The deadline for entries to the 2025 European Day of Languages Competition has now passed. Register your interest to be the first to hear about next year’s competition and other exciting opportunities.
2025 Competition for Schools
For this year’s competition, we’re asking students to explore and express in their own words how languages open hearts and minds, both their own and those of others.
The competition is open to all schools that study or speak in a European language and aims to showcase the importance of language learning and how they unite us.
Using the ‘Opening Hearts’ and ‘Opening Minds’ templates, students will reflect on:
❤️ How languages make them feel and connect people across cultures
🧠 The knowledge, skills, and future opportunities languages provide
Entries must include text in a European language (e.g. a phrase, paragraph, poem, or creative format). All participating schools will receive access to a resource pack including an assembly, quizzes and cross-curricular activities.
How to enter
Using our ‘Opening Hearts’ and ‘Opening Minds’ templates, students should:
In the heart outline, write about how languages make you feel.
- How do you feel about your own language and culture?
- How do you feel about other languages, the languages of your friends?
- How do languages bring people together?
- How do they help us to understand other people and other cultures?
In the head outline, write about how languages give you the skills and knowledge to make you a global citizen of the future.
- What languages can you speak?
- Why are languages important?
- Why should we learn languages?
- What careers are open to you if you can speak more than one language?
Your entry must include text in a European language. This can be:
- Words or phrases
- Sentences or paragraphs
- A poem or haiku
- A letter to a friend
- A calligram
- An acrostic
- Song lyrics
Entries must be submitted by a teacher on the Global School Alliance platform.
How to submit entry
- Register via the form on this page.
- Check your email with the information to access the project space.
- Navigate to ‘Documents’ and upload the submission to Primary/Secondary folder.
How the competition will be judged
The winners will be picked by a panel of three judges who will be looking for:
a) creativity b) presentation and c) language used
Who can enter
The competition is open to Primary and Secondary age groups.
Please refer to ‘How to Enter‘ for further guidance.
When is the deadline?
17th October 2025.
When will the winners be announced?
3rd November 2025.
Register Your Interest
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