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Our term card is out! Find all of the events we have (so far) planned in autumn term. Unless stated otherwise, events are open for registrations at business-language-champions.…
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Baroness Warwick introducing Lords debate of UUK Blueprint for HE. Acknowledges tranformations being made by HEIs but sadly some cuts doing great damage "such as the worrying loss of modern foreign language programmes." Urgent need for action. @UCFLangs @ILCS_SAS @UniversitiesUK – at Stockport, England
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Today sees the 3rd annual Business Language Challenge with our schools. Thank you @abingdonschool for hosting this fun team challenge event for linguists. A day of collaboration and challenge with a sweet treat focus! @BLC_blog
We had a great day. Thank you all so much for coming along and taking part - you were all amazing! #languages #careers #mfltwitterati
A fantastic day was had by all at yesterday’s Business Language Challenge. Well done to the winning team, true collaboration from students across schools. See more here canva.com/design/DAGWWpBrLRo…
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There's still time to book your spot for the @LanguageShow starting this Friday! Three days of live online expert talks with tasters and insights for people who love languages, plus CPD sessions for language teachers and professionals. Book now: tinyurl.com/bdeyw9nj
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Dear Hispaninsts, impressive facts from the latest 'anuario' from @InstCervantes that surely makes us proud to play our little role teaching Spanish. The second mother tongue in the world and 600 million potential users. 🧵
Happy half-term! Hope you're set for #halloween2024!
A reminder of our term card with info on scarily enjoyable events for the rest of the term.
Find more details and sign up for the newsletter here: bit.ly/3zdYpRS - new events added all the time.
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Well done, Alfie and Conrad! What a great video 👍
Learning to speak other languages can open many doors for future career paths, and is a superb way to support your mental health. Alfie and Conrad have been learning languages as part of their extra curricular activities and we are so proud #extracurricular #languages #schoolclub
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This is terribly sad. That the study of language and culture, surely in these troubled times more crucial now than ever, is being systematicaly eroded needs to be addressed urgently at every level of education.
The erosion of language education within the university sector continues with the TESOL team at the University of Central Lancashire being informed of Senior Management's proposals to withdraw all TESOL programmes (and 9 other subjects, including all European languages) from 2025......show support @UCLan colleagues ✊️forms.office.com/e/VUg7JrhUk…
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Languages are a core part of our mission, giving us a glimpse into cultures all around the world. Our linguists chose some of their most eye-catching idioms and phrases for you to enjoy.
Can you work out what this Korean phrase might mean in English?
ALT A stylized digital illustration of a large blue eye with glasses reflected on the iris, accompanied by Korean text "제 눈에 안경이다" and the logo of GCHQ in the bottom right corner.
We had a fantastic couple of days @StMarysCalne working with years 7 and 8. Monday was all a World Trade Game followed by Japanese. Friday was French cafe culture, including baking some fabulous lunette biscuits.
Bon appetit everyone!
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We’re excited to introduce our brand new portfolio of German Clubs, perfect for children of all ages. There’s even a club for the Gimagine Award! 📚✨
Plus, we’ve got all the materials you need to kick off a German Club at your school! 🎉...
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#Gimagine #MFL #EduTwitter
ALT Gimagine Award trophy illustration by Bismuto
Royal High Bath are excited to be hosting ‘A Spoonful of Languages….Helps the Medicine Go Down’, a Business Language Champions event. Register here to join in the action:
business-language-champions.…
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Well, we think it's a great day for @England! Congratulations to 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 🇩🇪 on becoming #ThreeLions head coach from 2025 ⚽️ Now 🇬🇧 sports journalists will just need to work on their pronunciation. @BBCSport @SkySportNews - here's a handy guide we made earlier 😉
#WhyLearnGerman? German 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is easier than you might think. You can mostly guess how a word is said from how it's written! And many of those "quirks" like ch, ä, ö & ü are actually sounds that appear in 🇬🇧 varieties of English. Check out our handy guide! 👇
We couldn't agree more. In today's world, it's crazy that languages have become the Cinderella subject and that language students struggle to spend meaningful time overseas due to Brexit, the gift that keeps on giving.
#mfltwitterati #mfl #languages #BrexitChaos
It's crucial to see @UniversitiesUK join the call for a national languages strategy as advocated by @BritishAcademy_ & @UCFLangs, alongside their request for a guaranteed continuation of international mobility for students, to ensure real sustainability of opportunities, and their ongoing delivery at Higher Education level, across the UK. 👏👏👏
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'Government, the devolved administrations and the sector should work together to address the collapse in modern foreign language education in schools. There should be a national strategy to foster language provision in schools and to retain sufficient higher education capability in languages and interdisciplinary area studies to meet the long-term needs of the UK.'
Full document: universitiesuk.ac.uk/sites/d…
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We had such a great day! Thank you to everyone who worked so well on the challenges.
@SanctonWood @StMargsBushey
Also a big thank you to our Mandarin language helpers!
@MEP_Excellence @ConfuciusTSD
#mfltwitterati #mfl #languages #Careers
Our L5 Mandarin pupils have had a great day at Oundle School with @BLC_blog including a keynote talk on business in China and the benefits of learning Chinese. They took part in a marketing and selling challenge after an introduction to some marketing techniques.
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Put your 6th form linguists through their paces at our Operation Language event, hosted by @readingsch. Can they excel at time management, creativity, and teamwork as well as linguistic skills?
Find out more here: business-language-champions.…
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Teachers, especially language teachers, but not only, are key agents in raising awareness on the importance of maintaining the world's linguistic diversity.
Happy Teacher's Day!
unesco.org/en/articles/world…
Happy German Unity Day (Tag der Deutschen Einheit)! Today is the national day of Germany, marking the reunification of Germany in 1990.
Find out more here: deutschland.de/en/topic/poli…
@goetheinstitut @GI_London1
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Why do languages matter? They make you better at whatever you love to do. They open your mind to new perspectives in science, engineering, diplomacy, art, history, hospitality, music, law & much, much more. Communication matters. Connections matter. That’s why languages matter.
We had a great day! Thank you for hosting us so well and we hope to see you again soon!
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Thank you to @BLC_blog who ran a Business Language Champions Day for our 3rd Year. In teams, pupils worked on various tasks using their language skills which they then presented to each other. A day full of energy and fun for everyone! #ChurchersLanguages
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