1. WHY DO WE NEED TO LEARN
LANGUAGES?

2. 1. How many languages do you think are spoken in the world today?
2,000
6,500
10,500
2. Which language is most widely spoken?
3. Which languages come into the top 4 most widely spoken?

3. Answers: 1B – 6500 languages
2 – Mandarin Chinese
3- Then English, Spanish, Hindi.

4. WHY LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE?
75% of the world’s population do not speak English!
Learning a new language boosts your brainpower!
It helps you communicate better with other people!

5. Now in groups, using your whiteboards,
write down as many languages as you
can which are spoken in Europe.

6. Which continent is this?
Do you know any languages which
might be spoken here?

7. HELLO! THANK YOU! Guten tag Buenos dias Bonjour Ni hao Namaste Merci
Gracias
Danke
Xie Xie
Dhanyavaad
With a partner, see if you can work out which words are Mandarin, Spanish, German,
Hindi or French? Practise saying them. How do they sound different?