This was the Esperanto Association of Britain's site from 2005 to 2018. You will find its current site at esperanto.org.uk.
In 2002, EAB NetNews included a piece on the European Day of Languages , which included some links to other sites. In the following issue, we reported:
Elizabeth Stanley, who teaches at Sir Thomas Rich's School
In 2003 we received an email from Elke Resch
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Become part of a European-wide network on languages and discover things you never knew about language learning
Inform yourself and others on the events going on in the 45 participating countries
Participate
Win a trip to the European Centre for Modern Languages in Europe's Cultural Capital 2003, Graz, by participating in the slogan competition 2004
Share your experiences of the events from last year which took place in your country
Discover
Consult the documents and useful links on the website .
Use the EDL poster, leaflets, stickers and logo to brighten up your event/office/classroom
I recently received a request for ideas for celebrating the Day from a language teacher in Bristol. I wonder how many other schools there may be that would be interested in exchanging ideas on including Esperanto in their Day of Languages celebrations.
On the ECML's webpage on the European Day of Languages
So far (2003-08-11), there are activities at
Brighton & Hove LEA: Launching City Languages: Target Group: General public, Students, Language learners, etc. Contact Address: E-Mail: viki.junor @ brighton-hove.gov.uk Phone: +44 1273-293651
Belfast: Europe on the Move Conference: A conference for post-primary schools in Northern Ireland providing information on European enlargement. Students will be able to participate in language taster lessons in candidate country languages. Organiser: European Resource Centre, British Council E-Mail: jonathan.stewart @ britishcouncil.org Web: www.britishcouncil.org/education/ Phone: +44 28 90248220
Longridge High School, Lancashire: Language Week (22-26th): Teachers will be teaching a different language!
They're also holding competitions of posters, jokes, videos, poems, songs, internet and cartoons. ALL MFL Teachers will wear typical costumes from different European countries.
Beechen Cliff School: A cross-curricular day where all departments will be teaching with a european theme. Registration in different languages for different year groups; guest speakers who have used languages in their work.
Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke: Taster sessions in Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Welsh, Polish, Russian culminating in a challenge. Games in French and German. In the afternoon, a foreign film. The target is college students 16-19 as well as an equal number of pupils form the local secondary schools.
The Wellbeck Hotel, Nottingham: French training for those working in the tourism industry
CILT, the National Centre for Languages EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES
Celebrating linguistic diversity, plurilingualism and life long language learning
26 September 2003 is the European Day of Languages !
Events will be taking place all over Europe to celebrate linguistic diversity on 26 September 2003. One website tells you all you need to know !
The Council of Europe EDL website www.coe.int/edl will keep you informed with up-to-the-minute news about EDL activities throughout Europe
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
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Organise events and promote them via our interactive events database
Include a mention of EDL2003 in your newsletters and journals, and put it on the agendas of your meetings