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It is already a tradition in our school that we participate each school year in the celebrations of the European Day of Languages ​​announced by the Council of Europe in 2011. September 26 is the day when we celebrate the diversity and uniqueness of languages, along with many schools, language schools and other organizations not only in Slovakia but also in Europe. According to the proverb “How many languages you can speak, so many times you are a human” we tried to be human at 7 workshops. People who love their mother tongue, people curious, hardworking people, people longing for education, people who tolerate different skin color, religion or culture.

And what languages ​​did we celebrate this year? They were eight. The three traditional workshops that the pupils already knew were dedicated to learning German, Russian and English. In this school year, we also opened a French language course, so we thought that we would introduce this wonderful, though difficult, language to all pupils.

In addition, we will soon have an international Erasmus + project meeting, and we will host pupils and teachers from the Czech Republic and Poland in one week in October. So we prepared pupils' workshops to get acquainted with the realities of the partner countries and to notice the differences and similarities with our Slovak language. And the workshop, which had the greatest success, was dedicated to the temperament and musical and dance talent of the Roma culture.

Let's have a short break at each workshop. English is a language you can speak almost everywhere. Here, pupils checked their knowledge in a language quiz and danced floss dance.

At the German language workshop, first-grade pupils tried working with tablets, watched a short video about the beauties of Germany, and learned colors and numbers. In Russian, they danced the kazakh dance, played with Russian toys and practiced Cyrillic.

France - a country of fashion, art and sports was presented at 5 learning centers. The pupils were impressed by the maze, the tasting of typical French dishes, but also the throaty “rrrrr”. The artist-pupils tried to capture the beauty of the Eiffel Tower or Arc de Triomphe with a pencil.

In addition to points, they also earned a sweet reward at the Polish post in the form of the typical 'krówki' or 'ciasteczka maślanego' for training writing in Polish scripts according to the model and false friends - words that look the same but have different meaning in languages (bałwan - snowman, sopel - icicles). Here I would like to thank the father and mother of the Bogacki family for taking the time to show the beauty of the Polish language. Mr. Bogacki, a Polish born, taught the children several greetings and tongue-teasers and read the excerpt from the fairy tale about a big beet. Mrs. Bogacki introduced us to a small second-class Olívia in Krakow's costume. It is great that parents also contributed to a successful course of activities.

The Czech and Slovak languages ​​shared a common position in the spirit of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia. We remembered a bit when Czechs and Slovaks understood each other without an interpreter. Pupils created new words from the word SLOVAKIA, solving entertaining tasks with idioms, comparing Czech and Slovak expressions.

And finally, every celebration includes singing and dancing. The lively - Roma, pupils could look at the Roma language workshop. Do you know what awaits you in the future? Gypsy cards told you right here.

I believe that every pupil (and even teachers ) has found their “best” language in at least one workshop. Thank you very much to the teachers for the preparation of the activities and to the pupils who have been educated and assisted at the individual workshops.