The Languages and Film Talent Awards (LAFTAs) ceremony was held last Thursday. The competition is organised by CILT, the National Centre for Languages as part of their work to promote the UK’s language capability.
Watch the winning videos from the LAFTAs website.
Mi Vida Loca – final episodes 16-22
Gripped by the suspense and excitement of this Spanish thriller? All is now revealed… and you’ll learn some Spanish!
New look French Steps
We’ve revamped the popular course for beginners and given it a fresh new look. Don’t forget to sign up for the weekly email tips for help and encouragement through the course to help you find your feet in French in just 12 weeks
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Languages on TV – New schedule available from BBC Learning Zone.
Is available now to watch from the Scottish Learning Festival website.
The videos include Fiona Hyslop, Charles Leadbeater, and Professer Richard Teese
Registration for the Isle of Wight Conference 2008 is underway. You can find more information and download the brochure from the Integrating ICT in the MFL classroom blog.
This year’s event offers two whole days of outstanding CPD delivered by top speakers from around the UK.
Be amazed by the range and quality of sessions and consider for a moment the networking opportunities of spending just a couple of days on the Isle of Wight in October for your future career.
The BBC reports on a survey that suggests half of adults in the UK have forgotten the languages they learned at school. Two fifths of the 1,000 people polled by ICM regretted not keeping up their language skills after leaving school. Most people thought languages were important in everyday life and 52% said they were important to a career. The survey findings are published as children across Europe are celebrating language learning as part of the European Day of Languages.
Learners around the UK have been counting down this week – in French, Spanish, Turkish and Mandarin! – to the European Day of Languages (EDL) on Friday 26, when children and adults around the continent will be taking part in a language celebration. Run by the Council of Europe and coordinated in the UK by CILT, the Day is a Europe-wide celebration of all the world’s languages and a chance to kick start language learning for children and adults alike.More details of all registered events can be found on the Council of Europe website.
Further information about the European Day of Languages in the UK, and for resources, ideas and activities can be found on the CILT website.
Even if you can’t be there, keep up to date with all the latest news on the Scottish Learning Festival blog or you can watch the keynotes live from the SLF website.
See language related seminars for Wednesday at SLF
and events on Thursday at SLF 2008
Bookings are now being taken for the forthcoming SALT conference on November 1, 2008 at the University of Stirling. Brochures and application forms have been mailed out to secondary schools, SALT members, local authorities, FE, HE and TEIs this week and the brochure and application form can be downloaded from the Scottish CILT and SALT websites at the following addresses:
http://www.scilt.stir.ac.uk/conferences/SALT08/index.php
http://www.saltlangs.org.uk/content/events/salt_conference_2008.htm
Please note that booking procedures have changed this year so make sure that the application notes and brochure information are read carefully before submitting your application. Bookings can now be made by credit card as well as cheque and bankers draft payments. The closing date for applications is October 10.
The Press and Journal reports: THE new director of Sabhal Mor Ostaig, the Gaelic college on Skye, is Boyd Robertson, head of language education and acting head of the department of curricular studies at Strathclyde University. He succeeds Professor Norman Gillies, who retires at the end of this year.
An article in the Scotsman discusses the possible impact of the new Gaelic channel – BBC ALBA – being launched this Friday. Will ALBA will have the impact of S4C, which helped spark a resurgence of the Welsh language?
Read the full Scotsman article online.
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