Polyglot Jo

Polyglot and wanderer. Passionate about learning, teaching, languages, rights, travel and the wonders of nature. 🇫🇷🇵🇱🇪🇸🇩🇪🇺🇦🇨🇳#gaelic

[Polyglot Jo @JoPolyglot]

Many thanks to all those who've challenged, supported, welcomed and inspired me along the way 😊

[Polyglot Jo @JoPolyglot]

Feeling immense gratitude for the past 3 years, following a passion, igniting a spark in others and supporting them on their individual journeys. Solutions to global challenges seem closer when our classrooms are language-ing and developing cultural understanding + empathy in CYP

[Polyglot Jo @JoPolyglot]

A wonderful introduction to the 24/25 #SLLP cohort as we met with Team @SheenaSCILT and heard about everyone's diverse roles and experience. What came through strongly is a real commitment to personal development and to ensuring excellent equitable experiences for learners

[Scotdec @ScotdecLearning]

Languages + Global Citizenship go hand in hand 🤝

This free downloadable resource is for MFL teachers looking to explore common vocabulary through global issues: migration, Fairtrade + gender equality 🌍

#MFLtwitterati #MFLchat #scotlandloveslanguages @scottishscilt @saltlangs

[Polyglot Jo @JoPolyglot]

Great to finish up the Middle Leaders Leading Change programme by reflecting on the really valuable themes of stakeholder engagement and anti-racism #MLLC #EdScotPLL

[Polyglot Jo @JoPolyglot]

@Lynne_SCILT @SheenaSCILT @languagesrock @MrConnor30 @KarenScilt @falkirk1plus2 @Clare_Mouat @MissFedrizzi @SuzanneSCILT @cheeky_munkey25 @LisaSCILT @MrsGraham1plus2 @AlisonKiyani @Maricel13494027

[Lynne SCILT @Lynne_SCILT]

Always a fab mix of contributors to Scottish Languages Review #practitioners #researchers #students
What insights about an aspect of languages education #practice #policy #research will you share?
#ThinkPiece #PracticeInsight #ResearchWorkingPaper #BookReview #ConferenceReview

[Polyglot Jo @JoPolyglot]

@Lynne_SCILT Thank you for sharing this carefully curated resource. Lots to think about and discuss

[Polyglot Jo @JoPolyglot]

I'm really enjoying my latest adventures in AI and exploring the different ways it can support languages learning in Primary and Secondary, freeing up space for creative teaching #alwayslearning @magicschoolai

[Christopher Hughes MBE @chrislinguist]

Languages aren't inherently difficult. They're new ways of engaging with the world. Whether you're travelling, relating to other people or training your brain, languages benefit us all. You don't need to be a linguist. Plus, learning a language gives you an edge across the board.

[Polyglot Jo @JoPolyglot]

20+ yrs ago, local schools worked creatively to offer a wider curriculum and I 'crashed' Higher Spanish, building my lang repertoire. Now, after 10 days in Panama, reflecting on how knowledge of another lang and people opens doors, fosters understanding and connects us #lovelangs

[Polyglot Jo @JoPolyglot]

A great reminder that #multilingualisnormal 🗺️💬

[LanguageCrawler @LanguageCrawler]

Are you in the top 1%?
Source: https://t.co/dtZAoDyTEr

[Polyglot Jo @JoPolyglot]

Delighted to participate again as a Critical Friend in the SLLP

[Lynne SCILT @Lynne_SCILT]

#SLLP Core Day 2 Saturday morning with the #LangsLeadScot 2023-24 critical friends. Reading 1st journal submissions, collaborating on drafting our commentaries #Feedforward #BuildingCapacity #LeadershipMatters #LanguagesMatter

[Languages Week Scotland @LangsWeekScot]

Lots of us know someone who speaks a language we don’t. Today’s challenge will help us to connect with this person, their language and their culture, and reflect on the benefits of living in a multicultural, multilingual society. https://t.co/23jx6GPJla
#ScotlandLovesLanguages

[Languages Week Scotland @LangsWeekScot]

Languages Week Scotland 2023 celebrates how languages equip us as individuals & a society to contribute to a more peaceful world.
Language skills build trust and deepen diplomatic and cultural relations between countries and cultures.
#ScotlandLovesLanguages

[Polyglot Jo @JoPolyglot]

@NUthmani So important that others used their voices in response. I did read about this yesterday but not sure if it made any UK broadcast news. And to think the aggressor believes the il/ils distinction makes his comment any more acceptable 😠
BBC News
https://t.co/WjE4Ei1iHH

[SCILT @scottishcilt]

We are working with Bilingualism Matters to offer professional learning and networking opportunities to teachers in complementary and Saturday schools, and we would like to find out from these teachers what kind of PL would be most useful https://t.co/mCBKvDVtdE

[Polyglot Jo @JoPolyglot]

"In a linguistically diverse world, institutions are likely to already have people with the right linguistic skills among their ranks. Harnessing and rewarding those linguistic skills unlocks potential and allows institutions and individuals to thrive."

[Polyglot Jo @JoPolyglot]

"There is no one size fits all but providing information in the languages of key stakeholders, and adjusting the communication medium and platform to their capacities is key to reaching everyone in the community."

[Hearing faces, seeing accents @seeing_accents]

"Language barriers can make public communication inaccessible and exclude people from equitable participation in education, employment, healthcare, welfare, and all aspects of social life."
A must read on LOM!!!
Language Barriers to Social Participation https://t.co/NsbsdX65eE