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About the project

In 2022, the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at UCD started running language workshops and bootcamps for Leaving Certificate students. These sessions are delivered by UCD language student volunteers, who provide peer-led support to help students build confidence and improve their language skills.

The project has been led from the beginning by Dr. Derval Conroy. It was funded for its first two years by Languages Connect, and in its third year through a collaboration with UCD All.

Language for Life aims to encourage language learning and provide practical support for students preparing for their exams.

For more information, contact: derval.conroy@ucd.ie

Our Language Ambassadors

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German and Italian (DN520)

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Spanish and French (DN541)

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Andrea DeBalio, BA Modern Languages (Spanish & German)

Outreach News

A photo of our Language ambassadors 18Nov
#ThinkLanguages Week 2024

This year's #ThinkLanguages event funded by Languages Connect was a resounding success, drawing enthusiastic participation and positive feedback from secondary students from across Dublin.
Group of students 13Apr
Language Bootcamps for French, German, Spanish and Italian

We were delighted to welcome Leaving Cert students to UCD on 13 April 2024 for our four-week Leaving Cert bootcamp. Great work and enthusiasm on all sides! Huge thanks to our wonderful tutors and to Languages Connect for the support!
Language Ambassadors presenting to students 15Jan
15th January 2024: Mount Temple School visit

Our 'Languages for Life' student ambassadors Harry, Aisling and Ibrahim visited Mount Temple Comprehensive on 15th January 2024 talking about Erasmus and why learning languages is so valuable
Big group of students 27Nov
27th November - 1st December 2023: Think Languages Week 2023

#ThinkLanguages week in UCD, click on the image to read more about all events that took place in November 2023.
Group photo of Language Ambassadors 25Nov
Final language support workshop for 2023

Congratulations and thanks to our wonderful Languages Connect UCD ambassador-tutors, Andrea, Georgina, Aoife, Kristina, Ciana, Lara and Harry, for their fantastic work on our Saturday on-campus workshops for 5th and 6th years, since October. Looking forward to the classes continuing in the New Year!
Two students in front of whiteboard 11Sep
Language support workshops for secondary students: Autumn 2023 & Spring 2024

Delighted to see our Saturday language support workshops up and running for 2023/24.
Language support workshops for secondary students: Spring 2023 01Mar
Language support workshops for secondary students: Spring 2023

From March to May, eight language support workshops are being run in UCD, for Leaving Cert and 5th year students. These are tutored by final-year language students, across French, German, Spanish and Italian, and are on-campus and online
Three students in front of a presentation 09Dec
Languages for Life Ambassadors 2022

Our Languages for Life student ambassadors Rebecca Duffy, Eve Moore, Alex Brown, Claudine McGovern, Anna Baker, Ella Doran and Anna Webs visited Mount Temple, Clontarf and Alexandra College to give presentations on the importance and joy of languages.

UCD Languages for Life

University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T: +353 1 716 7777