EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES

How many European languages can you speak? How many languages are there? Some are spoken by millions, some are spoken by a few hundreds. 

Language quiz

LEAVING HOME BEHIND

Since the Syrian civil war broke up four years ago, more than 11 million people have been displaced.
 The majority of refugees are now in Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan, but hundreds of thousands are attempting a dangerous trip across the Mediterranean into Greece, hoping to find a better future in Europe.
 How is Europe responding?

This is Amira, a 16-year old Syrian refugee. She is one of 30 million other children around the world who had to leave their home behind.
  

Read about her here:

Diary of a Teenage Girl Refugee





 

Can you answer these questions?

1. Why did Amira and her family run to a neighbour’s house?

  

2. How did they get out of the country?

3. Why didn’t the soldiers at the checkpoints see them?

4.  Does she share her tent with any other people?

5.  How did their neighbours in the refugee cam help them?

  

6. Why is she so fond of her necklaces?

  

7. What does Amira do all day?

8.  How does she stay in touch with her family back home?

 

Can you imagine yourself in her situation? What do you think she misses most from the life she left behind?