Events

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Join colleagues from West Calder HS to reflect on their implementation of a CLIL BGE curriculum over the last year.

Visit the website for more information and to register for the free, online event.

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The next online SCILT Professional Learning workshop will take place on Thursday 29 May at 2pm. Please come and join us for our annual 'Show and Tell' session where experienced Mandarin practitioners share examples of their practice and have professional dialogue with Mandarin teaching colleagues.

Everyone is welcome to attend. 

Please visit the website to register or sign up via the link on the attached flyer. 

If you'd like to share some of your work and be part of the presenting team, please contact: karen.liddle@strath.ac.uk with your idea.

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This is a free, hour-long poetry writing workshop for young poets aged 14-25 worldwide.

In the workshop, participants will be guided through a series of prompts around translation and writing in response to archival material. This workshop will be led by poet Chloe Elliott, who will also be judging the challenge.

Visit the website for more information and to register for the online event.

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Join this Linguascope webinar to explore the growing role of chatbots in the language classroom and how they can enhance both teaching and learning. Aimed at teachers of all languages working with learners aged 11 to 18, the session will begin by demystifying what a chatbot is and how it functions in an educational setting.

Visit the website for more information and to register for the free, online event.

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Glasgow

Calling teachers of all Broad General Education pupils in Scotland to register for our interactive sessions in Modern Languages. Ideal for pupils who may not be passionate about languages yet!

Visit the website for more information and to register by 3 June. Limited places available!

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University of Aberdeen

A symposium at the University of Aberdeen bringing together policy makers, statutory and non-departmental public bodies, academics, industry and civil society organisations from across Ireland and Scotland to discuss current actions and challenges around empowering Gaelic and Irish speaking communities.

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Edinburgh

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. Visit the website to register interest or book a slot for your team. Please note there is a charge to participate.

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Teachers bring along your S2-S6 learners to the Goethe-Institut's French-German Business Lunch, a joint initiative with the Institut Français.

Guests Jessica Savage-Hanford and Alexander Herbert, both managers at ARTE TV, will talk about their careers and experiences with learning German and French. 

The event is free to attend, but prior registration via Teams is required and teachers are asked to collect questions from students and submit these before the session takes place.

Visit the website for more information, registration and additional teaching resources and materials.

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This TeachMeet workshop considers how primary language learning can be delivered through play, drama and Learning for Sustainability. 

Visit the website for more information and to register for the free, online event.

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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.

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Glasgow

This year, Glasgow turns 850 years old, the perfect excuse for a party! To mark the occasion, Glasgow Science Festival will run from 5 to 15 June 2025 with the theme ‘Glasgow Celebrates’. Taking inspiration from the city coat of arms and poem- Here's the tree that never grew, here’s the bird that never flew, here’s the bell that never rang, here’s the fish that never swam. Enjoy a packed programme featuring 100’s of events and activities in 50+ venues across the city. Almost all events are free!

SCILT will be taking part in the festival with:  

• Glasgow Science Festival: Nature's Language

Visit the website for more information about our event. No booking required, just turn up on the day!

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Edinburgh

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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Edinburgh

Our students often say that French grammar is too complicated, and sometimes, they give up.

Yet, grammar plays a key role in learning French as a foreign language, and there are many ways to teach it. Between the strictness of prescriptive (or traditional) grammar, the communicative approach focused on usage, phraseological grammar based on authentic expressions, and the task-based and inductive approach that builds knowledge from context—how can we navigate these different methodologies?

This presentation invites us to take a step back to better understand these various approaches, their principles, strengths, and limitations. Through concrete and practical examples, we will explore how these different types of grammar can complement each other to enhance both the learning and teaching of French.

Visit the website for more information and to register for the free event.

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Leeds

The British Deaf Association (BDA) is excited to invite you to our upcoming BSL Conference on 17 & 18 July in Leeds.

This year marks 135 years of the BDA, and as we reflect on our rich history, we also look forward to shaping the future. We are very excited to bring together the government, MPs, linguists, professionals, policymakers, families, Deaf leaders, and the wider British Sign Language (BSL) community to celebrate our language, share knowledge, and shape the future. Your participation will be instrumental in driving forward the policies and initiatives that will ensure a more inclusive and empowered future for all. 

Visit the website for full programme details and to register for the event.

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Online / Paris

The Franco-British Youth Ocean Conference (27-28 November 2025) invites S4-S5 French learners to participate in a fully funded environmental initiative.

Five Scottish schools will send 6 pupils and 2 teachers each to collaborate with French peers in a COP simulation focused on ocean sustainability. This exciting opportunity - part of France's "Year of the Sea" - allows pupils to enhance language skills while tackling marine environmental challenges through international collaboration. The programme includes pre-event webinars, a conference in Paris, plus the chance to develop lasting school partnerships.

Applications welcome from all Scottish secondary schools, particularly those in coastal communities.

Visit the website for more information and to express interest by 4 June. 

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