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Lynne Horn, from the beautiful Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, has got her vocational language students blogging as they set out to learn Italian. Only one or two posts on the student blogs (which link off the mother blog), but they are learning a […]

It has been known as the Scottish Schools Digital Network National Intranet (SSDN), but from today (Friday) the service will be known as ‘Glow’.
Lighting up learning
Ultimately, Glow will digitally link Scotland’s schools, connecting over 800,000 teachers and pupils safely and securely. No other country’s education system will have such a nationwide intranet and Glow has […]

Steve Beard has been discovering how language learning can help kids win games on their xBox 360.

The Goethe-Institut (Glasgow) regularly receives requests from German schools who would like to start up school exchanges with Scottish schools. Below is information about 2 German schools that recently contacted the Goethe-Institut.
If any Scottish schools are interested in contacting either of these schools, then send an e-mail in the first instance to the MFLE team […]

The Scotsman reports that the the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has launched a scheme to help the Highlands’ large immigrant population to settle in the area. The SQA is to increase the availability of English for Speakers of Other Languages courses to help pupils who have moved to the area from abroad improve their communication […]

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MFLE has recently enhanced and re-organised its popular Primary Zone section, of interest not only to primary school teachers but also to any teacher of Modern Languages who is interested in using creative teaching methods and approaches. The Primary Zone contains information, advice, practice-sharing and resources.

Get some new ideas on languages with our MFLE Chinese language special.
How have schools started to introduce some Chinese language and culture
across the curriculum and how can you do the same? Check out our
interviews with foreign language assistants, resources, quizzes and
blogs.

MySpace, with over 100 million users worldwide, is the planet’s most visited, most used social networking site, where teens, 20 somethings and rock bands publish their stuff and connect with each other. Well, building on France’s reputation as Europe’s most blogging nation MySpaceFrance has just been launched. Via Pointblog.

Businesses should not neglect bilingual staff… many UK businesses fail to train their staff to speak foreign languages, a survey has revealed. Researchers rang 113 UK head offices of international companies and asked in French or German for their postal address and the name of the HR manager. Find out more in this Times Online article.