SheenaSCILT
@sheenascilt.bsky.social
Professional Development Officer @scottishcilt. Passionate language activist promoting linguistic and cultural understanding.
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#ScotCareersWeek25 #ShapeTheFuture with this 🆕🆓primary teaching resource from @scilt.bsky.social . Referencing 🔝materials from @myworldofwork.bsky.social & BBC Bitesize & Lingo Flamingo. Highlighting #employability & #languages skills together! view.genially.com/68640baca127...
Make languages work Primary Teaching Resource | Genially
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November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
#ScotCareersWeek25 #ShapeTheFuture with this 🆕🆓primary teaching resource from @scilt.bsky.social . Referencing 🔝materials from @myworldofwork.bsky.social & BBC Bitesize & Lingo Flamingo. Highlighting #employability & #languages skills together! view.genially.com/68640baca127...
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To celebrate #ScottishCareersWeek, why not join our next DYWLive session tomorrow?
Secondary learners will discover the importance of languages and associated skills in the workplace, identify career paths, and hear about people who use languages in their daily work: https://loom.ly/oXIOM8s
Secondary learners will discover the importance of languages and associated skills in the workplace, identify career paths, and hear about people who use languages in their daily work: https://loom.ly/oXIOM8s
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
To celebrate #ScottishCareersWeek, why not join our next DYWLive session tomorrow?
Secondary learners will discover the importance of languages and associated skills in the workplace, identify career paths, and hear about people who use languages in their daily work: https://loom.ly/oXIOM8s
Secondary learners will discover the importance of languages and associated skills in the workplace, identify career paths, and hear about people who use languages in their daily work: https://loom.ly/oXIOM8s
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Appreciated the opportunity to co-present with @sheenascilt.bsky.social at @saltlangs.bsky.social #SALT2025 Conference. Launched a 🆕 primary teaching resource in time for #ScotCareersWeek25. Great to be among teachers exploring #LanguageLearningInMotion together @unistrathclyde.bsky.social today.
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Appreciated the opportunity to co-present with @sheenascilt.bsky.social at @saltlangs.bsky.social #SALT2025 Conference. Launched a 🆕 primary teaching resource in time for #ScotCareersWeek25. Great to be among teachers exploring #LanguageLearningInMotion together @unistrathclyde.bsky.social today.
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👀A cracking programme for @saltlangs.bsky.social #LanguageLearningInMotion bit.ly/SALT2025Prog...
🎯Just ahead of #ScotCareersWeek2025 @sheenascilt.bsky.social & I co-present a #SALT2025 input for secondary & primary teachers abt Making languages work for your learners #DYW in action
See you there!
🎯Just ahead of #ScotCareersWeek2025 @sheenascilt.bsky.social & I co-present a #SALT2025 input for secondary & primary teachers abt Making languages work for your learners #DYW in action
See you there!
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
👀A cracking programme for @saltlangs.bsky.social #LanguageLearningInMotion bit.ly/SALT2025Prog...
🎯Just ahead of #ScotCareersWeek2025 @sheenascilt.bsky.social & I co-present a #SALT2025 input for secondary & primary teachers abt Making languages work for your learners #DYW in action
See you there!
🎯Just ahead of #ScotCareersWeek2025 @sheenascilt.bsky.social & I co-present a #SALT2025 input for secondary & primary teachers abt Making languages work for your learners #DYW in action
See you there!
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Your age shouldn’t put you off learning a new language – what the research says
Your age shouldn’t put you off learning a new language – what the research says
There is no age limit to our ability to learn a new language.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Your age shouldn’t put you off learning a new language – what the research says
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#Multilingualism is an asset! Join us for this free webinar by Yoshito Darmon-Shimamori Booking required: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/webin... #leedscityoflanguages #languages #mfluenc
October 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
#Multilingualism is an asset! Join us for this free webinar by Yoshito Darmon-Shimamori Booking required: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/webin... #leedscityoflanguages #languages #mfluenc
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Teaching Grammar to ESL Students through Theatre
Teaching Grammar Through Theater
At first glance, teaching grammar and theater might seem at odds. A grammar-focused lesson generally aims to clarify a decontextualized rule.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Teaching Grammar to ESL Students through Theatre
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Yesterday the @ifecosse.bsky.social launched the 730th Anniversary of the Auld Alliance with 2 inspiring Round Tables on Franco-Scottish connections in trade & business — hosted by the Franco-Scottish Society, which is turning 130 this year! The day concluded with a visit to @natlibscot.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Yesterday the @ifecosse.bsky.social launched the 730th Anniversary of the Auld Alliance with 2 inspiring Round Tables on Franco-Scottish connections in trade & business — hosted by the Franco-Scottish Society, which is turning 130 this year! The day concluded with a visit to @natlibscot.bsky.social
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What do chickens, grapes and a composite heap have in common? LANGUAGES!
Work has begun on our headline-grabbing project “Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning”. Find out how the team embarked on its Permaculture journey this summer and follow the project on the blog - https://loom.ly/sXiidwY
Work has begun on our headline-grabbing project “Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning”. Find out how the team embarked on its Permaculture journey this summer and follow the project on the blog - https://loom.ly/sXiidwY
October 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What do chickens, grapes and a composite heap have in common? LANGUAGES!
Work has begun on our headline-grabbing project “Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning”. Find out how the team embarked on its Permaculture journey this summer and follow the project on the blog - https://loom.ly/sXiidwY
Work has begun on our headline-grabbing project “Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning”. Find out how the team embarked on its Permaculture journey this summer and follow the project on the blog - https://loom.ly/sXiidwY
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Join us online next Wednesday 29/10/25. Hear from our guest teachers Hollie in Glasgow and Aimee in Edinburgh about exciting activities they've done with their primary pupils. There will be slates. There will be chickens.
Our third open access workshop for primary teachers and education students is fast approaching!
Come along and increase your confidence integrating languages and outdoor learning. Share experiences. Make new connections. We would love to see you: https://loom.ly/MsAaU2o
#Languages #OutdoorLearning
Come along and increase your confidence integrating languages and outdoor learning. Share experiences. Make new connections. We would love to see you: https://loom.ly/MsAaU2o
#Languages #OutdoorLearning
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Join us online next Wednesday 29/10/25. Hear from our guest teachers Hollie in Glasgow and Aimee in Edinburgh about exciting activities they've done with their primary pupils. There will be slates. There will be chickens.
Excellent afternoon @ifecosse.bsky.social with the Franco-Scottish Society of Scotland hearing from a wide range of participants on Franco-Scottish Relations in Trade, Business and Work. Really insightful and important messages on the importance of the Auld Alliance for the past, present & future!
October 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Excellent afternoon @ifecosse.bsky.social with the Franco-Scottish Society of Scotland hearing from a wide range of participants on Franco-Scottish Relations in Trade, Business and Work. Really insightful and important messages on the importance of the Auld Alliance for the past, present & future!
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Mother Tongue Other Tongue (MTOT) our multilingual poetry competition is back! All P1-S6 pupils in Scotland can enter either in a language spoken with families at home (Mother Tongue) or a language they are learning (Other Tongue). More info: https://loom.ly/Nhpt-3U #languages #poetry
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Mother Tongue Other Tongue (MTOT) our multilingual poetry competition is back! All P1-S6 pupils in Scotland can enter either in a language spoken with families at home (Mother Tongue) or a language they are learning (Other Tongue). More info: https://loom.ly/Nhpt-3U #languages #poetry
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Our next Language Ambassadors session is next week! Join us online for your secondary learners to hear from near-peer role models and be inspired to choose languages as part of their learning! Sign up for 29 October: https://loom.ly/D7AaB1M
October 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our next Language Ambassadors session is next week! Join us online for your secondary learners to hear from near-peer role models and be inspired to choose languages as part of their learning! Sign up for 29 October: https://loom.ly/D7AaB1M
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'Growing Italian in Your School' will be of interest to teachers in Scotland at all stages of their journey in #Italian. So sign up to join the Teachers of Italian in Scotland (TOIIS) network webinar on 30 October! More info and registration: https://loom.ly/Idl3iyY
September 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
'Growing Italian in Your School' will be of interest to teachers in Scotland at all stages of their journey in #Italian. So sign up to join the Teachers of Italian in Scotland (TOIIS) network webinar on 30 October! More info and registration: https://loom.ly/Idl3iyY
Research opportunity!
Are you a primary or secondary teacher in Fife, Glasgow City, Highland or South Ayrshire Council?
David Vescio is a languages teacher evaluating the 1+2 language policy with the support of SCILT. The study involves a 5–10-minute survey for teachers, learners and parents...
Are you a primary or secondary teacher in Fife, Glasgow City, Highland or South Ayrshire Council?
David Vescio is a languages teacher evaluating the 1+2 language policy with the support of SCILT. The study involves a 5–10-minute survey for teachers, learners and parents...
David Vescio, PhD Researcher
SCILT site
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September 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Research opportunity!
Are you a primary or secondary teacher in Fife, Glasgow City, Highland or South Ayrshire Council?
David Vescio is a languages teacher evaluating the 1+2 language policy with the support of SCILT. The study involves a 5–10-minute survey for teachers, learners and parents...
Are you a primary or secondary teacher in Fife, Glasgow City, Highland or South Ayrshire Council?
David Vescio is a languages teacher evaluating the 1+2 language policy with the support of SCILT. The study involves a 5–10-minute survey for teachers, learners and parents...
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We might not have made it to Santiago 🇨🇱 for the last LfPL Symposium, but I know 🏴 buddies @sheenascilt.bsky.social @stuartphysics.bsky.social and I got lots out of participating virtually. Call for proposals closes 31/10/25 👻🧙♀️🎃
Proposals are now being accepted for the 2026 Leadership for Professional Learning Symposium! This year’s theme is Leading Professional Learning: Revisiting and Reimagining Moral Purpose. Learn more and submit a proposal by October 31 at: lfplsymposium.org/proposals/
@ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social
@ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
We might not have made it to Santiago 🇨🇱 for the last LfPL Symposium, but I know 🏴 buddies @sheenascilt.bsky.social @stuartphysics.bsky.social and I got lots out of participating virtually. Call for proposals closes 31/10/25 👻🧙♀️🎃
Saw this tonight - absolutely stunning!
“Incredible physical and vocal resemblance for a sold-out tour!” @francetelevisions.bsky.social
Arnaud Askoy brings Jacques Brel to life in a stunning musical tribute. "The Brel Promise" recreates the magic of Brel’s era! ✨
8-25 Aug at @ifecosse.bsky.social
🎟️ www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend...
Arnaud Askoy brings Jacques Brel to life in a stunning musical tribute. "The Brel Promise" recreates the magic of Brel’s era! ✨
8-25 Aug at @ifecosse.bsky.social
🎟️ www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend...
August 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Saw this tonight - absolutely stunning!
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#ScotEduSky teachers!!
Please can you take a few mins to complete this survey for my colleagues at the Uni of Stirling looking into how we engage with LfS and the environment in our daily teaching across different educational sectors.
qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
brnw.ch/21wUPhC
Please can you take a few mins to complete this survey for my colleagues at the Uni of Stirling looking into how we engage with LfS and the environment in our daily teaching across different educational sectors.
qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
brnw.ch/21wUPhC
National survey will capture how sustainability features in Scottish education | About | University of Stirling
National survey will capture how sustainability features in Scottish education
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August 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
#ScotEduSky teachers!!
Please can you take a few mins to complete this survey for my colleagues at the Uni of Stirling looking into how we engage with LfS and the environment in our daily teaching across different educational sectors.
qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
brnw.ch/21wUPhC
Please can you take a few mins to complete this survey for my colleagues at the Uni of Stirling looking into how we engage with LfS and the environment in our daily teaching across different educational sectors.
qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
brnw.ch/21wUPhC
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What does it mean to think like a linguist? And how can we bring creativity and inclusive culture into language learning? Read Charlotte Ryland's fascinating piece in our LSP edited collection www.lspjournal.com/post/think-l... @cforsdick.bsky.social
Think Like a Linguist: Community and collaboration for a new languages curriculum
In this article, Charlotte Ryland reflects on how the learning from creative translation and languages advocacy projects can feed into languages curriculum reform. By focusing in particular on the lin...
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June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What does it mean to think like a linguist? And how can we bring creativity and inclusive culture into language learning? Read Charlotte Ryland's fascinating piece in our LSP edited collection www.lspjournal.com/post/think-l... @cforsdick.bsky.social
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🗓️Save the date! Back by popular demand, SCILT’s Moving Forward with Languages conferences for Higher and Advanced Higher language learners will return for session 2025-26. Keep an eye on the SCILT e-bulletin in the new term for more information and registration links: loom.ly/3pjXgn8
June 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🗓️Save the date! Back by popular demand, SCILT’s Moving Forward with Languages conferences for Higher and Advanced Higher language learners will return for session 2025-26. Keep an eye on the SCILT e-bulletin in the new term for more information and registration links: loom.ly/3pjXgn8
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Here's the article the snip is from. www.lspjournal.com/post/languag...
And here's what I suggest we need to do in England: whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/05/can-...
And here's what I suggest we need to do in England: whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/05/can-...
June 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Here's the article the snip is from. www.lspjournal.com/post/languag...
And here's what I suggest we need to do in England: whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/05/can-...
And here's what I suggest we need to do in England: whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/05/can-...
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We're excited to announce that we're taking part in the Glasgow Science Festival! Come along to our session in partnership with @uofglasgow.bsky.social on 14 June and explore languages in nature at the Botanic Gardens! More info: loom.ly/xjOQ_Hk #GlaSciFest
June 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
We're excited to announce that we're taking part in the Glasgow Science Festival! Come along to our session in partnership with @uofglasgow.bsky.social on 14 June and explore languages in nature at the Botanic Gardens! More info: loom.ly/xjOQ_Hk #GlaSciFest
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Scottish schools looking to run Francofoot/Calciamo, our IDL project linking #languages and PE, in your school next session come to our informal drop-in information session on Thursday 29 May at 4.00pm to find out more! No need to register; email sheena.bell@strath.ac.uk for the meeting link.
May 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Scottish schools looking to run Francofoot/Calciamo, our IDL project linking #languages and PE, in your school next session come to our informal drop-in information session on Thursday 29 May at 4.00pm to find out more! No need to register; email sheena.bell@strath.ac.uk for the meeting link.
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⏰You’ve still time to join me @karen-scilt.bsky.social & @suzannescilt.bsky.social at our 2nd ‘Getting outdoors with primary languages’ workshop this Friday 23/05/25 @qmuniversity.bsky.social
✅In person, hands on, outdoors & free of charge
🔗Register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-ou...
✅In person, hands on, outdoors & free of charge
🔗Register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-ou...
May 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
⏰You’ve still time to join me @karen-scilt.bsky.social & @suzannescilt.bsky.social at our 2nd ‘Getting outdoors with primary languages’ workshop this Friday 23/05/25 @qmuniversity.bsky.social
✅In person, hands on, outdoors & free of charge
🔗Register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-ou...
✅In person, hands on, outdoors & free of charge
🔗Register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-ou...