Last year, Young Scot launched the very first Sunday Mail & Lloyds TSB Scotland Young Scot Awards and they’ve decided to do it all over again. The biggest bash of the year will be held in the City Halls and Old Fruitmarket, in Merchant City, Glasgow on Thursday 29 March 2007 and will recognise the many positive […]

The application period for this year’s European Award for Languages is now open. The European Award for Languages recognises creative ways to improve the quality of language teaching, motivate students and make the best of available resources. If you are involved in an innovative language-learning project, which could benefit others, you may eligible for an […]

TAG Theatre’s production of There’s No V in Gaelic is a bit of a first for Gaelic theatre.
Gaelic writer Seonag Monk says ‘although we’re quite expressive in our language, we’re also quite reserved. I think we’re becoming a tad more confident, and a bit more free. The language here will be more earthy.’
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Level of response surprises organisers in protest over loss of free language tuition - Education Guardian.
In his many years as a trade union activist, Paul Mackney has been around at the start of hundreds of campaigns. But even the joint general secretary of UCU (the University and College Union) was staggered by the response to […]

The teaching of Gaelic in schools has become the responsibility of the Culture Minister, it emerged on Friday. Patricia Ferguson, who also deals with sport and tourism, was given the brief earlier last week.
Read the full story in the Herald article online.

A school in Harrogate has started teaching Mandarin to pupils as they prepare for possible careers in which access to the Chinese economy is vital.
Read the article on the BBC website.
Read how schools are teaching Mandarin in Scotland in the MFLE Chinese language special.

The German language is being reinvented as immigrants and rappers give it new life, reports Chris Bowlby on the BBC website.

Schools in North Ayrshire are putting the fun back into learning modern languages and their success in motivating young Scots to study Spanish will hopefully boost the profile of the language across Scotland.
Read the full story in the TES Scotland online.

The Government faces unified campaign to reverse Britain’s Esol funding cuts, reports Liz Ford in the Education Guardian.

College lecturers, non-governmental organisations, trade unions and charities have united in their condemnation of the British government’s decision to withdraw the right to free English lessons for asylum seekers.
Read the article in the Education Guardian.

Read these short articles in the Education Guardian about teaching English as a second or foreign language.