European Day of Languages activities

Games, lessons and activity ideas to help you celebrate Europe's diverse range of languages this September

Tes Resources Team

European day of languages

Celebrate and raise awareness of Europe’s diverse mix of languages with these top activities

26 September is always a highlight of the MFL calendar. In preparation for the big day, we’ve picked out some lesson inspiration in the form of presentations, games and activities to help you to share your passion for languages with pupils and colleagues alike.

Introducing the day

Help set the scene in your classroom and find out more about why we celebrate this special day with these introductory ideas.  

Lesson ideas

There are plenty of ways for you to celebrate the language diversity of Europe within the classroom. Encourage a little healthy competition among your students with a quiz or a game, or further discover some of our most familiar languages with these stimulating classroom activities.  

European Day of Languages September 26th
andorian

European Day of Languages September 26th

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There is a huge amount of detailed stuff out there about this day. Here, I have put together some interactive slides mainly about the languages themselves. Should suit years 5,6,7... Hope it's useful, colleagues!
European Day of Languages Board Game
Betsy Belle

European Day of Languages Board Game

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An easy activity to set up which will keep pupils engaged and enthused. Print off the 2 board games plus answer sheets. Give dice and counters (could be scrap of paper with pupils initials). Pupils play with answer sheet freeing you up to lead another activity or intervene to support. ...
European Day - demographics
Tristanjones

European Day - demographics

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A crossnumber that requires students to extract fact from tables and make calculations based on these . WARNING - Q1 is not wrong! A difference is required.
European Day of Languages Mystery
Bayside Teaching Resources

European Day of Languages Mystery

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Ideal for **European Day of Languages** or as a **multi-language activity** to demonstrate links between languages. A fun resource for pupils to discover links between languages whilst solving the mystery. Activities cover transport vocabulary in a variety of languages, exploring departure boards, ...
European Day of Languages activity worksheet
mrshopehistory

European Day of Languages activity worksheet

£1.69
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A 2 sided European Day of Languages activity worksheet created on Microsoft Powerpoint for secondary students aged 11 - 16 (KS3 & KS4). This is a great worksheet to share with your students on European Day of Languages (26th September) either in form or lesson time. This worksheet includes 4 t...
Idioms Quiz for European Day of Languages
Lorilai

Idioms Quiz for European Day of Languages

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This is a fun quiz about idioms from various languages. It contains quiz questions with sound effects, fun pictures and the solution at the end. Great to start a discussion around foreign languages!
European Day of Languages word search
Bayside Teaching Resources

European Day of Languages word search

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*Ideal for European Day of Languages!* Find 22 of the 24 official languages of the European Union in this fun wordsearch. Find words vertically, horizontally and diagonally, forwards and backwards. As an extension task, pupils can research which two official languages have been left out. Answer she...
European Day of Languages Quiz
SenoritaDi

European Day of Languages Quiz

£3.00
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This is an EDITABLE European Day of Languages Quiz with 38 QUESTIONS that will take your students through different parts of Europe, giving them an understanding of food, general greetings, landmarks and much more! **The quiz has 6 rounds (flags, landmarks & monuments, greetings, European food,...