10 questions with… Fhiona Mackay

Fhiona Mackay is director of SCILT, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages, where she has been working since 2012. Before that she was a principal teacher of modern languages, who became a passionate advocate not only of her subjects but also for the life-changing benefits of school trips.

She talks to Tes Scotland about why she thinks she has the best job in the country – and why pupils must be shown that languages are so much more than subjects on a school timetable.

1. Who has been your most memorable teacher?

My teacher for sixth-year French, Mrs Moyra Davenport, was really ...