A series of documentaries in both Gaelic and English have been produced as part of a European project showcasing bilingual life in the Outer Hebrides. The POOLS project, represented in the UK by former European Award for Languages winner Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, has created slices of contemporary Hebridean life and work for pre-intermediate to post-intermediate […]

You can get into the latest online issue of the Scottish Languages Review right now!
In this edition we start off by featuring early language learning from three different perspectives. Helen Shanahan
reports on an action research project where she was trying to increase
her own use of the target language with her young charges in a French
Club […]

Registration is now open for the Scottish Learning Festival.
The Learning Festival hosts an extensive conference programme comprising of keynotes, spotlights and seminars. Please consult the ‘How to book’ page for guidance on this process. You can also register by completing and returning the booking form at the back of the programme.Copies of the conference programme […]

Modern languages are fast gaining popularity with primary pupils, says this article in the Times Educational Supplement. Get them hooked with lessons that are practical and fun.
Modern languages may recently have lost favour in secondary schools, but Early Language Learning of the foreign variety seems to have found a new home. Although not yet […]

A Scottish woman married to a Belgian man with bilingual daughters educated in the Flemish school system, talks of the dilemma her children faced when choosing a university.
Read this story on the Scotsman website.

Aberdeen University has caused controversy by inviting youngsters to enter a national short story competition in which they can write in any language of their choosing, including text, street slang and Doric.
Read more on the Scotsman website.

Once the preserve of private schools, the language of the Romans is now booming in Britain’s inner cities.
Read more on the Education Guardian website, or find out how ‘id quod circumiret, circumveniat’ in the Independent Online.

A group of foreign students from Stevenson College are preparing to sit exams in English for the first time. Staff at the college were at the forefront of developing the new Scottish Qualification Authority’s exam - Higher English for Speakers of Other Languages.
Read more on the Scotsman website.

Prime Minister Tony Blair posted video messages in English and French on the popular video sharing website YouTube last week. His messages congratulated Nicolas Sarkozy on winning France’s presidential election.
Watch Mr Blair’s video message on YouTube.
 

A new resource from CILT, the National Centre for Languages, launched on 9 May helps young people to demonstrate their language and communication skills to potential employers. The Language Work Placement Toolkit has been specially designed for those undertaking, organising or hosting languages work placements.
Find out more on the CILT website.