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Screenshot of Languages Week Scotland challenge for Friday 06/02/26.  Focus: Global influence and engagement. Theme: Creating ripples, making waves. Text reads:

Wherever your school or organisation is located, you can bet its ripples extend far beyond the physical building! But how far is that exactly?  

To find out, all you need is a world map.  

Ask those people connected to your establishment – pupils, staff, families and community connections – to pop a pin in a world map to represent a language, culture or community they have a connection to.  

They might choose to put a pin in: a place with a special family connection – even better, a special language connection!  
a place where they love to go on holiday – maybe they have learned a few phrases of a local language! 
or a place whose language they speak, even if they haven’t had the chance to visit it (yet!)  
Take a photo of your world map see just how far around the world YOUR establishment can reach!  
Share your photo with us on social media using #ScotlandLovesLanguages and let’s see whose reach extends the furthest! 

You can use a physical map or create a digital one using a tool like Mapcutomizer or Google Maps

Screenshot of Languages Week Scotland challenge for Friday 06/02/26. Focus: Global influence and engagement. Theme: Creating ripples, making waves. Text reads: Wherever your school or organisation is located, you can bet its ripples extend far beyond the physical building! But how far is that exactly? To find out, all you need is a world map. Ask those people connected to your establishment – pupils, staff, families and community connections – to pop a pin in a world map to represent a language, culture or community they have a connection to. They might choose to put a pin in: a place with a special family connection – even better, a special language connection! a place where they love to go on holiday – maybe they have learned a few phrases of a local language! or a place whose language they speak, even if they haven’t had the chance to visit it (yet!) Take a photo of your world map see just how far around the world YOUR establishment can reach! Share your photo with us on social media using #ScotlandLovesLanguages and let’s see whose reach extends the furthest! You can use a physical map or create a digital one using a tool like Mapcutomizer or Google Maps

🎉It's the last day of #LanguagesWeekScotland
Your final opportunity to get creative on the #LWS2026 theme of 'Diverse voices, common ground'
🔗 www.langsweekscot.org/daily-challe...
👀⬇️ Day 5️⃣challenge is about multilingualism is a means of connection

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Collage of four picturebooks with sticker reading Bookworm Badge. Books are Malaika’s Costume, Malaika’s Winter Carnival, Malaika’s Surprise and Malaika, Carnival Queen. All authored by Nadia L. Hohn, illustrated by Irene Luxbacher.

Collage of four picturebooks with sticker reading Bookworm Badge. Books are Malaika’s Costume, Malaika’s Winter Carnival, Malaika’s Surprise and Malaika, Carnival Queen. All authored by Nadia L. Hohn, illustrated by Irene Luxbacher.

Photograph of novel by Ambrose Parry called ‘The Way of All Flesh’

Photograph of novel by Ambrose Parry called ‘The Way of All Flesh’

On the final day of #LanguagesWeekScotland #LWS2026 & @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social's first Reading Schools Week 📚 here are some of the books I’ve bought recently because of recommendations or been gifted #DiverseVoicesCommonGround #GoAllIn #ScotlandLovesLanguages

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Screenshot of daily challenge for Day 4 of Languages Week Scotland 2026.  Title: Contributing to the development of a better world – the same, but different 

“Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.” (Flora Lewis, award-winning American journalist) 

Learning languages is not just about words – it’s also about understanding how people see the world through their own cultural lens, and how we do too. So, learning about languages and cultures helps us to get a much clearer picture of the world we live in and that makes us stronger, better-informed, more confident people. 
Spin the World and pick a country (this is great fun!). Now, find out more about one of the languages or cultures of this country.  
Share one thing from your research with us on social media using #ScotlandLovesLanguages. You can find us on Instagram and on LinkedIn.

Screenshot of daily challenge for Day 4 of Languages Week Scotland 2026. Title: Contributing to the development of a better world – the same, but different “Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.” (Flora Lewis, award-winning American journalist) Learning languages is not just about words – it’s also about understanding how people see the world through their own cultural lens, and how we do too. So, learning about languages and cultures helps us to get a much clearer picture of the world we live in and that makes us stronger, better-informed, more confident people. Spin the World and pick a country (this is great fun!). Now, find out more about one of the languages or cultures of this country. Share one thing from your research with us on social media using #ScotlandLovesLanguages. You can find us on Instagram and on LinkedIn.

✅Another chance to get creative on the #LWS2026 theme of 'Diverse voices, common ground' because #ScotlandLovesLanguages
🔗 www.langsweekscot.org/daily-challe...
👀⬇️ Day 4️⃣ challenge is thinking about the ways in which multilingual populations can contribute to the development of a better world🌎

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Day 4️⃣ of #LanguagesWeekScotland #LWS2026 & @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social's first Reading Schools Week. 📚Sharing books by women authors #GoAllIn #ScotlandLovesLanguages #DiverseVoicesCommonGround

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🥳It's already day 3️⃣ of #LanguagesWeekScotland #LWS2026 & Reading Schools Week
📸⬇️ Sharing a novel translated from Japanese and an uplifting picturebook #ScotlandLovesLanguages #GoAllIn

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Screenshot of the daily challenge for Tuesday 3 February of Languages Week Scotland 2026.  Theme: Global Citizenship  Language skills equip us to be effective global citizens: they give us the power to spread the word about problems and the solutions, and today’s challenge is about doing exactly that! We will be using film shorts from Take One Action, a movement that brings communities together to harness the transformative potential of film and storytelling for collective change in Scotland and beyond.  

Watch one of the films from this curated collection. The collection is in three sections: 
a)  Setting the Scene – climate activism in general 

b)  #KSBYouthClimateFilms – made by amateur film makers for the Youth Climate Films competition run by Keep Scotland Beautiful 

c)  More – other relevant shorts  

What is the strongest message in this film?  
 Create an eye-catching image or film of your own to communicate this message and make it multilingual by including dialogue or text in one or more languages besides English. 
Share your multilingual images and films with us. Tag @langsweekscot on Instagram or Languages Week Scotland on LinkedIn using #ScotlandLovesLanguages. Alternatively, email us for inclusion on our blog.

Screenshot of the daily challenge for Tuesday 3 February of Languages Week Scotland 2026. Theme: Global Citizenship Language skills equip us to be effective global citizens: they give us the power to spread the word about problems and the solutions, and today’s challenge is about doing exactly that! We will be using film shorts from Take One Action, a movement that brings communities together to harness the transformative potential of film and storytelling for collective change in Scotland and beyond. Watch one of the films from this curated collection. The collection is in three sections: a) Setting the Scene – climate activism in general b) #KSBYouthClimateFilms – made by amateur film makers for the Youth Climate Films competition run by Keep Scotland Beautiful c) More – other relevant shorts What is the strongest message in this film? Create an eye-catching image or film of your own to communicate this message and make it multilingual by including dialogue or text in one or more languages besides English. Share your multilingual images and films with us. Tag @langsweekscot on Instagram or Languages Week Scotland on LinkedIn using #ScotlandLovesLanguages. Alternatively, email us for inclusion on our blog.

❓How multilingual is it where you are?
🧑‍🎨Get creative about 'Diverse voices, common ground' in #LanguagesWeekScotland2026 with5️⃣daily challenges
🔗 www.langsweekscot.org/daily-challe...
👀⬇️Day2️⃣ challenge draws on the @takeoneaction.bsky.social collection of films🎞️
#️⃣ #ScotlandLovesLanguages #LWS2026

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Day 2️⃣ of #LanguagesWeekScotland #LWS2026 & @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social’s Reading Schools Week also falls in 🏳️‍🌈 #LGBTHM
📸 ⬇️ Sharing the novel I’m currently reading & the Scots language picturebook that is a recent read

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Gif. Collage of two photographs of book front covers. Book 1 is ¡Ugh! Un Relato del Pleistoceno by Rafael Yockteng & Jairo Buitrago. Book 2 is The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer. Caption reads: 2-6 February 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 When Languages Week Scotland & Reading Schools Week collide. Sticker reads ‘currently reading’

Gif. Collage of two photographs of book front covers. Book 1 is ¡Ugh! Un Relato del Pleistoceno by Rafael Yockteng & Jairo Buitrago. Book 2 is The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer. Caption reads: 2-6 February 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 When Languages Week Scotland & Reading Schools Week collide. Sticker reads ‘currently reading’

This week, to celebrate both #LanguagesWeekScotland #LWS2026 & @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social’s Reading Schools Week I’m sharing the books I’m reading or are in my tbr pile #ScotlandLovesLanguages #GoAllIn

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To celebrate Languages Week 2026, in partnership with DYW and eSgoil, we have several exciting online sessions taking place. Find out more and register now! https://loom.ly/1u2WfSk
#LWS2026 #dyw

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Gotta❤️a @saltlangs.bsky.social @scilt.bsky.social collab! It's never too early to start organising for Languages Week Scotland #LWS2026 2nd - 6th Feb
🫵Primary practitioners here's your chance to get on the programme of this friendly online show & tell event
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