Thu, 01/09/2011 - Thu, 20/10/2011
Amid ever-growing interest, the European Commission is running its Juvenes Translatores translation contest for the fifth time in 2011.
Fri, 03/06/2011 - Sun, 05/06/2011
This interdisciplinary conference, which is organized by the partners of the Elik project (English meets Latin) will take place on 3-5 June in Berlin (Germany).
ICT is playing an ever-increasing role in the languages classroom helping to motivate students and facilitate language acquisition. Ever fancied taking some time out to get up to speed with all the latest ICT tools? Want help deciding what’s hot and what’s not? Then join us for our June seminar in Madrid (Spain).
Fri, 01/04/2011 - Sat, 30/04/2011
The Spanish Ministry of Education is offering grants for Teachers of Spanish in the U.K to attend University Summer Courses in Spain. The Consejería encourage interested teachers to participate. The application deadline is 30 April 2011.
Tue, 16/11/2010
MYLO is an exciting online language learning service that links your favourite interests with things you like doing on the internet – like playing games, creating blogs and movies, and sharing and working with others – making learning languages exciting and fun!
Fri, 24/09/2010
An Eurostat study from September 2010 reveals that in the EU, nearly 80% of children were studying a foreign language at primary school in 2008.
Tue, 21/12/2010
The number of students who choose Spanish as an elective course in high school in Iceland is increasing and is now exceeding French. Moreover the language of Cervantes is the only elective language that continues to gain popularity in this country.
Thu, 16/12/2010
British Education Secretary Michael Gove announced a pioneering new partnership with China to train 1000 more Mandarin teachers for secondary schools in England. According to the Department for Education, Mandarin is an increasingly popular subject choice for GCSE, but there are only around 100 qualified Mandarin teachers in England at the moment, and only 16 per cent of secondary schools offered Chinese language teaching in 2009.
Thu, 02/12/2010
The European Survey on Language Competences is a major initiative by the European Commission to support the development of language learning policies across Europe.
Tue, 05/10/2010 - Sat, 19/03/2011
The association No Man's Langues organizes a competition for highschool pupils in France that will take place from 5 October 2010 to 19 March 2011. Prizes are comics worth 300 euros.
