Diverse voices,
common ground
Celebrate languages!
Join us for Languages Week Scotland – a week of activity to promote language learning and celebrate multilingualism in Scotland.
Languages Week Scotland 2026 will take place from 2 – 6 February. The theme is Diverse voices, common ground.
Everyone is welcome to join the celebrations for Languages Week Scotland.
Scroll down to find out how you can take part!
Celebrate languages in schools
Languages Week Scotland serves as a vibrant platform dedicated to fostering language learning and promoting multilingualism. We support schools with a variety of resources, including daily challenges, suggested activities and school showcases.
Our goal is to encourage schools throughout Scotland to engage their learners, families, and communities through the celebration of languages, creating a country that values and celebrates linguistic diversity.
Everyone is invited to take part in our daily challenges. Work with your class, teacher, family or friends and join in!
SCILT has put together ideas to support schools in celebrating Languages Week Scotland. These are grouped into ideas for early years and primary, and ideas for secondary. Each activity has a suggested timeframe.
Early Years & Primary
Ideas to celebrate Languages Week Scotland in early years and primary settings.
Secondary
Ideas to celebrate languages in secondary schools.
Celebrate languages with your family
Scotland is a “linguistic powerhouse”, with more than 5% of young people using a language other than English at home, and all learners across the country having access to learning a first additional language from P1 and a second from P5.
Languages Week Scotland is an opportunity to celebrate the diversity of languages – used and being learnt – in homes and families across the country.
Celebrate languages in Scotland’s communities
Languages Week Scotland is a fantastic opportunity for communities to come together and showcase the rich tapestry of languages across Scotland. Community groups, culture, arts and sports organisations, social enterprises – both large and small – are invited to join in the celebrations.
Languages Week Scotland 2025
Find out how Languages Week Scotland 2025 was celebrated across Scotland.
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St Denis Primary
Read more: St Denis PrimaryDuring Languages Week Scotland we have tried to incorporate new vocabulary from a range of languages across our learning, in as many activities as possible. We have listened to lots […]
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St Maria Goretti Primary
Read more: St Maria Goretti PrimaryWe audited the languages spoken across the school. Then around 15 P7 children volunteered to deliver a variety of lessons and taster sessions across the school during LWS. They also […]
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Beancross Primary
Read more: Beancross PrimaryAs a whole school, we have completed a week’s worth of fun activities designed to celebrate the different languages spoken in Beancross and the different cultures of our children. I […]