Language Workshop for singers, actors, musicians and everyone
Why are languages so important in singing and acting? This was the initial question for a workshop that took place on March 12th 2010 in the Language Learning Centre of the University of Hull,...
Score in French success!
280 pupils from eleven schools in the South took part in two days of football and French at University of Southampton on the 23rd and 24th March as part of our successful “Score in French...
BBC Radio Indus Show, with special guests Ameeta Richardson and Stephen Toal
Once again, the COLT Project Team appeared on the BBC Radio Indus Show, hosted by Talat Farooq Awan for BBC Radio Manchester and Lancashire. To listen to the radio show, please follow...
Language Evening Classes at MMU
Manchester Metropolitan University is offering some exciting new Evening courses for the Summer 2010 term: Italian Women on Screen Lingua e cinema italiana (Italian Language and Cinema)...
‘2012 Inspire Mark’ helps Routes East deliver Olympic Games legacy
inspired sports projects combine language, culture, education, volunteering and business opportunities Anglia Ruskin University Routes into Languages East Language and Sport and Active Languages...
Essex schools take part in university languages project
Students from an Essex school got their first taste of learning languages with The Open University with an all-day introductory session in Chelmsford on Saturday 5th December 2009. Pupils from...
Explosive Screenings
Explosive screenings Film and modern languages make an explosive combination and this has a vital role to play in bringing MFL learning alive to young people. Highlighting the 20th anniversary of the...
Database of Language Speakers
We are compiling a database of speakers of languages. If you speak a language other than French, German and Spanish and you are interested in assisting schools and other parties with enquires...
Wales, Europe & the World – Glyndŵr University
Following the success of Wales, Europe & the World in Cardiff last month, we took the event up to North Wales where one of our partner university’s kindly hosted the day. We are pleased to...
Business Language Champions in the East
Business Language Champions Plus (BLC+) is a project which aims to demonstrate to students in secondary and further education the value of language skills in the world of work. It achieves this by...
LAFTA Awards!
Thank you to everyone who sent in a film clip for the Languages and Film Talent Awards (LAFTAs) 2010. Languages Work received over 100 entries this year! The competition is now closed and...
The iPod Competition Winners!
As part of the COLT Language Enrichment Events in winter 2009/10 All pupils that attended a COLT Language Enrichment Event in winter 2009/10 could enter our iPod competition and have the chance to...
Wales, Europe & the World, Cardiff
On Tuesday, 9 February 2010 Cardiff City Hall was taken over by 450 of South Wales’ young linguists. Wales, Europe...
Winners of the Juvenes Translatores competition
In a pleasing juxtaposition of news, Google's announcement of the imminent arrival of a smartphone which interprets in real time, delighting Star Trek fans everywhere, is closely followed by news of...
Interview on BBC Radio Manchester's Indus Show
On Sunday 7th February 2010, Dr Sharon Handley, Director of the COLT Project, Gee Macrory, from the Institute of Education at MMU, and Shahid Hussain, the COLT Urdu Teacher Trainer, were...
iPod Competition Entries!
Thank you to everyone who submitted an Entry for the iPod Competition for the Winter season Language Enrichment Events! There have been some great entries with photos, poetry, and accounts of...
Now You're Talking
This engaging and motivating DVD was produced by the lead institution of the Yorkshire and Humber consortium for Routes into Languages, The University of Hull, in collaboration with the Regional...
England meets Germany for Languages on Film
Students learning German at Patcham High School, Brighton recently put their language skills to the test when they visited Couven Gymnasium in Aachen, Germany for a week-long languages and media...
