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Languages that Unite, Smiles that Connect: European Day of Languages

 Language Week, 28 Sep 2025 - 03 Oct 2025, Nicosia, Cyprus

This inspiring message was shared by our students and teachers as we celebrated the European Day of Languages at our Lyceum. Throughout the week, our students explored the importance of linguistic diversity and the value of learning foreign languages, while also embracing the spirit of a multicultural Europe. Both students and teachers enthusiastically took part in a wide range of activities, inside and outside the classroom, including:
 Language Treasure Hunt
 Flags and Languages Challenge
 Food Corner: Make, Sell, and Buy for a Good Cause
 Photo Booth: Let’s Smile!
 Video Creation
 Kahoot! Games
 It was a truly amazing week that helped everyone realize that languages build bridges — and smiles connect hearts across cultures.

Venue: Regional Lyceum M. Koutsofta – A. Panagidi of Palaiometocho (Show On Map)
Target groups:  Language learners Pupils Language teachers Students Language experts Parents

Organizer: Regional Lyceum M. Koutsofta – A. Panagidi of Palaiometocho
Estimated number of participants/people involved: 440
Address: 1, CHRISTOU KARYOU STREET, 2682, Nicosia, Cyprus
Contact Name: Therapoula Constantinou
Website: https://lyk-palaiometocho-lef.schools.ac.cy/el/draseis/fotografies?view=article&id=178:evropaiki-imera-glosson&catid=18

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20 ideas for this year's European Day of Languages

Struggling to find ideas for an event for this year’s European Day of Languages? It can be challenging to organise events that are fun, inclusive, have an educational element and motivate a large number of people. Below are a few ideas to get your creative thoughts flowing, most of which are based on the principle of “starting small to go big”! 20 ideas for activities that can be carried in celebration of this year's EDL.

20 ideas for this year's European Day of Languages

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Vote for this year’s most innovative event!  

To add a further element of spice to the Day, anyone visiting the website can vote for what they regard as the most innovative EDL event. This can be due to its creativity, transferability or just because it truly represents the spirit of the Day. Voting will be open for one month, from 20 September – 20 October, with the winner to be announced in December. There will be a small prize for the organizer of the event which receives the most votes.

2024's 'most innovative event' is
Long live the European Day of Languages/ Vive la Journée européenne des langues

The event received 1900+ votes and was organised by Lycée Alfred Mézières de Longwy, France.

Congratulations to the winners!

We were greatly impressed by the creativity and great effort which went into organising the events submitted and would like to thank all organisers of EDL events in 2024.