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On the EU day of languages, I had the chance of teaching my classmates the native language of my mother, Thai. It was difficult in the beginning trying to recall a language I haven´t spoken in a long time. I found it more difficult than learning all the new languages I learned in the meantime but it´s mainly due to the fact Thai is not a Latin originated language and so it´s difficult to even recall the basics of it even though I was learning it from a young age. In the end I sort of caught up to my old level of Thai speaking but I´m still nowhere near to even being a novice Thai speaker but it did the job on allowing me to teach my classmates some basic phrases of the language. It was a pleasant experience, when I finally finished my lesson, I was surprised by the fact that I actually made it!! I was not expecting the class to react in the way they did and that they would learn even faster than I even did! It was such a blessing for my soul to know that I helped someone or even m...

Students teach each other greetings and the basics to communicate with each other in various foreign languages they know.    This action focuses on students' knowledge and awareness of Foreign languages taking advantage of their Foreign language capacity by teaching their peers.   In this way, we promote the concept of plurilingualism which is a priority of the Council of Europe.  Students will share their teaching and learning experience.  Feel free to leave your comments.