The Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) is the leading professional body for people using foreign language skills at work, setting the standard for linguists worldwide. CIOL is the only organisation that can offer Chartership, recognised the world over as the gold standard for practitioners in many professions and publicly understood as a badge of quality and expertise.

CIOL has over 7,000 members, and has recently launched a specific membership pathway to welcome educator members, to recognise the vital work language teachers do in inspiring and training the next generation of linguists.

Membership offers professional recognition, a route to Chartership, entry on our Find-a-Linguist directory, and full access to our member-only library of CPD webinars. Recent webinars for teachers include ‘Bringing Hybrid Teaching of Languages to Life’ by Joe Dale, and ‘Creative Approaches to Language Teaching’ by Isabelle Jones.

The Education Society is a new networking group specifically for language teachers which launched this year with an event on ‘The benefits of a multilingual education’. The society will provide networking and learning opportunities, in both personal and professional scenarios. Find out more here, and join the Facebook group here.

With teachers in mind, we are producing an ongoing series of guides for schools on the many careers languages can offer – the first of these contains case studies from some of our translating members. Download a copy here.

Join today and be part of our growing community!

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