Language - investigations:

1. Can I learn some words and phrases from the languages of our partner schools, e.g. hello, goodbye, thank you, numbers. Are there any words that are the same or similar?
2. Can you find any words in your language that come from other countries/cultures?
3. Did people in your country always speak your language?
4. How far back in history could you go and still be understood?
5. Are there any other languages spoken in your    country? What? Why?
6. Have any languages in your country been banned, repressed or made compulsory?
7. What are dialects? Does your country have different dialects or accents?
8. How did your language develop?
9. What key events in your country’s history have shaped/changed your language?
10. How has your language changed recently? – TV, text, email, Twitter etc?
11. What are the first words or phrases young children learn to say in your language?
12. To what other languages is your language most closely related?

Upload a song from your country that we can all learn