Power point for primary education to explain the origin of languages and variety of these in Europe. English version

1. European Day ofEuropean Day of
LanguagesLanguages

2. On September 26On September 26thth
countries incountries in
Europe celebrate the EuropeanEurope celebrate the European
Day of Languages.Day of Languages.
What do we celebrate on this day?What do we celebrate on this day?

3. We celebrate that we live in a worldWe celebrate that we live in a world
where there are different cultures andwhere there are different cultures and
languages.languages.

4. We also celebrate that learning otherWe also celebrate that learning other
languages help us to communicate withlanguages help us to communicate with
people from other countries,people from other countries,

5. help us to understand different ways of life andhelp us to understand different ways of life and
cultures without prejudging them only becausecultures without prejudging them only because
they are not like us,they are not like us,

6. Help us to understand songs, to read booksHelp us to understand songs, to read books
in the language they were written by thein the language they were written by the
author and watch movies in O.Vauthor and watch movies in O.V

7. Allow us to travel around the world andAllow us to travel around the world and
live lots of incredible experiences.live lots of incredible experiences.

8. and last but not least, help us to find aand last but not least, help us to find a
better job and provides us with morebetter job and provides us with more
skills to face the future.skills to face the future.

9. Where are from the differentWhere are from the different
languages we speak in Europe?languages we speak in Europe?

10. Most European Languages comeMost European Languages come
from a mother language calledfrom a mother language called
proto Indoeuropeanproto Indoeuropean
Its origin seems to be in IndiaIts origin seems to be in India

11. Proto Indo-European divided intoProto Indo-European divided into
different branches :different branches :
Romance BranchRomance Branch
Germanic BranchGermanic Branch
Slavic BranchSlavic Branch
Celtic BranchCeltic Branch

12. In this map we can see how theIn this map we can see how the
different Indo-European branchesdifferent Indo-European branches
spread on Europe.spread on Europe.

13. Europe is plurilingual andEurope is plurilingual and
European citizens need toEuropean citizens need to
understand each others , so weunderstand each others , so we
need to learn Languages.need to learn Languages.

14. Happy European Day ofHappy European Day of
Languges! !Languges! !