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Oct 2024
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Lessons from Scotland: Innovative Approa...

Caroline Sibley and QFI
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Are there lessons for Arabic language educators and admin in the way Scotland approaches language learning? In this episode of All Things Arabic, Fhiona Mackay, the Director of SCILT, explains how a hybrid teaching environment is helping students across the nation – even those in remote regions – learn Arabic.   

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Glossary of terms: 

  • SCILT - Scotland’s National Centre for Languages 
  • National Qualifications – exams taken by students in the Scottish school system, studied in secondary schools and in colleges of further education 

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