Language Diversity

Multidisciplinary Flipped Learning with ICTErasmus+ KA2 Project

FLwICT(2015 – 2017)

4th Project Meeting, 4th -8th April 2016Daugavpils Saskanas School /Latvia

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;

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:

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

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.

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

Sources• https://www.google.lv/search?q=languages&biw=16

00&bih=755&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDkLXk7vvLAhXld5oKHXJFDU0Q_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=brain+

• https://www.google.lv/search?q=languages&biw=1600&bih=755&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDkLXk7vvLAhXld5oKHXJFDU0Q_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=spain+flag

• https://www.google.lv/search?q=languages&biw=1600&bih=755&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDkLXk7vvLAhXld5oKHXJFDU0Q_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=ferance+flag

• https://www.google.lv/search?q=languages&biw=1600&bih=755&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDkLXk7vvLAhXld5oKHXJFDU0Q_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=family+tree

• Our brains

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