Emergency funding is needed to help schools cope with an influx of migrant pupils, a teachers’ union has said. This article on the BBC website explains that the Educational Institute of Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to appeal for UK and European funds.
A former leading head teacher said the system was under strain […]

CILT Cymru have announced that 150 French schools have registered on Global Gateway this term (including 40 primaries). If you wish to make contact, e-mail partnerfinding@globalgateway.org.

Today sees the launch of the Language and Film Talent Awards (LAFTAs) , a nationwide competition that will encourage young people between the ages of thirteen and 21 to develop original short film clips that demonstrate the importance of language learning and to display them on YouTube. Comedian Eddie Izzard is the latest celebrity to […]

This series of articles on the Education Guardian website talks about International Education and languages, globalism and sustainability.
Topics covered include:

International Education Week
International School Award
Globalism/Sustainability
Professional development
 Middle East links

Read more on the Education Guardian website.

THE traditionalists have been going on about it ad nauseam. Now the campaign to bring back Latin into classrooms is finally gaining strength, says this article on the Scotland on Sunday website. Tens of thousands of Scottish school pupils are failing to master basic English literacy skills, leading one MSP to suggest compulsory Latin lessons […]

A recent EU sponsored survey of SMEs (small/medium companies) shows that knowledge of Russian is becoming more important for business in Europe.
You can read the summary report or the full report on the Europa website.
PDF file: Summary report - ELAN: Effects on the European Economy of Shortages of Foreign Language Skills in Enterprise
PDF file: Full report […]

A unique literary work will be launched in Edinburgh tomorrow night which brings together the Gaelic, Scots and English languages.
The Skye-based poet Angus Peter Campbell’s first poetry collection for 15 years contains 67 new Gaelic poems, alongside Scots-language versions by the renowned scholar and translator J Derrick McClure, and English-language translations by the poet himself.
In […]

Issue 16 of the Scottish Languages Review is now available on the Scottish CILT website.Â
Contents:
The SUFLRP Saga – 30 years of teaching French in Scottish universities 1970 - 2000 (Robin Adamson)
‘It is difficult now to remember just how undervalued language teaching was in French departments in UK universities in the 1960s and 70s…’
PDF file on […]

On Monday, 26th of November, a group of Russian, Latvian & Lithuanian writers will be reading from, and discussing, modern Russian, Latvian and Lithuanian fiction. The venue is Waterstone’s, Sauchiehall St, from 5.30pm - 6.30pm and admission is free. All are welcome.
For further details, call 0141 332 9105.

From the first fireworks arching into the sky launching Chinese New Year in February, through to the last swirl of the pipes on St Andrews Day, 2008 will see the largest celebration of Chinese culture, ever, across Scotland and the UK.
China Now in Scotland will celebrate contemporary China in the classroom and the board room, […]