacher-led learning towards more independent and social learning.
***Have a browse in my store for more FACTS ABOUT... resources!***
***Please note this is the European Day of Languages bundle version of my Facts about Languages bundle: if you have already purchased that bundle, there is no need to purchase this one.***
**THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES!**
