Author: Lynne Jones, SCILT
Scotland’s languages community will celebrate Languages Week Scotland during the week beginning 1 February 2021. Throughout the week SCILT, LANGS and Education Scotland, along with a wide range of interested partners, will be “Celebrating Scotland’s Languages Landscape”. The aim is to amplify the voices of people, organisations and events that celebrate multilingualism in the many ways it manifests in our communities.
Before Christmas, two dedicated virtual spaces will open for business - a new @LangsWeekScot Twitter account and the new LWS area of the SCILT website. In the run-up to and during Languages Week Scotland 2021, there will be lots of activity on social media and in the press. Follow and use the #scotlandloveslanguages hashtag to discover and share LWS activities and events.
Amongst many, many other things, Languages Week Scotland 2021 will include:
- daily language challenges on social media
- announcements of the winners of both the Scottish Languages and Employability Award and the Mother Tongue Other Tongue multilingual poetry competition
- applications opening for two exciting opportunities: SCILT digital intern roles for senior phase pupils, and places on the new Languages Leadership Programme for post-probationer teachers.
- the launch of a three-year strategic plan committing to the expansion of Languages Week Scotland as a national celebration event
- a virtual sharing event for educators to raise the profile of socially just and equitable approaches to languages education
Be sure to spread the word to ensure your schools and communities know all about Languages Week Scotland and can start making their plans now.