Do you manage a language project?

Is your language project innovative and inspiring?

Does your language project motivate language learners?

If you can answer ‘yes’ to these three questions then you could qualify for a European Language Label award.

The competition recognises and celebrates new ways to inspire and motivate language learners at all levels and the search is on to find the most innovative projects for next year’s European Language Label.

Schools, colleges, adult education, business and community projects are all invited to take part in the competition, which last year highlighted all sorts of wonderful initiatives, from a primary schools project in Devon where pupils combined language learning with PE to a project where local businesses enabled pupils to use their language skills in a real-life business situation.

To qualify for a European Language Label award, projects must provide an inspiration to others, be replicable, and involve any language other than English. Shortlisted projects will be visited by a panel of expert judges, who will compile a list of the ones they found most innovative and effective. Winners will attend a prize-giving ceremony in July at the new European Commission offices in London, where they will be able to display and share their projects.

There will be special prizes available, including the annual Mary Glasgow Award of £2000. For more information or to download an application form please visit www.cilt.org.uk/label