The Impact and Experience of Foreign Languages in Erasmus+
Since it began in 2014, Erasmus+ has supported thousands of people around Ireland to train, exchange, study or get work experience in another European country. It’s difficult to encapsulate the breadth and diversity of experiences they’ve had....
Schools Celebrate the European Day of Languages - and Wellbeing!
Léargas Languages Initiatives Officer Eli Babei reflects on an inspiring visit to Kilglass National School in Galway, to present the prizes for our European Day of Languages competition.
2017 European Day of Languages Winners visit Le Monde
In 2017 Léargas held a school competition to celebrate the European Day of Languages on 26 September. 'My Dream Job in...' was held in collaboration with Euroguidance Ireland from the National Centre for Guidance in Education. We invited...
Apply for a European Language Label award and encourage Languages for Life
Do you know of an innovative language project or initiative that deserves to win a European award? The European Language Label highlights and recognises creative and inspirational language learning initiatives: they can be large or small, formal...
'Mother Tongue plus Two': Irish and Multilingualism
21 February is International Mother Language Day and this year's theme was 'Towards Sustainable Futures through Multilingual Education'. Córa de Paor spent nine years working as an Irish translator in Brussels, and is now a Field Officer in the ...
Languages for Understanding: Entries to the EDL 2016 'Climate Change In...' Competition
Every year Léargas holds a schools competition to celebrate the European Day of Languages on 26 September. This year we asked language teachers to work with Geography teachers to help pupils consider climate change in a particular country: how...
The Spark to Speak: How Languages Changed My Life
19 year old Trinity student Blaithín Macken Smith once hated school. Discovering her love of languages changed her life and led her to unexpected places...including receiving a European Language Label at our 2016 award ceremony in Farmleigh,...
How a teacher's idea led to a European Language Label award
Applications for the 2016 European Language Label award close on Friday 26 September. Here Edel Ní Arrachtáin, one of last year's winners, explains how her award-winning project came about. The Language Label jury commented that her Irish...
Connecting language and history with the European Day of Languages
The European Day of Languages is held on 26 September every year to celebrate the diversity of languages in Europe. To mark the day, Léargas runs an annual competition encouraging learners and teachers to engage with languages in different ways....