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With applications now open for next year’s prestigious European Award for Languages, the search is on for the UK’s most innovative language learning projects. Schools, colleges, adult education and community projects are being encouraged to apply ahead of the deadline on 31st January 2010: www.cilt.org.uk/eal The European Award for Languages is a Europe-wide initiative which recognises and celebrates new ways to inspire and motivate language learners at all levels. This year, the award highlighted all sorts of wonderful initiatives, from inter-country novel writing projects to exciting Spanish singing competitions. Partnerships and community involvement were key themes. Kate Board, Chief Executive of CILT says: “I am continuously impressed by the exciting and innovative projects I see happening in languages classrooms across the country. This award is a fantastic way of recognising and rewarding those efforts – and showing others just how much fun can be had with languages.” To qualify for a European Language Award, language projects must provide an inspiration to others, be replicable, and involve any language other than English. Shortlisted projects will be visited by a panel of expert judges, who will compile a list of the ones they found most innovative. Winners will attend a prize-giving ceremony in June at the famous Emirates Stadium in London, where they will be able to display and share their projects. There will be special prizes available, including the annual Mary Glasgow Award of £2000. You can find out about all of last year’s winning projects by visiting www.cilt.org.uk/eal
Alice Moran Notes to Editors 1. European Award for Languages Also known as the European Label, the Award is a Europe-wide initiative supported by the European Commission recognising projects which demonstrate an innovative, effective and replicable approach to learning languages. CILT, the National Centre for Languages is the UK co-ordinator of the initiative, which has recognised over 1000 innovative projects across Europe since the end of an initial pilot phase in 1999. The initiative is supported in the UK by ECOTEC. To be eligible for an Award projects must demonstrate that they are:
The deadline for entries is 31st January 2010. You can apply on line or download an application form and send it in by email or by post. Details of last year’s winners can also be found on the CILT website. Mary Glasgow Award One of the winning projects will be selected by the Mary Glasgow Language Trust to receive its annual award of £2,000. Mary Glasgow founded the Mary Glasgow Language Trust after a lifetime in languages, as a teacher, HM Inspector of Schools and later as a publisher, and the work of the Trust continues in her memory. Trustees are represented on the panel of judges and their criteria are the same as those for the Award. More details of the European Award for Languages, including previous winners, can be found at: www.cilt.org.uk/eal
CILT works to convince people of all ages, at all stages of learning and in all walks of life, of the benefits of learning and using more than one language. We do this by using our expertise as the National Centre for Languages to influence policy and practice and to support the development of language professionals. In everything we do, we aim to inspire people to develop a life-long appreciation of languages and cultures. CILT is a registered company no. 5375352 and an independent charity number
1108543. We support the Department for Children, Schools & Families
in implementing the National Strategy for Languages and provide independent
advice on all aspects of language teaching, learning and use. We are the
UK standard-setting body for languages and provide advice, intelligence
and other services for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills
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