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Karen Faulds
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Professional Development Officer @ SCILT, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages. Supporting teacher learning and development, promoting languages and cultures.
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Student, newly and recently qualified primary teachers working in Scotland are welcome to join me and @karen-scilt.bsky.social on Wed 26/11/25 online. We'll answer your questions and signpost you to everything you need for your 1️⃣st steps in teaching primary languages 👣
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scilt.bsky.social SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · 4d
Our ECT Signpost Sessions are for recently qualified and student primary teachers who are looking for advice on how to support multilingual pupils, strategies for teaching additional languages and networking opportunities.
The next session takes place 26 Nov.
Sign up now: https://loom.ly/HpIN0Uw
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Check out this new resource! Huge thanks and credit to Lynne for creating it!
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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A pleasure to support @ealglasgow.bsky.social’s network day, where @karen-scilt.bsky.social shared the fab Multilingualism through Art resource. The Language Portraits activity generated such interesting conversations!
⬇️Download a🆓 pack of 🔟 multilingual activities
🔗 scilt.org.uk/News/NewsVie...
NEW! Multilingual Approaches through Art activity pack
We are excited to announce that the new Multilingual Approaches through Art (MtA) activity pack is now published!! Funded by the Glasgow Knowledge Exchange Fund and created by those involved in the M...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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And just like that the 1st @scilt.bsky.social online workshop for primary teachers is done! Hosted by @karen-scilt.bsky.social with 🔝 contribution from @akiyani.bsky.social 🔗 Register for the other 🆓 online workshops www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/scilt-scot...
scilt.bsky.social SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · Aug 27
🗓️Primary teachers and primary education students in Scotland! Our Open Access workshops for the rest of 2025 have been published. Join SCILT and invited guests online and for free. Each workshop focuses on a different aspect of pedagogy. Find out more and register: https://loom.ly/MsAaU2o
September 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Fancy learning BSL online with West Scotland BSL? Find out more here! 👇 Please share!
July 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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We are looking for 3 artists to work with us on our #AHRC Multilingualism and Sustainability project with primary schools in Scotland 🌱 @laviniahirsu.bsky.social @karen-scilt.bsky.social @janecatlin.bsky.social Deadline: 29 June. More details: www.creativeglasgow.co.uk/sdll/ Please share!
Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning - Creative Glasgow
'Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning’ is a pioneer project that aims to support the development of new integrated approaches to learning for
www.creativeglasgow.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Excited & honoured to present this Tue in "Transformative Plurilingual Education through Museums and the Arts" at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia incl. my work w/ @laviniahirsu.bsky.social @karen-scilt.bsky.social @janecatlin.bsky.social @uofgeducation.bsky.social
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May 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Today @karen-scilt.bsky.social will be attending @iicfstrath.bsky.social showcase event to share outcomes resulting from children’s use of the Multilingualism through Art resource pack.
#Multilingualism
May 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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SCILT on tour 🚆🚘. Already been in 3️⃣ of these cities today! Spending this morning working with @karen-scilt.bsky.social in Perth, before heading to Grandtully PS in Pitlochry for our workshop later this afternoon. In person, hands on & outdoors - cannae wait!
Photo of ScotRail InterCity 7 poster, a map of Scotland featuring 7 cities in Scotland - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen & Inverness.
May 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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📣Primary teachers & primary student teachers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
👋Join @karen-scilt.bsky.social @suzannescilt.bsky.social & me in person & outdoors 🌻💨🍃🌤️at all 3️⃣ in person, interactive workshops
🎯Developing outdoor IDL contexts for language use outdoors from & with each other #targeted #incidental #practising
scilt.bsky.social SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · Apr 23
❗New❗Launching this term, we are running a series of Open Access workshops for primary practitioners on the theme of outdoor learning🍃. These in-person workshops are free to attend. Sign up to the session closest to you: loom.ly/GVnjN3k
May 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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📣Primary teachers & primary student teachers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
👋Join @karen-scilt.bsky.social @suzannescilt.bsky.social & me in person & outdoors 🌻💨🍃🌤️at all 3️⃣ in person, interactive workshops
🎯Developing outdoor IDL contexts for targeted, incidental & practising language use outdoors from & with each other
scilt.bsky.social SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · Apr 30
🍃The first in our series of primary outdoor learning workshops takes place on 14 May in Pitlochry! Sign up now for free, or join another workshop at a location closer to you. More info on our website: loom.ly/GVnjN3k
April 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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It's #PancakeDay! 🥞

In some parts of Wales, it was believed that if pancakes were not made and tossed on this day, there would be little prosperity during the ensuing year.

#ShroveTuesday #Wales #History
March 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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✅Earlier this academic session @karen-scilt.bsky.social & I hosted an online version of our ‘Valuing linguistic diversity’ workshop for primary teachers
🔜13 March we’d love to welcome you to SCILT HQ in Glasgow for the in person version
🔗 Register via link in quoted post⬇️
scilt.bsky.social SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · Feb 27
Our Open Access event for #primary teachers and primary education students will explore ways to create a positive multilingual ethos in class and in school. Come and join us at SCILT's home at the Ramshorn on 13 March! More info: loom.ly/7VkzNYI #professionallearning
February 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Job alert! We are looking for a Research Associate to join our team! www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... @laviniahirsu.bsky.social @alisonphipps.bsky.social @karen-scilt.bsky.social @janecatlin.bsky.social @uofgeducation.bsky.social @scilt.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social
Research Associate
Job PurposeTo make a leading contribution to the project Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning (SDLL): Embedding Multilingualism into Learning for Sustainability working with Lavinia Hirsu, D...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
February 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Delighted to be part of this project that embraces art and languages as crucial elements in our working towards more just, sustainable future! 🌱 Looking forward to working with @laviniahirsu.bsky.social @alisonphipps.bsky.social @karen-scilt.bsky.social@janecatlin.bsky.social
uofglasgow.bsky.social University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · Feb 19
A @uofgeducation.bsky.social, @unistrathclyde.bsky.social & SCILT multilingualism project aimed at designing new approaches to learning about sustainability has been awarded nearly £1.3million by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

More: gla.ac/3ETNVtc

#InternationalMotherLanguageDay
Stock image of a smiling child holding a globe.
February 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
karen-scilt.bsky.social
Teachers! Looking for language activities to try out with your learners during #LWS25 ? Check out this resource pack for more ideas. multilingualismthroughart.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
#scotlandloveslanguages #multlingualapproaches
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February 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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We’re so exited about our latest #SLEA addition- the SLEA Multilingual! A perfect complement to this year’s Languages Week Scotland theme - check it out! ⤵️
scilt.bsky.social SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · Feb 5
🎉Just launched! The latest addition to the Scottish Languages Employability Award family is here - SLEA Multilingual! This award aims to celebrate and acknowledge schools that adopt inclusive practices. Find out more and apply: loom.ly/66YNsZo #ScotlandLovesLanguages
February 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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1️⃣ Signpost session yesterday
Now 2️⃣ days on tour with @karen-scilt.bsky.social 🚘
5️⃣ workshops - today with primary tchrs in North Lanarkshire, tomorrow with #PGDE students @uofgdumfries.bsky.social
🎉Next Languages Week Scotland #LWS25 #LangsWeekScot 3-7 Feb #ScotlandLovesLanguages
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ALT: a clock that says the time has come
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January 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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We’re back! Our first TeachMeet of 2025 will be on 23rd January at 4:30. Join Jennifer Wozniak-Rush for tips on supporting learners with ASN (SEND) in the ML classroom. Sign-up and more details below. 👇🏼

www.eventbrite.com/e/salt-prese...
SALT presents: Jennifer Wozniak-Rush
Mastering inclusive and motivational language teaching strategies and how to best support ASN pupils in Modern Languages.
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January 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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And another TeachMeet for our primary colleagues! Join Katherine Miller to explore learning French in the primary classroom and nursery through stories. Sign-up and all details below 👇🏼

www.eventbrite.com/e/salt-prese...
SALT presents: Katherine Miller
Stories to support the nursery and primary French curriculum.
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January 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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www.eventbrite.com/e/salt-prese... This is going to be great for primary ML teacher. Do join us. @senorbax.bsky.social @scilt.bsky.social @karen-scilt.bsky.social
SALT presents: Katherine Miller
Stories to support the nursery and primary French curriculum.
www.eventbrite.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Want to create a #MultilingualLibrary? 💙📚

Read our short blog post on this topic for NALDIC (National Subject Organization for #EAL): t.ly/S5FXW 🗣💬

Key messages:
📚something is better than nothing!
📚developing a #multilingual #library can be relatively simple & affordable

#ESLsky #books #langsky
Creating a multilingual library of picture books - NALDIC
In 2022, we started a research project that asks what impact a school-university partnership can have on multilingual awareness across an
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January 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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So....if you are involved in World Book Day this year, you might see a familiar name 😉. WBD are using my Rivers of Multilingual Reading research to build linguistic diversity into their provision, and that's pretty cool, since these resources go to every school and library in the country 🥰 #langsky
January 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Anyone tried this? It's free. www.golingo.co.uk
We are golingo - golingo
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December 2, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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New issue of the Languages, Society and Policy journal launched, with a special guest-edited collection on Languages in UK Education.
First papers available now, with an introduction by Wendy Bennett and Charles Forsdick. Keep your eyes open for more!

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@ilcs.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 1:38 PM