For modern language teachers

Inspiring Linguists in your classroom

Ready-to-use videos featuring real language career stories
Ideal for lessons, enrichment and options events
Supporting MFL departments across the UK and UAE

Inspiring career stories,
ready to use anytime

Ideal for:

European Day of Languages
Y9/Y11 Options events
Careers sessions
MFL enrichment activities
Open evenings

Meet the linguists

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See Inspiring Linguists in action

A quick look at the career stories your students could be hearing this term.

Want to inspire your students?

Bring digital guest speakers into your classroom

Inspiring Linguists makes inspiring career stories accessible to schools anywhere, connecting students with inspiring professionals who share how languages have shaped their journeys, opened doors and created opportunities.

Access inspiring career storiesGive students the opportunity to hear from professionals who have used languages to open doors and shape their careers.
A flexible solution for busy MFL departmentsBring real-world language experiences into the classroom without the time and logistics of organising individual speakers.
Ready to use across the school yearUse videos and resources for lessons, enrichment, options events, careers sessions, assemblies and open evenings.

Supporting MFL departments in the UK and UAE

Our story

Two sisters. Two MFL degrees. Two very different careers. One mission.

I’m Rose, founder of Inspiring Linguists. After studying Spanish and English Language at the University of Birmingham, I became an MFL teacher, working in schools across the UK and UAE. My twin sister, Elizabeth, who also studied MFL at university, followed a different path into journalism and is now the BBC’s first Spanish football reporter.

I created Inspiring Linguists to help students discover where languages can take them through the stories of inspiring professionals and the different ways languages have shaped their careers.

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