Scotland's National Centre for Languages Newsletter
Winter 2017 Scotland’s National Centre for Languages Newsletter Word Wizard 2017 [ Welcome to the SCILT newsletter ] Welcome to the SCILT newsletter Editorial 02 SCILT News Dear colleagues 07 European Day of Languages Welcome to the Autumn/Winter 2017 edition of the SCILT newsletter. As I read the articles 10 News from local authorities published in this edition, the importance of what can be achieved through collaboration News from SCIS and partnership working immediately springs 19 to my mind. Whether it’s collaborating with other areas of the curriculum or another News from our partners educational sector, working with a business 20 partner or linking with a cultural organisation, so many gifted teachers are creating extremely 29 Languages beyond school rich, varied and exciting language learning experiences. This sense of being connected, of community, is very obvious amongst us linguists and rightly so. Together, we are so much greater than the sum of our parts and partnership allows us to constantly improve, invigorate and innovate language learning in Scotland. It keeps us agile, informed and able to adapt quickly to At the University of Strathclyde, SCILT has a number of partnerships the new. with key organisations in Scotland, UK and further afield. So as 2017 draws to a close, I would like to wish all of us in the languages community a very prosperous 2018. The new year will undoubtedly bring its challenges as every year does, but I am SCILT Scotland’s National Centre for Languages confident that language education will remain in LH-232 Lord Hope Building very safe hands and that our cooperative spirit University of Strathclyde 141 St James Road will take us from strength to strength.
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