A selection of language-related events. Does not claim to be comprehensive or represent the views of SCILT.
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London / Hybrid online
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at King's College London is hosting a workshop aimed at secondary educators on the theme 'Making Assessment Fit for Purpose.'
Participants at the workshop will hear some of the innovative assessment practices that are being pioneered in the DLLC and elsewhere, about inclusivity and assessment, about student perceptions, and about the uses and abuses of AI.
The workshop takes place on Tuesday 29 April (registration from 10:30am; a wine reception to close the event at 5pm). It is a hybrid event so online participation can be booked by visiting the website.
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Join this Linguascope webinar to explore strategies to integrate phonics fully into the curriculum, aiming to build progress with long, medium and short-term planning.
Visit the website for more information and to register for the free, online event.
Following the Celebrate Speaking festival held during February, an online event is being held to showcase the favourite performances picked out by the British Council and their language partners (including Association of Language Learning (ALL), Goethe Institut, Alliance Française, Confucius Institute and the Spanish Education Department).
The festival enables students to show off their language skills, whether a language they are learning at school or one they speak in their community. It’s about sharing a love of language and celebrating the diversity of people in the UK who speak a language other than English.
Visit the website for more information and to register for the online celebration of the languages that young people in the UK speak!
Technology and digital tools can inspire and motivate learners. They can create a more engaged environment and can help encourage active participation in many aspects of learning in the classroom. For language learning specifically, digital tools provide many opportunities for learners to communicate, collaborate and practise their language skills in creative ways using tools that are engaging, motivating and fun.
In this workshop, we will consider how digital tools can be used effectively to support language learning and assessment. We will share examples of how schools are making use of digital technologies in the context of languages and explore some of the resources available.
This is a SCILT open access workshop for primary teachers and primary education students in Scotland.
This final workshop in the Goethe-Institut's online live series is a conversation with Ben Vonberg-Clark, a conductor, tenor and community musician, who will speak about his career and his experiences with German.
Aimed at pupils Year 9 to Year 13 (S2-S6 in Scotland), the event is free to attend but registration is required. There are teacher guidelines available for how to prepare for the event which will be held in German and English.
Visit the website for more information and to register.
As part of eSgoil and DYW's BGE Careers Fair taking place 12-16 May 2025, SCILT will be running this session on languages aimed at S1-S3 learners.
Students will hear from industry experts about pathways into their careers and the routes they took and would recommend.
The session is free and will be delivered via Microsoft Teams.
Visit the website for more information and to register for the online event.
Edinburgh
Working with the Chinese Testing Centre (CTI) the Confucius Institute in Edinburgh will be running the next in-person exams at the Institute on Saturday 17 May 2025.
The HSK is a globally run standardised test of Chinese language proficiency for non-native speakers. A HSK pass can help holders ensure eligibility for scholarships to study in China or gain an advantage in the job market or simply provide a source of learner motivation!
Visit the website for more information and to register for the exam by 14 April 2025.
Portobello High School in Edinburgh is delighted to offer your students in S3 and S4 the opportunity to take part in our International Space Challenge. This is a cross-curricular event showing how the combination of languages and STEM can open up opportunities in future careers.
The space tourism race is on, and your challenge will be to design a space hotel for a European consortium. The overall design will have to be smart and practical, and the hotel needs to be full of innovative ideas that have real potential to work in space. Furthermore, teams will have to work in a foreign language with continental materials suppliers and make a presentation to the European investors in French, German or Spanish.
This is an opportunity for your students to put their STEM and language knowledge into context in a fun environment, improving their employability skills along the way.
Full details about the challenge can be found in the attached document. Please note there is a charge to participate.
Northern Ireland
LFEE is delighted to be running our second UK-German Connection-funded Training Seminar in Belfast from 10 to 13 June 2025, on the topic of Sustainable Development in Education.
Open to all primary and secondary teachers of all subject areas in the UK and Germany with no existing UK-German partnership.
The seminar will explore strategies to implement sustainability across the curriculum with an international outlook. German language skills are not required.
Visit the website for more information and to apply.
Following last year’s inaugural Future of French en Écosse conference held at the University of Strathclyde, we are delighted to open registration for this year’s event: The Future of French en Écosse: The Way Ahead.
The conference will take place in Edinburgh on Monday 23 June and aims to provide a forum for all stakeholders by offering a place and time for assessing the situation and for building a positive future for French in Scotland, with a specific focus on learner’s voices.
The conference will be followed by a drinks reception at Institut français d’Écosse.
Visit the website for more information and to register. You can also register via the link and QR code on the attached flyer.
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