Heritage & Lesser-Taught Language Summer Camps 2023
Our News & Articles ← Go Back This is a call for heritage and lesser taught language summer camp coordinators! PPLI, through Languages Connect, is delighted to be supporting the running of summer camps again this year, our 5th year doing so. There have been summer camps all over the country for the past four […]
#ThinkLanguages 2023 – Save the Date!
Our News & Articles ← Go Back We are delighted to announce that #ThinkLanguages will return in 2023 so be sure to save the date! This year’s event will be bigger and better than ever running for a week from 27th November to 1st December, making it easier for schools to choose a date that […]
Digi Tech do Theangacha
Our News & Articles ← Go Back Tá uirlis fhéinmheastóireachta forbartha ag oideachasóirí (PPLI san áireamh) chun cuidiú le múinteoirí teangacha a gcleachtas digiteach sa rang a mheas agus a fhorbairt. Ar dtús, tugtar abairtí, a bhaineann le dea-chleachtas in úsáid gléasanna digiteacha sa seomra ranga teangacha; tugtar míniú breise freisin ar théarmaí faoi leith […]
DCU Languages Week 2023
Our News & Articles ← Go Back The School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS) have announced the second iteration of Dublin City University Languages Week, generously supported by Languages Connect, which will take place from Monday, March 6th to Friday, March 10th, 2023. During this week, Fifth Year secondary school students can attend […]
MFL Teachers Talk Podcast Launched
Our News & Articles ← Go Back PPLI are delighted to announce the launch of our MFL Teachers Talk podcasts. The aim of this series of podcasts is to celebrate the work of languages teachers, by giving them a voice and allowing them to tell stories from their classroom, including their successes and their challenges. […]
Save the date! Languages Connect Summit
Our News & Articles ← Go Back The inaugural Languages Connect Summit will take place on Saturday 14 October 2023 at the Convention Centre Dublin. The PPLI event will bring together education stakeholders involved in Modern Foreign Language (MFL) Teaching and Learning. Working in collaboration with the Department of Educaton, PDST, JCT, COGG and Leargas, the Summit […]
School Library Funding
Our News & Articles ← Go Back 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 success. Over 1,439 schools across Ireland have availed of the scheme since its […]
Vote in our latest Poll!
Our News & Articles ← Go Back Throughout the year, we pose a question for you and/or your classes. You get the chance to vote, and see the result. Why not have a look at our latest poll and, of course, vote on it? Visit our Poll Page here, and also see the results of […]
Foreign Language Assistant Scheme 2023-24
Our News & Articles ← Go Back The Department of Education has opened applications for the Foreign Language Assistant Scheme 2023-24. Applications will remain open up to the closing date of Tuesday 07 February 2023. For further information and access to the relevant application forms, please visit: gov.ie – Foreign Language Assistant Scheme. For more […]
December 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. October 2022, September 2022, Summer […]
Annual Foreign Language Assistant-Cooperating Teacher Competition
Our News & Articles ← Go Back Competition: “Something from our Culture Box!” Working together as a FLA-CT team, this year’s competition involves you devising a show-and-tell type teaching resource, bringing an aspect of the target language cultures to life in the classroom. Winning entries will spark inspiration amongst existing and future CTs and FLAs! […]
New CLIL CPD for MFL Teachers
Our News & Articles ← Go Back PPLI has launched the latest round of CLIL CPD for MFL teachers. Content and Language Integrated Learning is a pedagogical approach that sees the teaching of subject content through a foreign language. As a result, the foreign language is used for a real, authentic purpose which has shown […]
New ILAOS Community of Practice
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. It aims to raise awareness of the role students’ plurilingual and pluricultural identities and competences play in their learning […]
#ThinkLanguages: Well done!
Our News & Articles ← Go Back #ThinkLanguages, our flagship event, took place in schools nationwide yesterday, Thursday 17 November. Around 180 schools nationwide, with approximately 15,000 TY students, made this year the biggest #ThinkLanguages ever! Well done to everyone who took part – there was so much fun and colour on show nationwide! Check […]
Today is #ThinkLanguages 2022
Our News & Articles ← Go Back 15,000 TY Students Nationwide to Celebrate Languages and Cultures at #ThinkLanguages 2022 Students in 180 schools to embrace rich diversity of community for fifth national TY event. Dublin 17 November 2022: The fifth annual #ThinkLanguages event looks set to be the biggest yet with 15,000 students taking […]