Hello! Welcome to 'Ears Open: Hearing Languages at School'.

In this lesson, you will listen for languages in playground chats and classroom talk. At school, you hear lots of different languages! Friends from other countries speak their home languages during playtime or lessons.

Today, you will learn greetings like 'hello' in French, German, Spanish, and Irish. Click the play buttons to hear them and say them out loud. Have fun being a language detective!

Have you ever wondered why some people talk differently from you? That's because of languages!

A language is like a secret code that people use to talk, share stories, and communicate. Everyone in the world uses a language, but there are lots of different ones – over 7,000!

Think About It!

• What language do you speak at home? Maybe English, or something else?
• Have you ever heard people say 'hello' in a funny or different way?
• Does your family use words from another language, like for food or family names?

There are lots of different languages spoken around the world. People say 'hello' in many special ways.

Flag	Language	Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
	French	Bonjour	bon-zhoor	Hello
	German	Guten Tag	goo-ten tahg	Hello
	Spanish	Hola	oh-lah	Hello
	Irish	Dia duit	dee-ah gwit	Hello
	Italian	Ciao	chow	Hello
	Polish	Cześć	cheshch	Hello
	Japanese	Konnichiwa	kon-nee-chee-wah	Hello

Now let's practise recognising greetings in Spanish, German, French and Irish. Click each one to hear and see the word. Say it out loud if you can!