#ThinkLanguages 2026 A4 Planning Handbook English - Flipbook - Page 3
#ThinkLanguages Planning Handbook 2026
Welcome to
#ThinkLanguages
Week 2026!
Thank you for registering for #ThinkLanguages 2026! This year
will be the ninth year of the event with celebrations happening
nationwide from Monday 16 to Friday 20 November 2026.
The #ThinkLanguages team are looking forward to supporting you.
This handbook is your step-by-step guide to all the resources and
supports available for you to create an exciting and engaging
festival of languages and cultures in your school.
The aims of #ThinkLanguages Week are to:
> Celebrate languages together in schools,
universities and organisations on a national level
> Support teachers to create space in the school calendar to
showcase languages and what they offer beyond the classroom
> Excite and engage Transition Year (TY) students about the
languages and cultures around them within the school,
the wider community and around the world
> Promote inclusion and the many personal, social,
professional, and cultural benefits of language learning
> Encourage TY students to choose languages at
senior cycle and into third level education
> Engage with the local community to raise
awareness of the benefits of language skills
Your Starter Pack contains:
> Planning Handbook
Get ready to enter our
2026 competitions!
We’re thrilled to announce two
amazing competitions this year:
Champion Team
Vlog Competition
Get your Champion Team to
record a documentary-style vlog
and show us your #ThinkLanguages
Week. The winning team will jet
off to Brussels, courtesy of our
partners at the Department of
Foreign Affairs. Don’t miss your
chance – see page 22 for all
the details!
Individual Poster
Competition
Unleash your imagination and
design a poster that inspires. There
are amazing prizes up for grabs
– see page 21 to find out more!
> Posters
> Lanyards to attach to
Champion Team Task Cards
> Partner Leaflets
> Student Sign-up Sheet
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