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Germanic Language Family • Has the most native (1 st ) speakers • Most

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Diversity in European L a n g u a g e s Today •

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1. How are the languages of French and Italian similar? A. The two countries

2. Which major European language origin has the largest number of native speakers? A.

3. What have Europeans done to solve the problems presented by so many different

4. Which language(s) come from the ancient Roman Empire? A. B. C. D. English

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T e a c h e r Info –Languages Gallery Walk • Print o f f the following 6 slides and post them around the room. (The students will need to travel to each poster, read it, and write down what they think the language is. ) © 2014 Brain Wrinkles

T e a c h e r Info –Languages Gallery Walk • Print o f f the following slide and give each student a copy. • The students will f i r s t travel around the room and read the language poster, guessing the language of the poster. • A t the end of the discussion, the students will classify the posters by language family. © 2014 Brain Wrinkles

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T e a c h e r Info –Languages Question Strip • Print o f f the following slide, cut out, and give each student a Question Strip. • The students should glue the strip into their notebooks and write the answers on the notebook lines beside each question. • All of the answers can be found in the presentation. © 2014 Brain Wrinkles

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European L a n g u a g e s • Europe is home to more than 200 native languages! • Most European languages are in 3 main language families (or categories): • Germanic, • Romance, & • Slavic © 2014 Brain Wrinkles

Germanic Language Family • Has the most native (1 st ) speakers • Most live in northwest and central Europe • English & German are part of this family • About 20% of Europeans speak one of these two languages • Most Europeans learn English as a 2 nd language in their schools © 2014 Brain Wrinkles

Romance Language Family • Includes French, Italian, & Spanish, Portuguese • Most live in the south and west of Europe • These languages come from Latin, the language of the ancient Roman Empire • Romance Languages © 2014 Brain Wrinkles

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Diversity in European L a n g u a g e s Today • Many countries have more than one official language • Part of life in many countries in Europe due to the ethnic background of the people living there • Many countries share borders, and people move back and f o r t h across borders • About 400 million people in the world speak English because it is often the choice f o r a 2 nd language © 2014 Brain Wrinkles

• Having so many languages can be a problem • Difficult to live, work, and trade with people who cannot communicate with each other • So… • Schoolchildren learn 1 or 2 other languages besides their own • European Union has 23 “official” languages to make sure that people can understand laws and decisions made by the government © 2014 Brain Wrinkles

1. How are the languages of French and Italian similar? A. The two countries are close to each other. B. Both languages are Romance Languages. C. They share roots of Germanic languages.

2. Which major European language origin has the largest number of native speakers? A. Germanic B. Romance C. Slavic

3. What have Europeans done to solve the problems presented by so many different languages? A. They do not trade with people who do not speak the same language. B. Made laws that proclaim English is the only official language of the EU. C. Require students in school to learn at least two languages.

4. Which language(s) come from the ancient Roman Empire? A. B. C. D. English and Dutch Russian and Polish Latin French, Italian, Spanish