International School Award recognises good practice in curriculum-based international work in schools. The scheme is open to all schools across the UK and schools that gain the Award are accredited for three years. For schools to attain the award they need to demonstrate their ongoing commitment to international education.
The five schools to be given awards […]

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.

On 27 November 2008 pupils born in 1991 from up to 690 schools in the EU will try their hand at translation in a contest organised by the European Commission’s translation department. The contest is being organised to promote foreign language usage in Europe, as well as the particular art of translation. Find out more […]

A competition run by Coordination SUD, the national platform of French international NGOs, is searching for Europe’s young journalistic and cartooning talent as part of its follow up programme of the EU’s French presidency. Find out more on the Coordination SUD website…

In a new Saturday morning TV series on Channel 4, twelve young people use their language skills to compete for the ultimate work experience in the music industry: the job of a ‘fixer’ at a huge summer festival.
 Je Suis Un Rockstar website
This is part of an integrated marketing campaign from the Department for Children, Schools […]

Woodhill Primary school in Bishopbriggs have won a European Award for Languages for their Passeport santé et citoyesnneté project.
The children have been learning French through blogs and podcasts centred around the themes of good health and citizenship as part of an Anglo-Franco-Scottish project linking schools.
Read more on the CILT website and visit the Woodhill Passeport Sante blog.

UK winners of the prestigious European Award for Languages have shown that learners of all ages are inspired to develop language skills through creative use of new technologies. Podcasts, interactive DVDs and video conferencing all feature in projects run by the winners of the Award.
One of this year’s winners was Woodhill Primary School in Glasgow.
Read more […]

The European Commission have announced that the Juvenes Translatores competition will be taking place in 2008 for the second year running.
The 2008 Juvenes Translatores competition will be held on 27 November at secondary schools in each of the EU’s 27 Member States, and will be open to all pupils born in 1991. One winner from […]

Turismo Valencia has just launched an exciting competition  for 14-18 year-old students of Spanish in the UK.
Students should submit a simple MS PowerPoint presentation in Spanish focused on Valencia as a tourist destination.
Three students will win a football course run by Valencia FC Foundation in early July and the chance to meet first team players and […]

Chinanow-inscotland.org.uk is running a competition where teachers can win a class set of Mandarin Chinese books from BBC Active. The competition is very simple and seeks submission of ‘best tip for teaching languages’. It closes on 4 July so there is not much time left to enter but entry can be done by email and takes moments to […]