... for a fresh new look, as Tine & Alison head off to Bishopbriggs Academy in Glasgow tomorrow to meet students and future linguists at the Goethe Institut's 'Think German' Career Fair. This coincides with the European Day of Languages on 26th September, too, so it seems a good week to be starting afresh.
It's been a busy summer at Confluence, which we have all enjoyed - Alison has been working 1:1 with a great variety of interesting clients over the summer season, some professional linguists - translators and conference interpreters - and some motivated individuals from the business world. And we have all benefited hugely - as always - from meeting several lovely groups of visitors on EU-funded programmes - firstly, English teachers from all across Europe, who have attended the courses we run jointly in July with our partners LFEE Europe. This year there were over 70 teachers with us, from Iceland to Malta - and many lands in between! Here are some of them immersed in a role play exercise -
And last weekend we said goodbye to 10 delightful early educationalists from the City of Munich, who spent two weeks with us on a study visit, exploring how 'inclusion' is implemented in our nursery schools here in Scotland, in Edinburgh and the Lothians. Tine's first hand knowledge of their mutual Bavarian homeland was vital, as was the hospitality of the five nurseries involved - and our colleague Kirsten Harrold from Edinburgh College was able to share her expertise in the workshops - a fun bilingual experience and a true exchange of ideas! We are already looking forward to a return visit next year.
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