Every year on 26 September, students at institutions of higher education (HEI) and schools, lecturers and teachers, and various institutions throughout Europe celebrate the European Day of Languages.
This stems from the Council of Europe’s conviction that linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent. Therefore, the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, promotes plurilingualism in the whole of Europe. At the Council of Europe’s initiative, the European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26 September - together with the European Commission.
https://edl.ecml.at/
Join us in celebrating linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe and beyond! All members of TU Darmstadt and their families are cordially invited!
When?
26 September 2024
9 a.m to 7 p.m.
Where?
Room 0.04 „dynamicum“
darmstadtium – science and congress centre
Schlossgraben 1
64283 Darmstadt
What?
We cordially invite you to get to know different languages, to communicate in your own language and to engage with the topic of multilingualism at institutions of higher education (HEI), in Europe and in the world.
Programme
| Time | Activities | |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-10:30 | Interactive and information stands | |
| 10:30- 11:00 | Unite! Language Café | Unite! Language Café |
| 11:00-11:45 | Workshop #1 – Joined Up Writing – A collaborative (multilingual) poetry workshop | |
| 11:45-14:30 | Interactive and information stands | Language Café |
| 14:30-15:30 | Workshop #2 – Multilingual strategies for teaching in HEI | |
| 15:30-16:30 | Interactive and information stands | Language Café |
| 16:30-17:30 | Workshop #3 – Intercomprehension to go | |
| 17:30-19:00 | Interactive and information stands | Language Café |
Organising the European Day of Languages at TU Darmstadt is one of the actions outlined in the University's Language Policy. For more information on the languages policy and functional multilingualism, please refer to the webpages of the Languages Policy Implementation team and the Linguistics – Multilingualism research group.
The European Day of Languages will be held in partnership with Unite! Alliance of European Universities in the same conference building as the X Unite! Dialogue & II Branding Event themed Inspiring People – Sparking Innovation hosted by TU Darmstadt.
All guests from the nine partner universities are warmly invited to attend! In addition, several members of various Unite! working groups are actively contributing to the European Day of Languages with information and activities. Unite! guests will find the Unite! Language Café and the European Day of Languages in the Dialogue programme.
