Open Night Toolkit – Community of Practice
Our News & Articles ← Go Back As preparations for open evenings commence in schools around the country, come join us for a Community of Practice dedicated to supporting you in promoting language uptake within your school amongst prospective incoming first year students! In this one-off themed session, we will demonstrate how the toolkit could […]
TY Beginners’ Modules: new French version available. Spanish & Italian updated
Our News & Articles ← Go Back We have updated our Spanish and Italian ‘TY Beginners’ Modules’, designed to introduce a new language at beginner level to TY students. Each module has a selection of tasks and includes topic overviews, task description, learning outcomes and photocopiable student resources. We have also developed a new French […]
PPLI Annual Report 2022
← Go Back Our Annual Report 2022 is now available. The Annual Report details the progress on many actions from Languages Connect – Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017-2026. Find out more about our work with various education and language stakeholders including the growth of the Say Yes to Languages primary module, various […]
New Spotlight on School Edition available
Our News & Articles ← Go Back In this edition of ‘Spotlight on Schools’, Creating Authentic and Cross-Curricular Learning Experiences, Hee-Jung Lee, a Korean teacher at Ardscoil Rís, demonstrates her approach to creating authentic and cross-curricular learning experiences in a Transition Year. Learn more about this project here. Spotlight on Schools is an initiative that seeks […]
New MFL Teachers Talk Podcast Episodes available
Our News & Articles ← Go Back The latest episodes of our MFL Teachers Talk podcast are now available. These are the last two of the present school year, with one in particular focusing on how to keep using and learning languages throughout the Summer – including lots of ideas and events/opportunities mentioned. The overall […]
May 2023 Newsletter now available
Our News & Articles ← Go Back Our latest email Newsletter has just been issued to subscribers, and can also be viewed below. Have you already subscribed? If you haven’t, then here are links to the most recent Newsletters, and underneath there is a sign up form which you can complete. February 2023, December 2022, October […]
FLA & CT ‘Culture Box’ Competition Winners Announced
Our News & Articles ← Go Back Well done to all who participated in this year’s annual competition for cooperating teachers and foreign language assistants. The theme this year was ‘something from our culture box’ and the competition looked at the development of show-and-tell type teaching resources based on classroom culture box items. Judges were […]
Say Yes to Languages extended into 2023/2024
Our News & Articles ← Go Back Primary Module Extended for Third Year! Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has invited primary schools to apply to participate in the Say Yes to Languages module in the 2023/24 school year. The Say Yes to Languages sampler module introduces primary pupils to a new language, by facilitating […]
World of Work Resource: More Languages Now Available!
Our News & Articles ← Go Back The “World of Work” (WOW) series has been expanded. The “Great Language Apprentice Challenge” resource was initially only available for TY students who had studied French, German, Italian, or Spanish at Junior Cycle level. Now the resource is also available in Chinese, Japanese, Lithuanian, Polish and Portuguese. The […]
Spanish Competition
Our News & Articles ← Go Back Win a week in Spain! Calling all 5th year students of Spanish. You could win a week in Spain for you, your friend, and your teacher! Flights, accommodation and Spanish course all included! Languages Connect have teamed up with the Consejería de Educación de la Embajada de España […]
Visiting Spanish Teacher Scheme 2023
Our News & Articles ← Go Back The Visiting Spanish Teacher Scheme is an exciting venture between the Department of Education (DoE) in Ireland and the Ministry of Education and Culture of Spain (MECS). PPLI are delighted to be implementing this scheme once again in 2023. This programme has been created to address the shortage […]
Conclusion of CT-FLA Support Session Two
Our News & Articles ← Go Back Our second round of support sessions for Cooperating Teachers (CTs) and their Foreign Language Assistants (FLAs), conducted in venues across the country over a two-week period, concluded on 09 February! Our sincere thanks to all CTs and FLAs who attended these sessions, where the aim was to provide […]
CareerSkills Competition
Our News & Articles ← Go Back New Language Category for 2023 This year, Languages Connect is supporting the CareersPortal Career Skills Competition with the introduction of a new specialist award for language skills. The competition, developed by CareersPortal, has been running for over ten years and promotes the importance of Career Skills, while also […]
February 2023 Newsletter now available
Our News & Articles ← Go Back Our latest email Newsletter has just been issued to subscribers, and can also be viewed below. Have you already subscribed? If you haven’t, then here are links to the most recent Newsletters, and underneath there is a sign up form which you can complete. December 2022, October 2022, […]
ILAOS Toolkit Video
Our News & Articles ← Go Back An Intercultural Look at our Schools Toolkit is intended for post-primary schools in Ireland. It provides a framework for schools wishing to address the intercultural dimension in the school. We have now released a video showing the Toolkit in action and how it has positively impacted and assisted […]