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European Day of Languages – Quick Fix phrases

Anne MacleodAugust 29th, 2008

Celebrate the European Day of Languages on 26th September with printable, downloadable Quick Fix phrases in no less than 36 languages! More about this on BBC Languages – Quick Fix phrases

Categories: BBC, Events in languages

One Response to “European Day of Languages – Quick Fix phrases”

Brian Barker September 6th, 2008 at 10:20
I hope that the “European Day of Languages” will encourage many people to learn a new language. Especially in the United Kingdom where the interest in learning language seems to be declining.

Did you know that four schools in Britain have introduced Esperanto, the neutral international language, in order to test its propaedeutic values?

The pilot project is being monitored by the University of Manchester, and I believe the project deserves academic appraisal. You can see detail at http://www.lernu.net