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- May 9th, 2011
Europe Day 2011
- nickmorgan
- Comments: 1 CommentTags: europe, modern languages
Today is Europe Day, the annual date for celebration of the existence and activities of the European Union. Many Scottish schools work throughout the year to support student learning about Europe, taking part in initiatives such as the primary school Euroquiz
This is also the month of ‘Comenius Week’, when schools celebrate the successes of intercultural dialogue achieved through the EU’s Comenius partnerships programmes. Scotland has benefitted from many Comenius school partnerships, with both bilateral and multilateral school projects, and the newer Regio programme has enabled partnership working at local authority level too.
All the major European organisations offer support to teachers who want to include a stronger European dimension to their work in schools. Three examples: the annual European Day of Languages (26th September) initiated by the Council of Europe; the education resources such as ‘Crisis Point’ produced by the European Parliament offices; and the resources such as ‘Passport to the EU’ created by the European Commission.
On this 9th May, a BBC News web story focuses on poor language skills among British people and the impact of this on their ability to win jobs with European institutions.
Categories europe, international, modern languages
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