What is the European Day of Languages?
Following the success of the Year of Languages in 2001, which was jointly organised by the European Union and the Council of Europe, the latter declared a European Day of Languages, to be celebrated on 26t September every year.
The general objectives of the European Day of Languages are:
· alerting the public to the importance of language learning and broadening the range of languages learned, in order to increase multilingualism and intercultural understanding;