International Day of the Mother Language
21st February, 2022
What is a Language?
And a Mother Language?
Go over the dots on the map to know what the section is about!
The Languages
of Europe
Linguistic Emergency
Link to Google Classroom
Straight from the North
Introduction
"A language tells who you are. It is connected with your culture, with your lands, with your family"
Ancient Rome DNA
The Indo-European Connection
LANGUAGES
TERRITORIES
CULTURES
Introduction
1. About yourself
3. The World
5. The Maps
2. Your city
7. Let's think about languages
4. Experts say...
6. How come?
The Language Fact of the Day #1
There are between 6000 and 7000 languages in the world - spoken by 7 billion people divided into 189 independent states.
Tower of Babel vs Linguistics - the quest for the first language
Share your thoughts!
The Indo-European
Connection
Think about it!
- What is a Language Family?
- What's the meaning of the label "Indo-European"?
- Why Indo-European?
- Think about the video you watched
Setting the Scene: Europe, the continent
Observe, compare and conclude
- Play a game! Click on the map and start pinning the countries!
The Language Fact of the Day #2
Languages are related to each other like the members of a family. Most European languages belong to the large Indo-European family.
Share your thoughts!
The Romance and Germanic Languages
Initial questions
- Read the text about Romance Languages
- Answer the questions you will find in the Google Classroom
Basic information
- Read about the Germanic Languages
- Do the wordwall game
Time for research!
- Complete the chart
- Use the resource provided
Linguistic Emergency:
The Death of a Language
Initial thoughts
- Flipped classroom, your turn!
- Watch the video and prepare to share your opinion with your classmates
- Afterwards, remember to write it down in the Google Classroom.
Time for exploration!
Some vocabulary
- Click on the icon and access the Language Diversity Map.
- Explore with your classmates
- Take a look at the vocabulary list
- Discuss with your group
- Write down a possible definition
- Check!
The Language Fact of the Day #4
UNESCO estimates that if nothing is done to protect the world's languages, 3,000 will disappear in the next 80 years.
Click here to learn more!
Your Reflections!
RULES:
1. Follow the questions (if you want!)
2. Think of all the process that brought you here
3. Write your final reflection!
Annex
List of useful links
LFOTD #3
LFOTD #1
LFOTD #2
List of audiovisual materials
LFOTD #4
List of interesting quotes
The Languages of Europe
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International Day of the Mother Language
21st February, 2022
What is a Language?
And a Mother Language?
Go over the dots on the map to know what the section is about!
The Languages
of Europe
Linguistic Emergency
Link to Google Classroom
Straight from the North
Introduction
"A language tells who you are. It is connected with your culture, with your lands, with your family"
Ancient Rome DNA
The Indo-European Connection
LANGUAGES
TERRITORIES
CULTURES
Introduction
1. About yourself
3. The World
5. The Maps
2. Your city
7. Let's think about languages
4. Experts say...
6. How come?
The Language Fact of the Day #1
There are between 6000 and 7000 languages in the world - spoken by 7 billion people divided into 189 independent states.
Tower of Babel vs Linguistics - the quest for the first language
Share your thoughts!
The Indo-European
Connection
Think about it!
Setting the Scene: Europe, the continent
Observe, compare and conclude
The Language Fact of the Day #2
Languages are related to each other like the members of a family. Most European languages belong to the large Indo-European family.
Share your thoughts!
The Romance and Germanic Languages
Initial questions
Basic information
Time for research!
Linguistic Emergency:
The Death of a Language
Initial thoughts
Time for exploration!
Some vocabulary
The Language Fact of the Day #4
UNESCO estimates that if nothing is done to protect the world's languages, 3,000 will disappear in the next 80 years.
Click here to learn more!
Your Reflections!
RULES:
1. Follow the questions (if you want!)
2. Think of all the process that brought you here
3. Write your final reflection!
Annex
List of useful links
LFOTD #3
LFOTD #1
LFOTD #2
List of audiovisual materials
LFOTD #4
List of interesting quotes