💖 the work of @worldkidlit.bsky.social! To benefit from #WKL brilliance, get involved in the #WorldKitLit International Reading Award by October 2026 🤩🔗Poster to download & share details worldkidlit.org/wp-content/u... Tagging 🔝friends @ealglasgow.bsky.social @satealscotland.bsky.social

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As we approach 10 years of #WorldKidLitMonth this September, we're fundraising to keep the #WorldKidLit ship sailing into the next decade, and for two projects aimed at promoting international reading among young people. Please donate & share widely! Thank you! worldkidlit.org/2026/07/21/w...

📢 @suzannescilt.bsky.social & meine #TOGS Freunde! 👀 @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social 🎬🎞️ #KinoTage offer for schools outside London. German Film Week Kit – includes films, workshop ideas & posters. Register to bring German language cinema to your school 30/09 - 03/10/26: www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/sp...

Learning English is essential for new scots to integrate and those engaged in teaching them are deserving of our praise. But they need protection by the authorities from those racists who would harass them and seek to put a stop to their vital role. @johnswinney.bsky.social @sabirzazai.bsky.social

Alison Phipps አሊሰን@alisonphipps.bsky.social · 2w ago

Spirit of hate must be countered before more vital services are forced to close - my first ’official’ column in today’s @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/politics/262... The National app here: www.thenational.scot/subscribe/

🌍📚 Love children's books and discovering stories from around the world? Please consider supporting World Kid Lit! If you can't donate right now, a repost would mean the world too. Every bit of support helps! 💙 www.fundsurfer.com/node/5108/re...

As we count down to our 10th #WorldKidLitMonth, we're spotlighting one of the best places to find global YA reads: the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative. Explore the 2026 prize winners and a wealth of international #YA recommendations. 🌍✨ #TranslatedLit worldkidlit.org/2026/06/22/g...

How to Read the World: GLLI Translated YA Book Prize and International YA Lit Month

By Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp As we approach our 10th anniversary of World Kid Lit Month in September, over the summer we’ll have a series of posts celebrating the global kid lit community, sharing h…

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🧑‍🍳Cooking up CLPL to order! ✅Choose ingredients from our 🆕menu to build the workshops that your group of primary teachers need #ethos #curriculum #pedagogy #skills 🔗Bookings now open for 2026-27 for whole school, cluster, network or local authority groups hass.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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‼️Now open for group bookings! SCILT's professional learning menu has been published for 2026-27. We welcome requests from schools, local authorities and clusters in primary, secondary and across sectors. Visit our website to view the menu and make your booking: https://loom.ly/YSixSng

Allowing #gender-#inclusive and gender-neutral forms in exams reflects the evolving nature of #languages and the need to balance standardised #teaching with responsiveness to societal change: theconversation.com/gender-neutr... @uk.theconversation.com #linguistics #MFL #French #German #language

Gender-neutral pronouns in French exams: how language classrooms respond to linguistic change

Should language teaching describe how a language is used, or how it should be used?

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Scottish schools can now register interest in the next block of the Mandarin Virtual Exchange Teacher programme this autumn! The weekly live-streamed #Mandarin lessons are suitable as L3 provision for pupils in P5-7 and secondary BGE learners. More info: https://loom.ly/gKBlbRw

Should language teaching describe how a language is used, or how it should be used?

Gender-neutral pronouns in French exams: how language classrooms respond to linguistic change

Should language teaching describe how a language is used, or how it should be used?

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Memories of German colonialism: Renowned scholar Dr Nancy Rushohora (Uni Dar es Salaam) talks about crucial role of women in anti-colonial resistance to German colonial rule in East Africa & present practices of remembrance. On Podcast DECOLONIAL MEMORIES. open.spotify.com/episode/5Q0o...

Episode 24 (English) with Dr Nancy Rushohora

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Scottish schools can now register interest in the next block of the Mandarin Virtual Exchange Teacher programme this autumn! The weekly live-streamed #Mandarin lessons are suitable as L3 provision for pupils in P5-7 and secondary BGE learners. More info: https://loom.ly/gKBlbRw

Teachers! It's never to early to get ready for the French Film Festival. Check out the programme and book a screening in your school between 26/10/26 and 18/12/26. 2️⃣films each for primary & secondary learners to choose from🎞️🍿Vive le cinéma! frenchfilmfestival.org.uk/learning-pro...

Learning Programme in Schools - French Film Festival UK

“We look forward to participating again. Thank you for organising the screenings and teacher resources. It is a very popular end of term activity!” The French Film Festival UK 2026 Programme of films ...

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📢 Volunteers wanted for "Vive le Fringe!" 🌟 Join our team this August and help bring French culture to the @edfringe.bsky.social! 🎭 Volunteers can support our communications, box office or cultural activities and enjoy our shows for free ⏰ Apply by 5 July www.ifecosse.org.uk/call-for-vol...

Access our antiracist languages professional learning resource. Featuring two antiracist educators from West Lothian, it is an opportunity to evaluate your practice and engage with subject-specific, sector-specific antiracist practice: https://loom.ly/0ROrMgk #antiracism #professionallearning

✍️🌲🦦Words of the Wild competition from @scotwildlife.bsky.social submissions accepted in Scots, Gaelic & English on the theme of changing seasons 1000 words on 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿wildlife & wild places #story #poetry #letter #lyrics #essay 2️⃣ age categories, under & over 18s scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/wordsofthewi...

Words of the Wild Competition | Scottish Wildlife Trust

Enter this year's Words of the Wild nature writing competition - over £2,000-worth of wildlife prizes to be won!

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Check out this British Sign Language glossary made by the Scottish Sensory Centre! It includes a whole range of marine species and is ideal for practising for our Snorkelling for All Celebration in a few weeks! buff.ly/aqeiBk1 Book tickets for our #SnorkellingForAll Celebration here bit.ly/4u5DUhn

Scottish Sensory Centre: British Sign Language Glossary of Curriculum Terms - Marine species

For everyone who is involved in the education of deaf children, deafblind children and visually impaired children and young people, the young people themselves and their families.

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Congratulations to presentation award winners at #IPDA2026: Best Paper: Emily Perry & Eleanor Hotham Best Research Paper: Jo Gallagher Best Practice Paper: Egle Pranckuniene & Gražina Šmitienė Best Early Career Researcher: Shez Russell

Squee! #Euroquiz 2026 this afternoon in The McEwan Hall, Edinburgh. The calm before the storm!

SCILT@scilt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We’re incredibly grateful to all of our partners for their generous contributions to this year’s #Euroquiz Final prize pool 🏆💛 Your support, collaboration, and commitment mean so much to us. We’re excited for the Euroquiz National Final on 12 June! 🥳

"Learning a language opens up so many opportunities that you would never believe would be possible." In our latest reel Carrie Ewens, PT at Stepps Primary, and Michael Connor, PT at Mearns Primary, discuss being part of the #Curriculum Improvement Cycle for #Languages.

This week we're focusing on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle for Languages and today it's all about Scots! Check out this reel from Sylvia Warnecke, School of Languages and Applied Linguistics, The Open University, where she discusses the importance of Scots.

❗ Don't miss this job opportunity! We are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to work on Building Policy-Research Bridges in Languages. More information here: university-council-for-languages.org/2026/06/job-...

👏Props to all participants, critical friends and partners @scilt.bsky.social & @educationscotland.bsky.social Languages Team involved in #LangsLeadScot 2025-26 👀Here's to 2026-27 SLLP Reunion Year when there'll be lots of opportunities for alums to #connect #collaborate #enquire #coach

Lynne_SCILT@lynnescilt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Yesterday I was privileged to be online with the 2025-26 #SLLP cohort. Dedicated pri & sec tchrs of languages sharing their subject specific leadership development this year🔑 #LangsLeadScot understandings: leadership is relational #WithPeople #ProfessionalCourage🎉GTCS Prof Recognition awards for all

Yesterday I was privileged to be online with the 2025-26 #SLLP cohort. Dedicated pri & sec tchrs of languages sharing their subject specific leadership development this year🔑 #LangsLeadScot understandings: leadership is relational #WithPeople #ProfessionalCourage🎉GTCS Prof Recognition awards for all

Here’s a summary of an inspiring session with Noemí Rodríguez, exploring practical AI-powered Canva workflows for translation, interactive games, collaborative learning, speaking practice, bulk resource creation and creative storytelling in the language classroom. linkedin.com/pulse/integr...

Integrating Canva in World Language Teaching With Noemí Rodríguez

This evening, I had the pleasure of attending a truly outstanding World Language Job Alike session hosted by François Stalder. We were incredibly fortunate to welcome the brilliant Noemí Rodríguez-Gri...

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❗New❗Our Big Question #3 workshop for secondary languages teachers and student teachers. This workshop will discuss the notion of developing a linguistic mindset through the language that learners experience, and will include input from a guest practitioner. Register now: https://loom.ly/ynKsCmw

Our Closer to the Classroom event series, which includes afternoon sessions designed specifically for teachers, is taking place in June. Interested? info.qualifications.gov.scot/3RExeZ7

🌟 Upcoming n-person BERA event Culturally Responsive Storytelling in/with the outdoors for learning 🗓️ 15 Jul 2026 📍 Edinburgh #NOLAP Find out more and register: https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/culturally-responsive-storytelling-in-with-the-outdoors-for-learning-2026

📰SCILT's spring 2026 newsletter is out now! Discover how we’re supporting language learning and teaching across Scotland, explore inspiring initiatives from schools and local authorities, and catch up on the latest news, projects, and opportunities from our partners: https://loom.ly/aNZ_0w4

The latest @booksforkeeps.bsky.social is out - free online! Beyond the Secret Garden looks at multilingualism in children's books. @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social and I discuss 'I'm Going to Make a Friend'. And an excellent column on tower blocks (and gardens!) from @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social!

Tagging @scilt.bsky.social @saltlangs.bsky.social @cissstrathclyde.bsky.social & #LangsLeadScot buddies #SLLPAlums 👀 ⬇️

CenTCS@centcs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We're delighted to invite you to the final seminar in our 2025-26 series, with #CenTCS Fellow Francisco Valdera-Gil: "Transformative learning and teaching in the #Languages classrooms in #Scotland" Thurs 4 June | 15:30-16:30 | Room 230 | St Andrew's Building   www.linkedin.com/posts/centcs...