🚀Not long now! #LangsLeadScot 2024-25 launches on Friday & some first journal submissions are already in🤩
👋The Scotland’sLanguages LeadershipProgramme team abt to welcome more than 3️⃣0️⃣teachers of languages in🏴to the #SLLP family
🏷️@SheenaSCILT@louiseglen4@ShonaHugh
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Do you teach/would like to teach #German in a primary or secondary school in Scotland? Register for information about our new network, Teachers of German in Scotland (TOGS). Help us build a community to support the growth of German in Scottish schools! loom.ly/S5s-viw
Primary schools in Scotland - this is for you! Trial our foreign language materials in class from P1 -P7 & see what we can help you achieve! No cost. No obligation. Access to everything for 6 whole weeks. #languageangels#primary#edutwitter@scottishcilt@LANGSScot@scotgov
An honest but relentlessly optimistic, solutions-focused and rich keynote from Ed Welch. Thank you Ed for everything you've done for languages, our network, and our learners in Scotland. We will miss you! #LANGS
SCILT's Christmas webpage is now live! We've compiled a range of resources to use in the language classroom to celebrate the festive season. Check it out now! loom.ly/lFyHYCQ#christmas#languages#resources
The French, German, Spanish and Italian consulates in Scotland have written to the University of Aberdeen raising concerns about potential cuts to modern language courses. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-n…
The University of Aberdeen should "carefully consider" its proposals to cut modern languages courses, the Scottish government has said. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-n…
'Slump in modern languages threatens economy and national security.
The decline in pupils studying a foreign language is bad for them — and bad for Britain'
thetimes.co.uk/article/why-2…
🔥It’s on!
The French Pop Video Competition is back with its 6th edition!
🎬@ifru_london in association with @OIFrancophonie is inviting all teachers of French to register their students in this competition!
👉All details here: rb.gy/5cog7n@ALLYorksHumber@TV5MONDE
With all the media coverage abt language learning in Scotland atm, be sure to attend the online curriculum review of languages this Thurs at 4.30pm. Pri and sec teachers invited-use this link: rb.gy/1g6hiu (will open abt 4.15pm on Thurs) @EducationScot@JPCassidyHMI
ALT Against a mid-blue background the following text is written in a mixture of white, blue and purple coloured sans serif fonts: For teachers in complementary and heritage language schools. Branching out with languages. Bilingualism Matters and SCILT, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages are offering a series of free, online professional learning workshops for teachers in complementary and heritage language schools, based in the UK and beyond. The Bigger Picture. Wednesday 31 January (5-6pm) The basics of bilingual language development and the role of teachers, parents and communities. The Language Learning Buzz. Thursday 22 February (5-6pm). Strategies to engage and motivate learners, both online and in the classroom. The Supportive Classroom. Wednesday 20 March (5-6pm). Strategies to support learning and encourage positive mindsets within a group of mixed ability learners.
Go beyond boundaries*
*Terms & Conditions apply. In English only. No study of other languages will be provided. "Go beyond boundaries" does not imply learning about other cultures.
This is the number of presentations...not the number of young people studying a language. If we still continue to measure language learning by exam results, we do the teachers and learners a massive injustice. It's languages, not modern languages. (1/3)
Things look grim for language learning in Scotland, with the number of pupils studying them in high school falling massively over the last twenty years.
What's behind this shift, and can anything be done to stop it?
My @heraldscotland long-read:
heraldscotland.com/news/2395…
Like removing maths, natural sciences or history, an ancient university without language degrees is no longer ancient or a university.
Managers should own their role in budget positions & lead not by 'doing to' but working creatively *with* students-staff
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-n…
"We need to ensure that future generations have the skills in understanding cultures, understanding different societal relationships."
@MaggieChapman has expressed concerns regarding proposals to cut of language degrees at the University of Aberdeen.