Expression of Interest: Language Upskilling Providers

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Expression of Interest: Foreign Language Upskilling Providers Expression of Interest: Language Upskilling Providers We are inviting Expressions of Interest from qualified course providers to support the rollout of a foreign language upskilling scheme for primary school teachers during the 2025/2026 academic year. The growing interest in foreign language learning in primary schools has been bolstered […]

#ThinkLanguages Champion Team in Brussels

#ThinkLanguages Champion Team in Brussels #ThinkLanguages Champion Team in Brussels #ThinkLanguages Champion Team 2024 Travel to Brussels for Prize The winners of the #ThinkLanguages Champion Team 2024, from Beaufort College, Navan, recently travelled to the home of the EU and melting pot of languages and cultures, Brussels following their well deserved win in the final #ThinkLanguages […]

Japan Quiz Night 2025

Japan Quiz Night 2025 Japan Quiz Night 2025 The annual Japan Quiz Night took place last night, Thursday 13th March, with roughly 150 students participating across five locations including Dublin City University (DCU), University Limerick (UL), St. Angela’s College Cork, Gorey Community School, and CBS Roscommon. The event is coorganised by Languages Connect and Japanese departments […]

#ThinkLanguages Save the Date

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#ThinkLanguages Save the Date #ThinkLanguages Save the Date #ThinkLanguages Week 2025 – Save the Date We are delighted to announce that the festival of languages and cultures for TY students, #ThinkLanguages Week, will return in 2025 so be sure to save the date!  This year’s event is gearing up to be bigger and better than […]

#ThinkLanguages 2024 Winners

#ThinkLanguages Champion Team of the Year Announced #ThinkLanguages Prizegiving Beaufort College crowned #ThinkLanguages Champion Team of the Year 2024! The national final of the #ThinkLanguages Champion Team of the Year competition took place today, Thursday, 23rd January at the Clock Tower in the Department of Education, where six transition year students from Beaufort College, Navan […]

December Newsletter

December Newsletter now available December Newsletter now available Our latest email Newsletter has just been issued to subscribers, and can also be viewed below. Have you already subscribed? If you haven’t, then here are links to the most recent Newsletters, and underneath there is a sign up form which you can complete. October 2024, September […]

#ThinkLanguages 2024 Finalists

#ThinkLanguages Champion Team Finalists #ThinkLanguages Champion Team Finalists Finalists for this year’s hotly contested #ThinkLanguages Champion Team Competition have been announced!  Entries to this year’s competition were of an exceptional level and judges were extremely impressed with the standard of events at all shortlisted schools. The effort and dedication from the Champion Teams was inspiring. […]

#ThinkLanguages 2024 a success

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#ThinkLanguages 2024 #ThinkLanguages Week #ThinkLanguages Week Over 17,500 students across 200 schools celebrated the seventh year of #ThinkLanguages last week, hosting their very own festival of languages and cultures. The event was celebrated across the week of 18 – 22 November and with the most participants ever,  #Thinklanguages 2024 was a huge success for all […]

#ThinkLanguages Week 2024

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#ThinkLanguages Week 2024 #ThinkLanguages Week Kicks off! #ThinkLanguages Week Kicks off! Over 17,500 students across 200 schools are celebrating #ThinkLanguages this week as they take part in their very own festival of languages and culture. Our flagship Transition Year event is now in its seventh year and has continued to grow since its inception in […]

Primary School Opportunities in #ThinkLanguages Celebrations

#ThinkLanguages events are being hosted in secondary schools nationwide today 17th November 2022 in a celebration of languages and cultures. 15,000 Transition Year students are participating this year and will enjoy a variety of language-based workshops ranging from Japanese Dance and Portuguese Capoeira to beginner classes in Ukrainian, Chinese and Irish Sign Language.

#ThinkLanguages Celebrations at Primary Primary School Opportunities in #ThinkLanguages Celebrations #ThinkLanguages Week takes place in post primary schools from the 18-22 November with TY students from right across Ireland coming together in a national celebration of languages and cultures, enjoying inspirational talks, fun language-filled workshops and lots more. To really bring languages to life, students […]