{"id":6238,"date":"2018-03-02T16:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utalk.com\/news\/?p=6238"},"modified":"2020-03-04T11:11:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T11:11:11","slug":"registration-opens-for-junior-language-challenge-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/registration-opens-for-junior-language-challenge-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration opens for Junior Language Challenge 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Junior Language Challenge<\/a>\u00a0is uTalk\u2019s annual competition for primary school children across the UK. We\u2019ve been running the JLC now for 15 years, and hope to make this year our biggest yet!<\/span><\/p>\n

Children taking part in the competition will first learn Spanish* using our app, and top scorers will progress to round 2 \u2013 and a second language \u2013 in the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

The competition will launch in March, but you can sign up a school or individual now at\u00a0utalk.com\/jlc<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The entry fee will be \u00a35 per child, all of which will go to our charity,\u00a0onebillion<\/a>. (This donation is payable on registration for individuals, and schools will be invoiced at the end of round 1.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Why join the Junior Language Challenge?<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u2022 Makes languages fun and encourages independent learning<\/span>
\n\u2022 Introduces children to new, exciting languages<\/span>
\n\u2022 Great prizes to be won, including a family holiday to Africa!<\/span>
\n\u2022 Raises money in support of educational charity onebillion<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch our video<\/a> from last year\u2019s final to see what it\u2019s all about\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\"JLC<\/p>\n

*or French as a back-up option<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Junior Language Challenge\u00a0is uTalk\u2019s annual competition for primary school children across the UK. We\u2019ve been running the JLC now for 15 years, and hope to make this year our biggest yet! Children taking part in the competition will first learn Spanish* using our app, and top scorers will progress to round 2 \u2013 and a … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1056],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}