🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Teachers following @scilt.bsky.social @saltlangs.bsky.social might be interested in the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators, open to pupils aged 11-18 ⬇️Once registered, first competition tasks for French German Italian Mandarin Russian Spanish for 2026 launch 02/02 🎉Perfect for #LangsWeekScot

It's a new year and a new opportunity for language teachers to get better connected 🌟 A key decision at the 2025 forum ‘The Future of French en Écosse’ was the creation of a free-to-join association for teachers of #French at all levels in Scotland. Find out more & register https://loom.ly/RKd1OqM#French

Our next Languages and Your Career webinar is on 15 January. Delivered in partnership with e-Sgoil and DYW Live, the webinar will see secondary learners discover the importance of languages and associated skills in the workplace: https://loom.ly/oXIOM8s

Look out for the Scholar for Modern Languages webinar on Tuesday 13th!

Our next Languages and Your Career webinar is on 15 January. Delivered in partnership with e-Sgoil and DYW Live, the webinar will see secondary learners discover the importance of languages and associated skills in the workplace: https://loom.ly/oXIOM8s

Our next Language Ambassadors session is on 23 January. Join us online where your secondary learners will hear from near-peer role models and be inspired to choose #languages as part of their learning! https://loom.ly/WTS0ups

🚨Bookings now open! Between Feb and May 2026 SCILT are running 4 in-person workshops in Glasgow. Informed by the latest guidance and examples of current practice, workshops will develop practice related to the home and taught languages in your context. Register for free: https://loom.ly/vhuZ_O4

🎄Looking for Christmas resources for your languages classroom? Visit our dedicated webpage which has a wide range of activities, games and ideas in French, German, Spanish, Gaelic, Italian, Mandarin, BSL and more! https://loom.ly/1nIi2tc

Lorna Milne, a former Master at St Andrews, Professor Emerita in French, and President of the Franco-Scottish Society, has made a passionate call for an urgent review of language teaching in Scottish schools. You can read Prof Milne’s opinion piece: www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Our ECT Signpost Sessions are for recently qualified and student primary teachers who are looking for advice on how to support multilingual pupils, strategies for teaching additional languages and networking opportunities. The next session takes place 26 Nov. Sign up now: https://loom.ly/HpIN0Uw

#ScotCareersWeek25 #ShapeTheFuture with this 🆕🆓primary teaching resource from @scilt.bsky.social . Referencing 🔝materials from @myworldofwork.bsky.social & BBC Bitesize & Lingo Flamingo. Highlighting #employability & #languages skills together! view.genially.com/68640baca127...

To celebrate #ScottishCareersWeek, why not join our next DYWLive session tomorrow? Secondary learners will discover the importance of languages and associated skills in the workplace, identify career paths, and hear about people who use languages in their daily work: https://loom.ly/oXIOM8s

Appreciated the opportunity to co-present with @sheenascilt.bsky.social at @saltlangs.bsky.social #SALT2025 Conference. Launched a 🆕 primary teaching resource in time for #ScotCareersWeek25. Great to be among teachers exploring #LanguageLearningInMotion together @unistrathclyde.bsky.social today.

👀A cracking programme for @saltlangs.bsky.social #LanguageLearningInMotion bit.ly/SALT2025Prog... 🎯Just ahead of #ScotCareersWeek2025 @sheenascilt.bsky.social & I co-present a #SALT2025 input for secondary & primary teachers abt Making languages work for your learners #DYW in action​ See you there!

Your age shouldn’t put you off learning a new language – what the research says

#Multilingualism is an asset! Join us for this free webinar by Yoshito Darmon-Shimamori Booking required: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/webin... #leedscityoflanguages #languages #mfluenc

Teaching Grammar to ESL Students through Theatre

Yesterday the @ifecosse.bsky.social launched the 730th Anniversary of the Auld Alliance with 2 inspiring Round Tables on Franco-Scottish connections in trade & business — hosted by the Franco-Scottish Society, which is turning 130 this year! The day concluded with a visit to @natlibscot.bsky.social

What do chickens, grapes and a composite heap have in common? LANGUAGES! Work has begun on our headline-grabbing project “Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning”. Find out how the team embarked on its Permaculture journey this summer and follow the project on the blog - https://loom.ly/sXiidwY

Join us online next Wednesday 29/10/25. Hear from our guest teachers Hollie in Glasgow and Aimee in Edinburgh about exciting activities they've done with their primary pupils. There will be slates. There will be chickens.

Excellent afternoon @ifecosse.bsky.social with the Franco-Scottish Society of Scotland hearing from a wide range of participants on Franco-Scottish Relations in Trade, Business and Work. Really insightful and important messages on the importance of the Auld Alliance for the past, present & future!

Mother Tongue Other Tongue (MTOT) our multilingual poetry competition is back! All P1-S6 pupils in Scotland can enter either in a language spoken with families at home (Mother Tongue) or a language they are learning (Other Tongue). More info: https://loom.ly/Nhpt-3U #languages #poetry

Our next Language Ambassadors session is next week! Join us online for your secondary learners to hear from near-peer role models and be inspired to choose languages as part of their learning! Sign up for 29 October: https://loom.ly/D7AaB1M

'Growing Italian in Your School' will be of interest to teachers in Scotland at all stages of their journey in #Italian. So sign up to join the Teachers of Italian in Scotland (TOIIS) network webinar on 30 October! More info and registration: https://loom.ly/Idl3iyY

Research opportunity! Are you a primary or secondary teacher in Fife, Glasgow City, Highland or South Ayrshire Council? David Vescio is a languages teacher evaluating the 1+2 language policy with the support of SCILT. The study involves a 5–10-minute survey for teachers, learners and parents...

We might not have made it to Santiago 🇨🇱 for the last LfPL Symposium, but I know 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 buddies @sheenascilt.bsky.social @stuartphysics.bsky.social and I got lots out of participating virtually. Call for proposals closes 31/10/25 👻🧙‍♀️🎃

Saw this tonight - absolutely stunning!

#ScotEduSky teachers!! Please can you take a few mins to complete this survey for my colleagues at the Uni of Stirling looking into how we engage with LfS and the environment in our daily teaching across different educational sectors. qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_... brnw.ch/21wUPhC

What does it mean to think like a linguist? And how can we bring creativity and inclusive culture into language learning? Read Charlotte Ryland's fascinating piece in our LSP edited collection www.lspjournal.com/post/think-l... @cforsdick.bsky.social

🗓️Save the date! Back by popular demand, SCILT’s Moving Forward with Languages conferences for Higher and Advanced Higher language learners will return for session 2025-26. Keep an eye on the SCILT e-bulletin in the new term for more information and registration links: loom.ly/3pjXgn8

Here's the article the snip is from. www.lspjournal.com/post/languag... And here's what I suggest we need to do in England: whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/05/can-...

We're excited to announce that we're taking part in the Glasgow Science Festival! Come along to our session in partnership with @uofglasgow.bsky.social on 14 June and explore languages in nature at the Botanic Gardens! More info: loom.ly/xjOQ_Hk #GlaSciFest

Scottish schools looking to run Francofoot/Calciamo, our IDL project linking #languages and PE, in your school next session come to our informal drop-in information session on Thursday 29 May at 4.00pm to find out more! No need to register; email [email protected] for the meeting link.

⏰You’ve still time to join me @karen-scilt.bsky.social & @suzannescilt.bsky.social at our 2nd ‘Getting outdoors with primary languages’ workshop this Friday 23/05/25 @qmuniversity.bsky.social ✅In person, hands on, outdoors & free of charge 🔗Register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-ou...

Our secondary Big Question series returns on 21 May with an online workshop on interdisciplinary learning. Join us to explore what IDL is (and isn’t!), share approaches and explore how languages can be meaningfully woven into projects across subjects. Sign up now: loom.ly/Qb6tWbU

@lynnescilt.bsky.social and @sheenascilt.bsky.social join @stuartphysics.bsky.social and @dnleslie.bsky.social on podcast Talking Scottish Education #TalkEdScot to discuss the importance of language education in Scotland: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Thanks to you and @sheenascilt.bsky.social for agreeing to be guests. We are aiming to get a range of well informed voices and perspectives on the current state of Scottish education and how to improve it. An episode on languages education is an important part of that. #TalkScotEd

Thanks Stuart & Darren for the invite onto the Talking Scottish Education podcast

An excellent day of sharing and collaborating at the @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social Scotland symposium- huge thanks to @drcatrionao.bsky.social et al for organising!

Good to meet up with @lynnescilt.bsky.social and Sheena Bell from @scilt.bsky.social at the @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social Scotland symposium at @qmuniversity.bsky.social. They are the guests on the latest episode of the Talking Scottish Education podcast with me and @dnleslie.bsky.social #TalkScotEd

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #LangsLeadScot #SLLP Scotland’s Languages Leadership Programme is a subject specific leadership development programme offered by @scilt.bsky.social in partnership with @educationscotland.bsky.social Languages Team 🔗 Find out more: scilt.org.uk/ScotlandsLan...

We are delighted to have been invited to speak at this event on Saturday 👇 @lynnescilt.bsky.social and @sheenascilt.bsky.social will lead the session "Improving alum engagement – stories of professional learning", sharing experiences of SCILT's SLLP alum network. #ProfessionalLearning #Collaboration

As part of the DYW Live/eSgoil BGE Careers Fair our workshop for S1-S3 learners on 14 May will explore the fun, transferrable employability skills associated with #languages and how languages can contribute to success in a wide range of jobs and careers! loom.ly/Yd2s05o

Following last year’s inaugural Future of French en Écosse conference we are delighted to open registration for this year’s event, The Future of French en Écosse: The Way Ahead, in Edinburgh on 23 June. Help build a positive future for #French in Scotland! loom.ly/OR8tA2c @uoe-llc.bsky.social

❗New! Our secondary Big Question series returns on 21 May with an online workshop on interdisciplinary learning. Join us to explore what IDL is (and isn’t!), share approaches and explore how languages can be meaningfully woven into projects across subjects. Sign up now: loom.ly/Qb6tWbU

Summer Term Giveaway! Ok to celebrate my last term of teaching here’s a wee giveaway 😊 To win everything in the video: Like and share this post. Follow me. It’s that simple 😁 Closes 7pm Friday 25th April and I’ll draw it as soon as I get time after that 😉

Registration is now open for the IPDA Scotland Symposium on 10th May 2025 with the theme Professional Learning in a renewing learning community. You can also request to lead a collaborative professional learning activity. ipda.org.uk/scotland-sym...

It is great to get the first #TalkScotEd podcast with @barryblackne.bsky.social and @mrdegsy.bsky.social live at last. Despite @dnleslie.bsky.social’s best efforts Derek’s audio on this one is a bit poor but hopefully the quality of the conversation makes up for it.

Following last year’s inaugural Future of French en Écosse conference we are delighted to open registration for this year’s event, The Future of French en Écosse: The Way Ahead, in Edinburgh on 23 June. Help build a positive future for #French in Scotland! loom.ly/OR8tA2c @uoe-llc.bsky.social