Press Release

Sponsors reward exceptional language projects

15 September 2005

Over half of the European Award for Languages winners are celebrating for the second time today following the announcement of this year’s sponsored special prizes. Seven of the thirteen winning projects have been identified for their innovative work in particular areas of language learning.

Ashcombe School’s International business week receives £1,000 from BMW, sponsors of the Business Language Prize, awarded to the best project developing language provision to match the needs of business and employers. Newbury Park Primary School receives the same amount from London Turkish Radio for its promotion of community languages through the Language of the month initiative.

The French Embassy prize goes to Filey School, North Yorkshire, for its inspired project around Molière, Trinity School in Carlisle receives the German Embassy prize for its work which brings German to life through fairytales and a Spanish Embassy prize is awarded to the University of Bristol for the Hispanic Department’s Language through theatre project.

EuroTalk Interactive are sponsors of the Primary Education Prize, which goes to Liverpool Centres of Excellence for their work in bringing languages to young learners across the city. This year’s Routledge Adult Education Prize is awarded to Nottingham Trent’s Allegro project which involves the wider community in language learning.

A further award of £1,000 from the Mary Glasgow Language Trust will be announced at the winners’ ceremony hosted at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the European Day of Languages (26 September). Prizes will be presented by CILT patron Sir Trevor McDonald.