Events

Language-related events in Scotland and beyond. Does not claim to be comprehensive or represent the views of SCILT.


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A Taste of Multilingual Europe - A Conference for Modern Languages Practitioners in Secondary Schools

Modern Language teachers are invited to meet cultures and languages of their European neighbours, learn about some available resources and services as...

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Scottish Learning Festival 2012

SLF 2012 takes place on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 September in the SECC, Glasgow. The theme for this year’s festival is Creative Learning...Creativ...

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Language Show Live 2012

Running for over 23 years, Language Show Live 2012 returns with an incredible line-up of speakers, more classes and exhibitors than ever before and ne...

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ESRC Festival of Social Sciences - Talk in two languages: a problem or a skill?

When talking together, bilinguals often use both their languages. Not only may they use two languages in the same conversation, but even in the same s...

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Yakety Yak Language Café open door event at Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh

As you may know, Yakety Yak started their sessions in Ocean Bar and Kitchen at Ocean Terminal last month. To raise more awareness they are holdin...

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The Bilingual People Virtual Language Recruitment Fair

Make a date in your diary to visit our most exciting event of 2012, the Virtual Language Recruitment Fair which will run online from 14th- 16th Novemb...

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"Let's Become a Bilingual Family" (BILFAM): A project on bringing languages to children at home

Antonella Sorace and Martha Robinson (University of Edinburgh and Bilingualism Matters) will present the Scottish results of the recently completed BI...

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2 for 1: Why going bilingual can work for your school

With languages becoming compulsory at key stage 2 from 2014 and the introduction of the EBacc starting to have an impact on uptake of languages at GCS...

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British Academy Language Week 2012

In November 2012, the British Academy will hold its first Language Week, comprising of a series of events for a combination of public and invited audi...

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EU project FolkDC workshop for teachers

Building the language base for research: the impact and future of Language-Based Area Studies

This one-day event will address the achievements, and future challenges, of the Language-Based Area Studies (LBAS) initiative in developing provision ...

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e-Learning Symposium 2013

LLAS, Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies will hold its 8th annual elearning symposium on 24/25th January 2013. The aim of the symposiu...

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European and International Opportunities for Schools: 8th February 2013

ICT and Languages Conference 2013 ILILC3

The programme will offer a range of session with the emphasis this year very much on ‘hands-on’ workshops, where colleagues can really get to grips wi...

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Collaborative provision in languages

The Higher Education Academy and UCML are holding a one-day event, hosted by the British Academy, to reflect on examples of successful collaboration w...

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SQA Subject Implementation Days for Modern Languages

SQA will be running a programme of Subject Implementation Events (from October 2012 to March 2013) at various venues around the country, to support th...

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Language Rich Europe Closing Conference

Join the conference on 5 March via twitter when Language Rich Europe experts present the recommendations from the project’s research. European politicians will respond to those recommendations, but we’d like your input as well! So you’re invited to join us from 11.00 (CET) onwards when the first panel of the day is taking place.

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Language World 2013 Adult Education Fringe Event

Language World is a conference, two days of nonstop CPD, an exhibition, a social event, and a chance for language teachers from all over the country -...

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Language World 2013

Language World is a conference, two days of nonstop CPD, an exhibition, a social event, and a chance for teachers from all over the country to meet up...

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Primary Languages at Language World

The Languages Education Team (formerly CILT) now based at CfBT has worked with ALL to create a primary strand to the Language World conference to...

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Residence Abroad, Social Networks and Second Language Learning

This conference arises from “LANGSNAP”, a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (research award number: RES-062-23-2996) , based ...

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NQ Modern Languages for Life and Work Award – Launch Event

SQA are hosting a launch event to present the new Modern Languages for Life and Work Award at SCQF levels 3&4. The Award, available as of session ...

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World Voice workshop for teachers

More information about the World Voice project is available on the British Council's Schools Online webpages.

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Live SCHOLAR session for Modern Languages teachers

The SCHOLAR Programme provides staff and students in Scottish secondary schools online access to material to support preparation for SQA exams, as wel...

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Go Latino! What our Latin-root languages share

Day conference for primary and secondary languages.  This conference includes a wide range of themes relevant to teachers of languages which shar...

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Language Assistants: Maximising Support for Language Learning

This showcase and networking event will bring together a range of stakeholders - those interested in exploring innovative ways of supporting the imple...

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Language Partnerships across Sectors: Seminar and Discussion Workshop

This seminar and discussion workshop will bring together stakeholders in language education from universities across Scotland. Presentations of existi...

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Rethink language learning - live webinar

Hosted by Teresa Tinsley. Teresa is one of the UK’s leading language-education experts and has conducted research studies for both the British Academy...

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Foreign language teaching to be subject of debate at Holyrood

The teaching of foreign language learning in Scottish primary schools will be the focus for a conference taking place at the Scottish Parliament in Ma...

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Investing in Scotland’s Future - developing global graduates for a global economy

At a time when employability and skills are a key issue for institutions and the economy, the Scottish Government-funded project Developing Scotland’s...

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Spelling Bee competition final #scottishbee

Scotland’s first National Modern Languages Spelling Bee competition final, organised by SCILT in partnership with Routes into Languages and the Europe...

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Conference on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Language Learning (Jyväskylä 2013)

The Summer School of Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland will be hosting the conference between 3-5th June 2013.Th...

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The June Event

The June Event is a conference and exhibition for language teachers organised by the London Branch of ALL and Linguascope. The theme for the 2013 edit...

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Creative Approaches to Language Teaching

UK YELL2 partner Language Education & Partnerships (LEAP) are hosting a one-day workshop on the 28th June at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingh...

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Primary/Secondary Languages: Things we need to know

ALLNE and Gosforth Academy with Network for Languages NE are holding a day conference for Language teachers in Primary and Secondary schools.Download ...

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Linking Research and Practice in MFL teaching and learning in schools

On Tuesday 2nd July 2013, a series of talks at York will focus on "Linking Research and Practice in MFL teaching and learning in schools". This free e...

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WorldCALL 2013

The prestigious WorldCALL 2013 conference will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, 10-13 July 2013. This is the first time that WorldCALL has been hosted...

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Thriving for the public good: 5th Annual workshop for Heads of Department and leaders in languages, linguistics and area studies

Impact and public benefit are key priorities for the public funding of higher education. Heads of departments of languages and related studies fa...

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Open Educational Resources in Modern Languages

On 20 September the School of Modern Languages at the University of Bristol will be hosting a one-day conference on Teaching and Learning Languag...

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Scottish Learning Festival 2013

Registration is now open for this year’s Scottish Learning Festival (SLF), which takes place on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September in the SECC, Gl...

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International Conference - Sharing to Inspire Language Education across Europe

A major outcome of the YELL2 project in 2013 is a 3-day international conference hosted in Birmingham, UK (2nd-5th October). The conference will bring...

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eTwinning Partner Finding Workshop

This event gives secondary teachers the opportunity to explore how to enhance students’ 21st Century skills through eTwinning, find a compatible ...

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Language Show Live 2013

Language Plus are intensive language classes for beginners and intermediate learners seeking a
full immersion in a particular language at this year's Language Show Live. Each class is run by a professional teacher in an enjoyable and intimate class. Early bird booking rate available until 27 September 2013.

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Developing Online Teaching Skills

We would like to invite you to participate in a 2-day workshop on Developing Online Teaching Skills. The workshop will take place on 25–26 October 201...

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How Culture can reinforce language teaching in Montpellier, France

For teachers of – ANY Modern Foreign Language teaching pupils aged 11-18.We are looking for up to five teachers from the UK to attend this eTwinning p...

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Speaking the World's Languages: international perspectives on developing outstanding practice in the curriculum

The British Council is delighted to announce a major conference offering UK school leaders new insights into the place of language education in a worl...

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International Education Week: Promoting language learning worldwide

International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity to promote the importance of building an international dimension into the education of young peop...

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SCILT support for Languages Baccalaureate

Are you offering the full Languages Baccalaureate or even just its Interdisciplinary Project this session? SCILT can provide you and your S6 candidate...

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Researching foreign language teaching in primary schools

The University of York (in collaboration with the Association for Language Learning) is running a one day interactive workshop in York on Friday 14 Fe...

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Crossing Continents: EPOSTL around the world

Since its publication in 2007, the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL) has been widely used at universities and teacher educ...

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SALT TeachMeet

The provisional programme for primary looks at teaching modern languages in the early years and various aspects of 1+2 in the primary.  The secon...

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Modern Languages in Wales - House of Lords Debate

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Modern Languages, chaired by the Baroness Jean Coussins, will hold a debate on the challenges facing MFL in Wale...

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Planning and Managing Successful Language Projects

Would you like to organise a language education project at your school or institution? Are you already involved in a language project at a school, uni...

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SALT TeachMeet: 1+2 for Primary French

Provisional programme (subject to change) 1+2: qu’est-ce que c’est?Frontline experience (Head Teacher and Classroom Teacher experience) Embedding Fren...

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Higher modern languages: Getting ready for final exam

Glow TV is delighted to offer Higher Students the opportunity to join a session on Modern Languages provided by SCHOLAR. This session will be presente...

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Advanced Higher modern languages: Getting ready for final exam

Glow TV is delighted to offer Advanced Higher Students the opportunity to join a session on Modern Languages provided by SCHOLAR. This session will be...

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Language World 2014

Language World is the annual conference of the Association for Language Learning - two days of nonstop CPD, an exhibition, a social event, and a chanc...

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SQA CfE Event for Higher Education Institutions on English and Languages

The event will focus on Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), the new National Qualifications and the new approaches to assessment. It will provide an oppo...

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National 4/5 Workshop

SCILT, in conjunction with Francisco Valdera-Gil of Glasgow University, is delighted to offer a new workshop on National 4/5 languages. The works...

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Higher Languages Workshop

SCILT, in conjunction with Francisco Valdera-Gil of Glasgow University, is delighted to offer a new workshop on the new Higher for lang...

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Starting work as a Translator or Interpreter (SWATI) 2014

Are you interested in working as a translator or interpreter, but unsure how to start?This one-day free event should answer questions on:The qualities...

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Does learning a foreign language make you smarter? What should we teach about how language works?

There are many reasons to learn a language. Cognitive development is often one of the most citedones. Learning a language is said to improve memory, a...

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Teachmeet Glasgow EAL

TeachMeet is an informal gathering for those of us who are enthusiastic about teaching and who are keen to share ideas.  Everyone is invited to s...

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New Workshops for National 4/5 and Higher Languages

SCILT, in conjunction with Francisco Valdera-Gil of Glasgow University, is delighted to give teachers who were unable to attend the Glasgow event, or ...

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Early Language Learning: Theory and Practice in 2014

In the year when Umeå celebrates its role as European Capital of Culture 2014, we would like to welcome you to join us during the long summer days in ...

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Early Language Learning: Theory and Practice in 2014

Department of Language Studies, Umeå University are happy to announce the first international conference at Umeå on the theme of young children learni...

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Languages and the First World War

Languages and the First World War is a ground-breaking conference at the University of Antwerp and the British Library, 18 & 20 June 2014.In this ...

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Recognizing complexity in language learning and teaching

The conference of the BAAL  Language Learning and Teaching Special Interest Group on "Recognizing complexity in language learning and teaching."P...

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ALL Devon Primary Modern Languages Conference

One day conference providing a practical approach and ideas to support the teaching of Modern Languages in Primary Schools. Visit the ALL website for ...

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Are drugs the answer to learning languages? - Free, live Guardian debate

Scientists have discovered that drugs previously used to treat mood disorders can dramatically enhance your capacity to learn. If you could take a pil...

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Reshaping Languages in Higher Education Conference 2014

Languages have never been more needed in higher education, both as specialist study and as basic key skills. University programmes are undergoing rapi...

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2014 Language and Study Skills Summer School at UCL

UCL will run a non residential summer school for year 12 students (S5 in Scotland) who are interested in learning a new language. Students don’t have ...

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Using the Interactive Whiteboard to promote dialogic teaching and learning.

Target Groups: - primary teachers and teachers of social sciences/arts/science-subjects in secondary and vocational education who want...

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Summer Language School

Our Summer Language Programme is a range of, short but sweet Arabic, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish courses. Each ...

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Contemporary Childhood Conference - Scotland’s Children: Possible Futures?

World-renowned expert on multilingualism, Professor Joseph Lo Bianco, will give keynote address at Scotland’s Children: Possible Futures at the Univer...

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TeachMeet

This free session will include: planning for primary 1-4 Intercultural awareness with blooms taxonomy A closer look at starters and plenarie...

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Languages and Business in the UK

In her inaugural Professorial lecture, Professor Mary Fischer will explore the use of foreign language in British businesses. A plethora of reports ha...

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Scottish Learning Festival 2014

Registration for Scottish Learning Festival 2014 now open. Book your free place at Scotland’s biggest celebration of education and learning. SLF is th...

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‘Every learner a language learner, every teacher a language teacher’

The British Council is organising an evening event on 26 September on the European Day of Languages to celebrate language diversity and language learn...

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Webinar with Suzi Bewell: 'Literature for Languages'

Suzi Bewell is a renowned teacher trainer (PGCSE MFL Course leader at York) and keen contributor to online discussions. In this webinar she will be sh...

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1+2 Train the Trainer Autumn Session

Calling all local authority postholders with a 1+2 and/or Primary Languages remit! If you are the go-to-person in your authority for designing and del...

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SALT Conference 2014

The Scottish Association for Language Teaching is delighted to announce their annual conference will be held on Saturday 1 November at the Univer...

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Primary and Secondary MFL Conference

This one day Saturday conference offers an excellent opportunity for primary and secondary teachers of languages to gain ideas and strategies for the ...

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CPD for teachers and headteachers from European Parliament

A series of three free 90-minute CPD sessions for teachers and head teachers to update subject knowledge about the EU, get free resources and speak to...

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EU Multilingual Families Project webinar

The EU Multilingual Families project is holding an open webinar, on Tuesday 9 December at 19.00 CET, that will look through the resources that have be...

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GLOW Meet: 1+2 Languages Strategy

The Education Scotland Languages team will be hosting a GLOW meet at 4pm on Wednesday 10 December which will give a comprehensive overview of the 1+2 ...

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e-Learning Symposium 2015

In January 2015, we are celebrating our 10th elearning symposium and we have a fantastic event lined up for you - so please join us! Keynote Spea...

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Business Breakfast - Glasgow

SCILT is delighted to announce and invite you to one of three very exciting “business breakfast” events, that will take place in Glasgow, Edinburgh an...

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Bilingualism Matters

Yakety Yak Language Café is delighted to be joining forces in February with Professor Antonella Sorace and Dr Thomas Bak from the University of Edinbu...

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Using your Twinspace Webinar - 3 February 2015

A choice of two free online sessions of training on the eTwinning Twinspace are available in February - this being the first on Tuesday 3&nb...

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Using your Twinspace Webinar - Thursday 5 February

A choice of two free online sessions of training on the eTwinning Twinspace are available in February - this being the second on Thursday 5 Febru...

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Business Breakfast - Edinburgh

SCILT is delighted to announce and invite you to one of three very exciting “business breakfast” events, that will take place in Glasgow, Edinburgh an...

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Workshop: 1+2 Languages

1+2 languages – what does it look like on the floor in primary? This free workshop offers a chance for a look at some tried and tested models for lang...

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Speaking in tongues: film screening and discussion

Bilingualism Matters are hosting a screening of award-winning film "Speaking in Tongues" (60 minutes) followed by discussion and Q&A with Pro...

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Business Breakfast - Aberdeen

SCILT is delighted to announce and invite you to one of three very exciting “business breakfast” events, that will take place in Glasgow, Edinburgh an...

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Scotland, People and Language Forum

Does your work actively promote language diversity? Do you work with people whose first language is not English? Would you like to share the ways...

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Glow Meet - 1+2 Languages Strategy

This second Glow TV event in the series hosted by the modern languages team at Education Scotland will focus on developing listening and talking in yo...

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SCHOLAR revision session - Advanced Higher Modern Languages

The last Scholar homework session for Advanced Higher Modern Languages takes place on Tuesday 3 March at 7.30. Visit the website to log-in and at...

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Inspiring Global Citizens: Education networking event

In an ever more globalised and inter-connected world, where global citizenship education is a growing presence in school curriculums, it is increasing...

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Creating a climate for innovation in language learning

Think differently! Try something new! Creating a climate for innovation in language learning: “If we always do what we always done, we’ll always get w...

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Starting work as a Translator or Interpreter

Are you interested in working as a translator or interpreter, but unsure how to start? This free one-day event, arranged jointly by Aston University i...

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Teachmeet – 1+2 for Primary: Keep Calm and Teach

Sponsored by South Ayrshire Council this event is free to attend. View the programme and register on the SALT website.

Multilingualism across the Lifespan

Professor Antonella Sorace of Bilingualism Matters invites you to the Gather Festival’s event to discover what it means to learn more than one languag...

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Language World 2015

ALL are delighted to announce that Language World 2015 will be at Newcastle University, 20-21 March 2015 and the theme will be ALL...

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2015 World Congress of Modern Languages: Collaborating across Languages and Borders

In 2015 FIPLV joins forces with CASLT (Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers) and OMLTA (Ontario Modern Language Teachers’ Association) to ...

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6th International Storyline Conference 2015

The 6th International Storyline Conference, "One World: Many Stories" is being held at the University of Strathclyde in the new Technology and Innovat...

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Languages: Pathways to the World

On 28 - 29 March 2015 the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University will be hosting a conference for teachers focusing on MFL ...

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Glow Meet - 1+2 Approaches to Reading and Writing

This third Glow TV session from the modern languages team at Education Scotland will look at Reading and Writing in a 1+2 context. It will give advice...

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GLOW TV event: The British Academy Schools Language Awards 2015

Are you thinking about applying for BASLA 2015, or do you just want to know more? SCILT, in collaboration with BASLA, is hosting this Glow TV event to...

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Meet the Translators & Interpreters: A Careers Event for Sixth Form, UG and PG Students

Have you (or your pupils!) ever wondered about a career in translation? Are you curious about what being an interpreter might entail? Routes into Lang...

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1+2 Factor GLOW TV event

The 1+2 Factor is a national competition open to all Scottish education establishments. We want you to showcase the learning and teaching of languages...

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Bilingualism Matters

How can children learn several languages with apparently no effort, while many adults struggle with even basic French? Can anyone be bilingual, or are...

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Unintended Consequences? The Governance of Modern Foreign Language Learning in Scotland (1962-2014)

The presentation by Dr Jim Scott will be held 15.00-16.00 on Wednesday 27 May 2015 in room LG34, Paterson's Land, Moray House School of Education...

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Starting Work as a Translator or Interpreter

An event arranged jointly by the Institute of Translation and Interpreting and the University of Westminster, with support from the Capital L London C...

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SALT TeachMeet

SALT are holding a free TeachMeet in Edinburgh on 13 June 2015 including the following planned sessions: Early and First Level Modern Languages, ...

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Using Film and Media in the Language Classroom

For the last ten years the languages team at Manchester Metropolitan University has been exploring innovative ways of using film and audiovisual media...

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Linguastars 2015

Are you in year 12 (S5)? Are you studying French, Spanish or German and interested in finding out more about studying at university, while improving y...

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1+2 Train the Trainer Summer School

It’s official, school’s IN for summer! SCILT and Education Scotland are now able to offer two places to each local authority on our 1+2 Train the Trai...

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Using the Interactive Whiteboard to promote dialogic teaching and learning.

Target Groups: - primary teachers and teachers of social sciences/arts/science-subjects in secondary and vocational education who want...

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Routes Live! - Working as a translator or interpreter: ask the experts!

Routes into Languages is launching a series of webinars covering the topic of employability for language students. Our first webinar session is about ...

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Using Interactive White Boards in Language Education

Target Groups: Teachers and teacher trainers responsible for language development and modern language learning in primary, secondary, v...

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Modern Language Methodologies & Technologies to develop intercultural communication skills to support Internationalisation and Telecollaboration in Education

Target Groups: Teachers responsible for language development and modern language learning in primary, secondary, vocational and higher ...

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S@S Accelerate 2

S@S Accelerate is a one-week non-residential programme, held at the University of Strathclyde, for pupils at the end of S4, S5 and S6 thinking ab...

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Not so Native Now

Learning a language? Sounding like a native speaker is good, right? What if we said that maintaining native-level perfection in your own language migh...

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Modern Language Methodologies & Technologies to develop intercultural communication skills to support Internationalisation and Telecollaboration in Education

Target Groups: Teachers responsible for language development and modern language learning in primary, secondary, vocational and higher ...

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Modern Language Methodologies & Technologies to develop intercultural communication skills to support Internationalisation and Telecollaboration in Education

Target Groups: Teachers responsible for language development and modern language learning in primary, secondary, vocational and higher ...

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Edinburgh International Book Festival 2015 - The Gift of Bilingualism

The CPD event, The Gift of Bilingualism, takes place as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Thursday 20 August from 7.00pm – 8.00pm.I...

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Edinburgh International Book Festival 2015 - Poetic Translation

The CPD workshop, Poetic Translation with the Scottish Poetry Library, takes place as part of the festival on Thursday 27 August from 5.00pm–6.00pm.Th...

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Teachmeet - Dundee

The Scottish Association for Language Teaching (SALT) is holding a Teachmeet in Dundee on 5 September 2015.The session includes:Meeting the needs in P...

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Access to justice for deaf sign language users: Community information event

Justisigns is a 30-month project funded through the European Commission Leonardo Da Vinci Lifelong Learning Programme. The focus of the project is pol...

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Webinar: EU-US cooperation on OER/OEP and language learning

LangOER organizes together with the Centre for OER and Language Learning (COERLL) in the US the webinar “Out in the Open, reaching for the stars: EU-U...

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Scottish Learning Festival 2015

The Scottish Learning Festival is the key education event in Scotland welcoming thousands of educational professionals. SLF 2015 takes place on Wednes...

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Join the 2015 debate on languages!

Join EU staff and language professionals and watch a web-streamed debate in Brussels on the challenges of multilingualism in schools, business and soc...

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Video for ALL Live! Language conference

The EU funded Video for ALL project is holding a ‘Video for ALL Live! online language conference on Tuesday 13 October. Hosted by Russell Stannard and...

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Practical Pedagogies Conference, International School of Toulouse

Practical Pedagogies Conference is a high-impact training conference for teachers, from NQT to senior teachers, run by and for primary and second...

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Language Show Live (London)

This year's Language Show Live at Olympia takes place from 16-18 October 2015.Visit the new website launching this year’s Language Show Live in London...

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National Languages Policy Workshop

UCML members and related stakeholders are warmly invited to a morning of presentations by civil servants and advisers working in different departments...

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CERES Seminar: 1+2 Language Strategy and Complementary Schools in Scotland

The seminar will bring together policy makers, practitioners, cultural organisations, language communities and researchers in Scotland to engage in kn...

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SALT Conference 2015 - Languages: One plus YOU!

Booking is now open for this year's SALT Conference!This year we are looking forward to another great conference with a real focus on teacher developm...

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1+2 in Primary Schools: which languages should the children of Scotland learn?

As Scotland prepares to introduce a second ‘foreign’ language into the curriculum in primary schools, this event will invite members of the public to ...

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SQA Modern Languages Webinar - 18 November 2015

SQA has organised a webinar for Modern Languages practitioners on the Advanced Higher Specialist Subject Unit. It will take place on Wednesday 18 Nove...

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Modern Languages - Meet & Mingle: networking event for Fife pupils

The School of Modern Languages at the University of St Andrews would like to invite schools in Fife to an exciting networking event where pupils can p...

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1+2 - An update

This session the modern languages team at Education Scotland will be delivering another series of Glow TV events to support the 1+2 approach to langua...

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SQA Modern Languages Webinar - 24 November 2015

SQA has organised a webinar for Modern Languages practitioners on the Advanced Higher Specialist Subject Unit. It will take place on Wednesday 18 Nove...

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The Arrival of Refugees: What do we tell our children?

Potential workshop leaders and exhibitors are invited to share your expertise and experience. Please contact us us with the information below about yourself and your organisation, as well as how you would like to be involved by Thursday 29 October 2015.

  • Name (of Workshop leader/exhibitor)
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  • A short overview of what you would do
  • Exhibition space requirements
  • Space requirements
  • Additional information & dietary requirements
  • Equipment needed
To participate in the event, please contact us by Friday 13 November 2015 with the information below:
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In addition, could all participants please register through the Eventbrite link. Password (case sensitive): refuge1

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'Languages at Work 2020' - 22nd ICC Annual Conference

'Languages at Work 2020' is a Futures Workshop and Conference linking proven and successful approaches to language learning/teaching with innovat...

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ECML 2015 Conference - Learning through languages

On 10-11 December the ECML will present the results of its current programme 2012-15, "Learning through languages" and launch its new programme 2016-1...

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Association of University Language Centres Conference 2016

Cardiff University’s School of Modern Languages are hosting the 2016 Association of University Language Centres international conference. This is a pr...

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Languages for business webinar

On Friday 15 January 2016, 12pm, Routes into Languages invite you to join us live for our next employability webinar. This session will be live stream...

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Multilingualism: The benefits and challenges

You are warmly invited to take part in the Edinburgh Exchange - a lively event which brings together key businesses and other interested organisations...

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LLAS 11th annual elearning symposium 2016

The provisional programme is now online and registration is OPEN for the LLAS 11th eLearning Symposium 2016 which will be held at Avenue Campus, Unive...

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GLOWmeet

The second in the series of GLOWmeets from the Education Scotland modern languages team will focus on progression from first to second level in primar...

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EAL TeachMeet

An EAL TeachMeet will be held on Saturday 6 February at Shawlands Academy, Glasgow. The focus of the TeachMeet will be supporting EAL (English as an A...

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Event: Meet the Translators and Interpreters

Have you ever wondered about a career in translation? Are you curious about what being an interpreter might entail? This event is for you!Routes into ...

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ALL Modern Languages Annual Conference - Modern Languages Modern Learning

Following the fantastic success of the previous two conferences, we are once again holding the ALL Modern Languages Annual Conference at Newton Abbot ...

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SALT Teachmeet

SALT invites you to a CPD opportunity to support modern languages in your school. This opportunity is open to both primary and secondary practitioners...

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SCHOLAR 'Ask a Tutor' session - Modern Languages

Our ‘Ask a Tutor’ online discussion boards are returning for the 2015/16 academic year for Computing Science, Mathematics and Modern Languages. This w...

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The Versatility of Languages: transferable skills and cultural competencies

On Friday 26 February 2016, 12pm, Routes into Languages invite you to join us live for our next employability webinar. This session will be live strea...

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Transnationalizing Modern Languages : Reshaping the discipline for the 21st Century

Recent public policy statements have stressed the need for concerted action to address the fact that recruitment on Modern Languages courses within th...

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EU Careers - Making an Application

On the 8th of March, EU Careers at Edinburgh University will have the pleasure of hosting representatives from the European Personnel Selection Office...

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Language World 2016 - Curriculum Innovation

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