16 000. Approximately 16 000 words are spoken by everyone of us each day. We know that often people who come to the top are very eloquent. This has been the case in history and this will also be true in the future. Our needs analysis shows that companies need people who are able to give a profound analysis in English on a given topic. One of the things we often hear from people who work in (big) companies is that their staff members do no longer know how to do a speech, how to write an effective report, how to get along with people from other companies of other countries. As the title implies, the aim of this project was thus first and foremost to raise pupil's eloquency about current topics. Words, and the power of words, have become of utmost importance in our everyday life. Therefore, we want to give 18 pupils per country, thus 74 in total, the chance to work on this urgent matter. These pupils, aged 15-18, focused on specific aspects concerning speaking, discussing and reflecting, both during preparatory phases which has been developed in each school, as during the learning activities organised as an exchange meeting in one of the partner schools. This way the students acquired knowledge about speaking in public, and also tried to conquer their possible fear and enjoy the opportunity of having a hands on experience with other European citizens speaking about current affairs. As a result, their speaking comprehension was boosted. Due to the Covid Pandemic, the last meeting was virtual. This implied that the students could also improve their online meeting skills, as they had to negotiate in smaller groups. Moreover they debated in front of everyone online. In this world, where at the moment online meetings are the most important, these are important skills. We can speak, I have a word to say, Our words change things and The birth of a common language were different parts of our project. We focused on speeches and the best way to give a speech (verbal and non-verbal), analysed the use of different ways of communication (both written and oral texts) to compare the reliability of the different sources (e.g. in newspapers/tv/social media) where we focused on populism, historical figures who gave society changing speeches and debating respectively. We invited experts upon the different matters, e.g. on verbal and non-verbal communication and on populism. The students did a lot of speeches during the project, and thus improved these skills, as well as their English. Every exchange, we used European topics to talk about. Most of the time, we focussed on the current affairs, the current European matters, as to also raise the pupils' awareness of the European topics. We speeched about it, spoke about it, and last but not least, debated upon these matters. We created a common website for the project that is linked directly to our respective school websites. This was used to upload results and correspondence, and to present the stages of our project to the school as well as the local community. All results are also be uploaded on eTwinning and continuously displayed in our Erasmus+ project corners at school. In all the schools, articles have been written about the project, either in a local news paper or in the schools' paper. The tutorial on how to give a proper speech is helpful as a guideline for teachers and students all over Europe, because pupils have written these guidelines themselves. Writing this, the students became aware of the pitfalls of speeching and they made sure others can benefit from their researches. During the activities, the tutorial was further complemented with the newly adopted skills. All the aforementioned activities facilitated raising an awareness of shared concepts and promoted the capacity to act on related issues. The participation in this project allowed our schools and communities to promote a positive attitude both towards European pupils and to dare to speak in front of a public. The project made our teenagers more conscious about the fact that being able to tell their opinion in a structured, respectful way is of utter importance in everyday life. They became more aware of differences and similarities between different European countries, of how working together could bring them to a higher level. Their level of English increased, as well as their sense of initiative and their digital competence. These skills are important for their future at school and when they look for a job. This project helped them to raise their skills to the top.