Register for #ThinkLanguages 2023
#ThinkLanguages 2023 #ThinkLanguages 2023 Registration is now closed Registration is now closed for #ThinkLanguages 2023. This year events will be taking place nationwide during the week of 27 November – 1 December 2023. Join thousands of TY students from right across Ireland in a festival of languages and cultures. Enjoy inspirational talks, fun language-filled workshops, […]
1,200 Schools Say Yes to Languages
1,200 Schools Say Yes to Languages Say Yes to Languages Kicks off for Third Year Primary Module Expands for Third Year 1,200 schools will take part in the Say Yes to Languages module during the 2023/2024 school year. The module, which has been extended for a third year by the Department of Education, is set […]
Spanish Competition Winner
Spanish Competition Winners 2023 Spanish Competition Winners 2023 A week in Spain! Congratulations to Joan Murphy-Leane, Maria Stella Lacolla and their Spanish teacher KelleyAnne Ryan from Cork Educate Together Secondary School who won first place in this year’s Spanish video competition. The lucky team have won a one-week language scholarship in Castilla y León this […]
Careers Skills Competition Winner
Careers Skills Competition Winner 2023 Careers Skills Competition Winner 2023 The Languages Connect Award for Careers with Foreign Languages Congratulations to Ana Isabel Cámara Gutiérrez from Our Lady’s College, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth who has won the Languages Connect Award for Careers with Foreign Languages at this year’s careersportal.ie Career Skills competition. Ana is a […]
Languages Connect Summit Registration Open
Registration Opens for Languages Summit Registration Opens for Languages Connect Summit Languages Connect Summit – Saturday 14 October 2023 Early bird registration for the Languages Connect Summit is officially open. Taking place on Saturday 14 October 2023 the event is the first of its kind for Modern Foreign Language teaching and learning in Ireland and is being […]
ELC Competition Winners
ELC Competition Winners ELC Competition Winners Congratulations to the two winners of our Euro Languages College competition Lara Putar and Hana Finn who have won an amazing prize of an 18-day summer residential course at the ELC this Summer. Choosing either French, German or Spanish, the prize offers a fantastic opportunity to make new friends, […]
Exchanges Funding Application 2023
Exchanges Funding Exchanges Funding Applications now open Foreign Language Exchange funding applications are now open. Schools can apply for grants of up to €15,000 for three years, beginning from the 2023/2024 school year. Schools organising a new or continuing school exchange are eligible for this once-off one year grant. This grant will be awarded to […]
Leaving Cert Language Classes 2023/2024
Leaving Cert Language Classes Leaving Cert Language Classes Saturday Classes 2023/2024 Registration is now open for Leaving Cert Language Saturday Classes starting this September. We are delighted to be offering two new online classes in Polish and Japanese. June 2022 saw approximately 1450 students sit four new curricular language leaving certificate exams: Chinese, Lithuanian, Polish […]
School Library Funding Scheme 2023
School Library Funding Scheme School Library Funding Scheme Applications for 2023 now closed This scheme gives primary and post-primary schools an opportunity to acquire books and other relevant home language resources for students who speak home languages other than English or Irish. Students can benefit from books in their own language as this supports their […]
Euro Languages College Prize
Euro Languages College Prize Euro Languages College Prize The Prize Languages Connect have teamed up with ELC again this year to offer TY students the chance to win an amazing prize! The winner will be awarded an 18-day summer residential course in French, German or Spanish. To get a fully immersive experience you will be […]