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Q. What languages are spoken in the UK poluation?

A. There is no official source giving a detailed breakdown of how many people in the UK have English as a second language or the ranking of community languages spoken in the UK.

Last updated: 01 Feb 2010

Q. What is the Languages Ladder?

A. The Languages Ladder is the government’s recognition scheme for language performance...

Last updated: 16 Sep 2009

Q. Where can I find a language course?

A. You can search for courses on the Careers Advice website...

Last updated: 27 Oct 2009

Q. Do you have a list of English Language courses?

A. For advice about English language courses, please contact the following organisations...

Last updated: 26 Jan 2010

Q. How do I find a job teaching languages?

A. Jobs for teachers and lecturers are advertised in the weekly Times Education Supplement (TES) and on the TES Jobs website...

Last updated: 16 Sep 2009

Q. How do I find a job using my language skills?

A. Research shows that more and more employers are beginning to recognise the crucial role of languages in making the UK more competitive in an international job market...

Last updated: 16 Sep 2009

Q. Do you have a list of publishers of languages materials?

A. The online catalogue of the CILT Resources Library can be used to generate a more narrowly focused or targeted list of materials, which would of course yield publishers’ details...

Last updated: 04 Sep 2009

Q. What is CLIL?

A. CLIL is Content and Language Integrated Learning. It is a learning approach that enables the study of another curricular subject (the Content) through the medium of a foreign language..

Last updated: 03 Sep 2009

Q. Where can I find language teaching materials?

A. A ‘Subject’ search of the online catalogue of the CILT Resources Library will identify the library’s current holdings of materials in a particular language...

Last updated: 03 Sep 2009

Q. I want to organise a Languages Day. What resources are available?

A. The European Day of Languages (EDL), a Council of Europe initiative, is held annually on the 26 September to celebrate language and cultural diversity. CILT has made a range of European Day of Languages resources available to anyone interested in marking the Day. These resources can be used to promote languages throughout the year...

Last updated: 05 Aug 2009

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