European Award for Languages

European Awards for Languages 2005

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Special Prizes 2006


All Award winners receive prizes of books, vouchers or teaching materials from a range of sponsors as well as a certificate signed by the European Commissioner for Education and Culture and a DfES Minister.

Seven of this year’s European Award for Languages winners have been identified for their outstanding work in particular areas of language learning.

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Alamo Group Business Language Prize
For the best project developing language provision to match the needs of business and employers. Prize of £1,000. Winner: VIPS

Community Languages prize
For the best project involving community languages. Winner: Enhancing community languages

EuroTalk Primary Education Language Prize
For the best project involving early language learning. Winner: A world of books

French Embassy Language Prize
For the best project involving French. Winner: Invade Orford!

Spanish Embassy Language Prize
For the best project involving Spanish. Winner: Junior CULP

Routledge Adult Education Language Prize
For the best project involving adult learners (including HE). Winner: Multilingual debate

TDA Initial Teacher Education Prize
For the best project involving initial teacher education. Prize of £1,000. Winner: Able linguist days

 

The Mary Glasgow Award

Each year one of the winning projects is selected by the Mary Glasgow Language Trust to receive its annual award of £1,000 – the winner of which is announced at the Award ceremony.

Winner: International Business Week

Mary Glasgow founded the Mary Glasgow Language Trust after a lifetime in languages, as a teacher, HM Inspector of Schools and later as a publisher, and the work of the Trust continues in her memory. Trustees are represented on the panel of judges and their criteria for choosing the winner are the same as those for the European Award.