School Library Funding
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 #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
#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 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 […]
Ukrainian Classroom Resources
Ukrainian Classroom Resources Help welcome new Ukrainian students & pupils We have developed a range of language mats to help students learn everyday language of the classroom. A new Ukrainian language mat has now been added. These mats will be useful for helping your new Ukrainian pupils and students to access the language of the […]
Day of Language Events
Day of Language Events Inspiring Plurilingualism: Stakes and Perspectives in Europe The conference Inspiring Plurilingualism: Stakes and Perspectives in Europe takes place on Tuesday 29th March 2022 from 9.30am at Eurofound Conference Centre, Dublin 18 and online. Admission is free and simultaneous interpretation will be available in 8 languages: English, French, German, Bulgarian, Italian, Portuguese, […]