Language Summer Camps 2024

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Language Summer Camps 2024 Language Summer Camps 2024 This summer we are funding heritage language as well as lesser-taught language camps. This will be the sixth year of summer camps funded by Languages Connect. The two-week camps are for post-primary students attending school in Ireland. Summer Camps are an opportunity for heritage language speakers to […]

Career Skills Competition

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Career Skills Competition CareerSkills Competition Language Category for 2024 This year, Languages Connect is delighted to be supporting the CareersPortal Career Skills Competition with the second year of the specialist award for language skills. The competition, developed by CareersPortal, has been running for over ten years and promotes the importance of career skills, while also […]

Summer Courses for Primary Teachers

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New Summer Language Courses for Primary Teachers Summer Courses for Primary Teachers The Summer Course Programme overview (EPV days-approved courses) for primary teachers has just been published and in an exciting development for language upskilling, a brand new category of course has been added for 2024:    Language upskilling (including French / German / Spanish […]

#ThinkLanguages Save the Date

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#ThinkLanguages Save the Date #ThinkLanguages Save the Date #ThinkLanguages Week 2024 – Save the Date We are delighted to announce that the festival of languages and cultures for TY students, #ThinkLanguages will return in 2024 so be sure to save the date!  This year’s event will be bigger and better than ever running for a […]

Japan Quiz Night 2024

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Japan Quiz Night 2024 Japan Quiz Night 2024 The ever popular Japan Quiz Night took place last night, Thursday 1st February, with roughly 100 students participating across five locations including Dublin City University, University Limerick, University College Cork, Gorey Community School, and CBS Roscommon. The event supported by the Embassy of Japan in Ireland and the […]

#ThinkLanguages Winners

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#ThinkLanguages Champion Team of the Year Announced #ThinkLanguages Prizegiving Our Lady’s Bower Secondary School are #ThinkLanguages Champion Team of the Year! The national final of the #ThinkLanguages Champion Team of the Year competition took place today at The Clock Tower in the Department of Education, where transition year students of Our Lady’s Bower Secondary School, […]

Mandarin Chinese Language Upskilling Course

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Mandarin Chinese Upskilling Course Mandarin Chinese Upskilling Course In the context of the Department of Education pilot for the language upskilling of primary school teachers, a new Mandarin Chinese language course is now available to registered primary school teachers. The course is funded by the Department of Education and supported by Post-Primary Languages Ireland. A […]

Euro Languages College Competition

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Euro Languages College Competition ELC Competition Languages Connect have teamed up with Euro Languages College (ELC) again this year to offer TY students the chance to win an amazing prize! An 18-day summer residential course in French, German or Spanish is up for grabs where students will have the opportunity to improve their language skills […]

Italian Upskilling Course for Primary Teachers

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Italian Upskilling Course for Primary Teachers Italian Upskilling Course for Primary Teachers In the context of the Department of Education pilot for the language upskilling of primary school teachers, a new online Italian language course is now available to all registered primary school teachers. Funded by the Department of Education and supported by Post-Primary Languages Ireland, […]

Design and Deliver a Language Upskilling Course

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Design and Deliver Language Upskilling Course Design and Deliver Language Upskilling Course Following the publication of the Framework for a redeveloped Primary School Curriculum, the Department of Education has launched a pilot modelling various routes for the language upskilling of primary school teachers. This is a great opportunity to assist in the redeveloped Primary Curriculum […]