Aberlangs

☕🌍 Café Sci: Discover the City of Languages

Join our colleagues Dawn Leslie and Fransiska Louwagie for an engaging Café Sci event in June, to explore Aberlangs City of Languages—a partnership project celebrating the rich multilingual life of Aberdeen and the North East of Scotland.

From Doric and Gaelic to the many heritage languages spoken across our communities, this talk reveals how the languages around us connect communities and enrich everyday life in the North East. 💬

Find out how Aberlangs brings together research, schools, councils, and the wider public to champion language learning, connect communities, and celebrate cultural diversity in our region.

✨ Come along, grab a coffee, and be part of the conversation—everyone is welcome!

Join us for the 3rd (of 4) LING seminars on Thursday 4th June from 4-5.30pm.

This week’s theme is ‘Strengthening Social Networks’. Claire Needler will host speakers Teàrlach Wilson from An Taigh Cèilidh, Laura Wyn Jones from Dysgu Cymraeg / Learn Welsh, and Evelina Kovnators from ALNES - The Association of Lithuanians in North East Scotland.

Register via Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-social-networks-ling-seminar-series-tickets-1989657142072?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Language Intervention Networking seminar series showcases community practitioners working to support minority and community languages across the UK. Each seminar has a different theme, and features a panel discussion followed by time for Q&A.

Organised by the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen, these seminars provide an opportunity for language practitioners to network and share their learning with colleagues in different language contexts, as well as policy makers and academics. The seminars will be recorded, edited, and put online to become a learning resource for a wider audience.

University of Aberdeen LLMVC

Join us on Tuesday 26th May from 4-5.30pm for the second in our seminar series. The theme is Supporting Language through Preschool Intervention, and the panel features Orlaith Ruiséal from Tús Maith (Irish), Jackie Ross from Doric Books (Scots), and Jonathan Ayres from Mooinjer Veggey (Manx), chaired by Prof. Michelle MacLeod. The Language Intervention Networking seminar series showcases community practitioners working to support minority and community languages across the UK. Each seminar has a different theme, and features a panel discussion followed by time for Q&A. Register via Eventbrite.

https://brnw.ch/21x2EMU

Look out for forthcoming seminars:

4th June ‘Strengthening Social Networks’
16th June ‘Working with Young People’

Organised by the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen, these seminars provide an opportunity for language practitioners to network and share their learning with colleagues in different language contexts, as well as policy makers and academics. The seminars will be recorded, edited, and put online to become a learning resource for a wider audience.

Second LING online seminar happening this Tuesday! Sign up here: https://brnw.ch/21x2EMU

Join us on Tuesday 26th May from 4-5.30pm for the second in our seminar series. The theme is Supporting Language through Preschool Intervention, and the panel features Orlaith Ruiséal from Tús Maith (Irish), Jackie Ross from Doric Books (Scots), and Jonathan Ayres from Mooinjer Veggey (Manx), chaired by Prof. Michelle MacLeod. The Language Intervention Networking seminar series showcases community practitioners working to support minority and community languages across the UK. Each seminar has a different theme, and features a panel discussion followed by time for Q&A. Register via Eventbrite.

https://brnw.ch/21x2EMU

Look out for forthcoming seminars:

4th June ‘Strengthening Social Networks’
16th June ‘Working with Young People’

Organised by the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen, these seminars provide an opportunity for language practitioners to network and share their learning with colleagues in different language contexts, as well as policy makers and academics. The seminars will be recorded, edited, and put online to become a learning resource for a wider audience.

The University of Aberdeen is delighted to host the third national Future of French en Écosse conference, co-organised with SCILT (Scotland’s National Centre for Languages) and supported by the Institut français d’Écosse, with the 2026 theme of French Forward. The aim of the event is to provide a forum for all stakeholders and a platform for building a positive future for French in Scotland.

A roundtable of high-profile keynote panellists will kickstart the day, followed by a range of workshops and a lunchtime marketplace.

🔗 View the programme outline at: http://abdn.io/2d9

Teachers of French at all levels are invited to book their place here. Venez nombreux!

GERMAN

Fosterlang-Umfrage: Sagen Sie Ihre Meinung zur sprachlichen Vielfalt in Europa!

FOSTERLANG lädt Sie ein, an einer Umfrage zum Gebrauch von Minderheitensprachen in Irland, Polen, Schottland und Kärnten (Österreich) teilzunehmen. Das Projekt zielt darauf ab, die aktuellen Herausforderungen zu ermitteln, denen Sprecher:innen von Minderheitensprachen – sowohl offiziell anerkannten als auch nicht anerkannten – gegenüberstehen, und deren Schutz, Gebrauch und Förderung zu unterstützen.

Wir laden Sie ein, Ihre Meinungen, Ihr Wissen und Ihre Erfahrungen mit uns zu teilen, um zur Sicherung der sprachlichen Vielfalt in Europa beizutragen.

Die Teilnahme an der Umfrage ist vollkommen anonym und freiwillig. Sie können jederzeit ohne jegliche Konsequenzen abbrechen.

Vielen Dank, dass Sie sich die Zeit nehmen, an der Umfrage teilzunehmen.

Die Umfrage ist in den folgenden Sprachversionen verfügbar:

1. Englische Version für Schottland
2. Schottisch-gälische Version für Schottland
3. Englische Version für Irland
4. Irische Version für Irland
5. Polnische Version für Polen
6. Slowenische Version für Kärnten (Österreich)
7. Deutsche Version für Kärnten (Österreich)

Pädagogische Hochschule Kärnten, Viktor Frankl Hochschule

https://fosterlang.al.uw.edu.pl/fosterlang-survey-have-your-say-on-linguistic-diversity-in-europe/

Following our first Gaelic Summer School, we've gotten some exciting feedback from the first group of students!

'I knew this course would be good but I was concerned that it would be too difficult, or that ‘full-time’ learning for a whole week would be too much too handle. It was definitely a challenge, which it needs to be, but not too much of a challenge, which would have overwhelmed.'

'Bha an Sgoil Shamhraidh math dha-riribh! An urrainn dhut Sgoil Shamhraidh a dhèanamh an ath-bhliadhna. Ceud Mìle taing dhuibh uile!'

If you're interested in further Gaelic teaching, we'd love to hear from you! We're excited to run more in the future!