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 […]
17% Increase in CAO Applications
CAO Language Course Applications 17% increase in CAO applications for Languages There has been a sharp increase in demand for language courses at Third Level in the first round of CAO applications this year, with 17% more first preference applications than 2021. In addition to this, the category of Interdisciplinary programmes and qualifications involving arts […]
UCD Languages for Life
Languages at UCD Languages for Life Languages Connect have partnered with UCD on a new initiative called Languages for Life. The website promotes the many benefits of language learning as an integral part of the UCD university strategy, supporting and celebrating the multilingual vitality of the global campus. Students are encouraged to learn languages, not […]
Time for Languages Webinars
Time for Languages Time for Languages Webinars Languages Connect have teamed up with Business in the Community Ireland for a series of interactive webinars promoting the benefits of languages. Speakers from a variety of industries and Third Level will discuss their experiences with languages. The series includes a webinar aimed at TY students and a […]
#ThinkLanguages Competition Winners
#ThinkLanguages Announcements #ThinkLanguages 2022 – Save the Date! We’re very happy to announce that #ThinkLanguages will be back again in 2022 for its fifth year – so save the date! This year the fun and celebrations will happen on Thursday 17 November 2022. Details will be announced in the coming months – so keep your […]
New Language Exam Sample Papers
New Leaving Cert Sample Papers Language Exam Papers published by the SEC The State Examinations Commission has published sample papers and other materials for the four new curricular Leaving Certificate languages (Polish, Lithuanian, Portuguese and Mandarin Chinese). This material can be accessed at https://www.examinations.ie/?l=en&mc=ex&sc=sp Curriculum specifications and guidelines for student language portfolios can be found at https://www.curriculumonline.ie/Senior-cycle/Senior-Cycle-Subjects/ […]