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News from the Education Scotland Modern Languages team

Author: Shona Hugh, Education Scotland

As we find ourselves in unsettling and uncertain times, the Modern Languages team at Education Scotland has been as busy as ever, supporting the many working groups around the education recovery process. Like everyone else, we have been connecting digitally with our networks and we were delighted to be part of the recent Dumfries and Galloway Languages conference, hosted on Teams. We were able to share national messages around the ‘Continuing 1+2’ policy and what that might look like as schools resume. In addition, we shared our work on the refreshed curriculum narrative, through a modern languages lens, as well as an in-depth look at the Education Scotland modern languages progression materials from first to fourth level, hosted on the National Improvement Hub.

Support for teachers and learners

A Wakelet, bringing together a range of free-to-access language learning websites to support teachers, can be found on the National Improvement Hub, along with other general advice on remote teaching and learning. The LearnerZone on the National Languages Hub on Glow has a wide range of links for pupils at all stages to maintain engagement with language learning.

Scottish Education Award for Internationalism and Languages

Sadly, as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, this year’s Scottish Education Awards have been cancelled. We would like thank all schools that submitted entries; as always, the standard was very high. Our congratulations go to the three schools shortlisted as finalists for Internationalism and Languages: Craigroyston Community High School in Edinburgh, Neilston Primary School in East Renfrewshire and Turnbull High School in East Dunbartonshire.

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