School Library Funding Scheme 2023

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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

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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 […]

School Library Funding

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School Library Funding Scheme 2022 biggest yet School Library Funding Scheme 2022 biggest yet Schools embrace scheme supporting heritage languages  2022 saw the largest ever number of approved applications for the Languages Connect School Library Funding Scheme, with 770 schools signed up. The initiative, now in its fourth year, has proven to be a huge […]

#ThinkLanguages 2022 kicks off

ThinkLanguages 2022 Edmund Rice school students 19

#ThinkLanguages 2022 #ThinkLanguages 2022 Fifth National TY event kicks off today!   The fifth annual #ThinkLanguages event looks set to be the biggest yet with 15,000 students taking part in the annual celebration of languages and cultures, starting November 17th. Over 180 schools across the country have signed up to the Languages Connect flagship event, […]

MS Readathon 2022

MS Readathon 2022 MS Readathon 2022 Try reading in another language! The MS Readathon is here again and Languages Connect is delighted to be a partner once more, bringing a foreign language element to Ireland’s biggest sponsored reading initiative. While inspiring kids to read, the MS Readathon has also been raising much needed funds for […]

#ThinkLanguages 2022 to be biggest yet

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#ThinkLanguages 2022 to be biggest yet #ThinkLanguages 2022 to be biggest yet School planning for #Thinklanguages gets underway Around 175 schools across Ireland have started their planning for #Thinklanguages 2022, the national TY event now in its fifth year. The celebration of languages and cultures is set to be the biggest yet, with over 14,000 […]

Young Translators Competition 2022

Young Translators Competition 2022 Young Translators Competition 2022 Juvenes Translatores A contest to reward the best young translators in the European Union Who can take part?  Secondary school students born in 2005. What is this about? Each year since 2007, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation has run the Juvenes Translatores contest in schools across […]

Say Yes to Languages Kicks off for Second Year

Say Yes to Languages kicks off for Second Year Say Yes to Languages Kicks off for Second Year Term One of Primary Module Set to Begin The first term of primary module ‘Say Yes to Languages’ is set to kick off next week with over 50,000 pupils expected to take part throughout the year. The […]

Language Summer Camps 2022

Language Summer Camps 2022

Language Summer Camps 2022 Language Summer Camps 2022 This summer, we have funded four Chinese, Lithuanian, Polish and Romanian two-week Summer Camps across the country. Summer Camps are an opportunity for heritage language speakers to learn more about their language and culture or for beginners to discover a new language. The camps make learning a language fun […]

IGC Competition Winners Announced

IGC Webinar Competition Winners The results are in The winners of the IGC Webinar Poster Competition have been announced. Students were tasked with creating a poster that illustrated how learning languages not only helps you to communicate with people but it also helps you develop many other skills. The judging panel were extremely impressed by […]