The Mother Tongue Other Tongue (MTOT) competition has been running in Scotland since 2014, offering young linguists from P1 to S6 the opportunity to &...

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In January we hosted our first ‘Show and Tell’, focusing on language learning in the Early Years. We welcomed three guest presenters to sh...

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As the pandemic and lockdowns limited access to classrooms and the ability of teachers to travel internationally, the team at the CISS sought out alte...

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We are thrilled to announce that all schools involved in the Professional Learning Partnership (PLP) with Save the Children have completed their paren...

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In collaboration with Dobrochna Futro and Bilingualism Matters, SCILT has been exploring an innovative approach to using art as a medium to support la...

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As part of our professional learning offer for the past few years, SCILT Professional Development Officers have facilitated a number of collaborative ...

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After a pandemic-induced hiatus, the Languages Leadership Programme (LLP) returned in June 2021. In transferring wholly online, we welcomed the larges...

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At a time when Scotland continues to work towards the incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots Law...

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Following on from a successful early years Bitesize and drop-in CLPL session in September, SCILT is continuing to extend its reach in working with col...

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On the morning of 10 November 2021, colleagues from across the globe joined ‘Climate Ready Classrooms – Innovations in Transnational Educa...

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  Presenting at a conference can be nerve-wracking at the best of times. If it’s presenting online at an international conference, it al...

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In collaboration with the Polish Social and Educational Society in Glasgow and the Polish Consulate in Edinburgh, SCILT has developed a resource to su...

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Scotland’s languages community will celebrate Languages Week Scotland during the week beginning 1 February 2021. Throughout the week SCILT, LANG...

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Supporting teachers of languages has always been central to SCILT’s work. The quest to provide high quality professional learning opportunities ...

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BSL is a language in its own right, with its own grammar, syntax and vocabulary. It has its own dialects and rich variation. Most importantly, it...

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The 1+2 Languages Leadership Programme has been an important feature of the SCILT professional learning calendar for the past six years. During that t...

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Unsurprisingly perhaps, the innovative distance learning programme offered in partnership between The Open University and SCILT has been able to conti...

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Schools and businesses across Scotland can now receive recognition for successful partnership working in promoting languages as a key skill for employ...

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During the month of November, SCILT hosted two bilingual events that allowed audiences, including students from schools and universities, to listen to...

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“Generation global: Multilingualism and intercultural skills for a dual-competency workforce of the future” is a three-year Erasmus+ proje...

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An exciting new opportunity is on the horizon for schools to offer learning experiences in Arabic language and culture. SCILT, in collaboration with Q...

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In October 2019, SCILT and Education Scotland were delighted to award ‘Professional Recognition: Leading learning in languages’ to another...

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Towards the end of last academic session, SCILT made contact with all of the Regional Improvement Collaboratives (RICs) in order to find out how langu...

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The Springboard Charity helps people of all ages and backgrounds improve their career potential in hospitality, leisure and tourism, especially young ...

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‘Family learning is a powerful method of engagement and learning which can foster positive attitudes towards life-long learning, promote socio-e...

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Coming in 2019: More leadership and collaborative CLPL opportunities The 1+2 Languages Leadership Programme (LLP) was recognised for the second con...

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New resource will help schools and colleges run local events to highlight the business value of languages through direct engagement with employers ...

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Pupils and parents from three primary schools in North Ayrshire joined a group of senior citizens at the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine on 15 November ...

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This issue, the last under the current editor Dr Hannah Doughty, has contributions from a diverse range of authors. Within Scotland, Rebecca Colquh...

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Thousands of primary school pupils from P5, P6 or P7 have been rehearsing and performing an opera about the exciting voyages of 14th century Chinese ...

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In July 2016, I took part in SCILT’s week-long national languages leadership programme, which at the time was called ‘Train the Trainer&rs...

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The revised national languages leadership programme welcomed its largest cohort in June 2017. Under its new name the 1+2 Languages Leadership Programm...

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Family Languages event – save the date! SCILT is delighted to be hosting a Family Languages event for young people and their families on Saturd...

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On 10 November 2017, Chinese Hanban teachers from across Scotland gathered with their mentor teachers in the Technology and Innovation Centre at the U...

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Scottish Languages Review and Digest #32 (Summer 2017) – out now! This edition really is a must-read! The incidental theme emerging from all five con...

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SCILT, in conjunction with Education Scotland, Scottish Government, the GTCS and ADES, is holding eight national events across the country, focusing o...

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Following a wide-ranging consultation with the profession earlier this academic session, our 1+2 FAQs for practitioners have been updated and uploaded...

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In order to support the implementation of the 1+2 Approach in Scottish schools, CISS has focused on developing a variety of resources for Chinese. The...

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SCILT and Education Scotland's leadership programme has been revised and renamed. Formerly known as Train the Trainer, the all-new 1+2 Languages Lead...

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A key feature of each of the GTCS Professional Standards, there is a lot of talk these days about practitioner enquiry as a means of professional lear...

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Partnership was the order of the day on 29 November 2016 at Atlantic Quay in Glasgow. The day began with a presentation by Associate Professor Angela...

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Language Linking, Global Thinking (LLGT) is a project that links a student on their year abroad to a class in a school in Scotland. The project has th...

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Recommendation 9 of Language Learning in Scotland: A 1+2 Approach states that “language learning be recognised as an entitlement for all young people ...

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Recently, the third and final event in this series of seminars took place in Victoria Quay in Edinburgh. The events brought together a variety of stak...

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Train the Trainer (TTT) is an extended professional learning programme run by SCILT and Education Scotland which was accredited with “Professional rec...

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Recent articles related to the implementation of the 1+2 approach to language learning, written by practitioners and development officers, feature in ...

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SAVE THE DATE! Train the Trainer summer school will be taking place from Monday 27 June to Friday 1 July 2016 at the University of Strathclyde city ce...

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Are you aware that in addition to our termly newsletter we also publish peer-reviewed articles in our online journal, the Scottish Languages Review? T...

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Two new leaflets from SCILT will be powerful tools for language teachers, Support for Learning colleagues and senior management, and they will equip y...

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Recommendation nine in Language learning in Scotland: A 1+2 Approach states that, 'language learning be recognised as an entitlement for all youn...

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