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Spotlight on Schools
Action 1.C.4
3 Reports
Overview:
Spotlight on Schools is a series of
resources, created by teachers for teachers,
that showcases best practice of modern
foreign language (MFL) departments and
teachers from across Ireland. The series
fosters a professional learning community
where teachers can engage with practical,
evidence-based teaching and learning
strategies, and adapt them to their own
contexts.
Main Aims:
•
Showcase and share examples of best practice in MFL education from schools around Ireland amongst
the MFL teacher community
•
Encourage MFL teachers to learn from each other
•
Encourage support for, and dissemination of, innovative teaching methodologies
Activity:
Three ideas were showcased in Spotlight on Schools during 2024:
1. Recognising and Valuing Home Languages in our School: Emer Marschner at Woodbrook College, Bray
showcased how the school recognises and values home languages to foster a welcoming environment
and provide good accessibility for curriculum content using the ILAOS (An Intercultural Look at Our
Schools) toolkit.
2. Empowering and Engaging Students with Collaborative Peer Learning: In this edition, Gloria Enrique at
Sacred Heart School, Tullamore showcases how a collaborative, student-led project facilitated Transition
Year students to plan and deliver a thirty-minute lesson about a topic of their choice to the rest of their
classmates.
3. Exploring Language and Culture Through Travel with LCAs: In this edition, Elena O’Halloran at Merlin
College, Galway worked with LCA students to plan a virtual trip to the target language speaking countries,
combining language learning, cultural exploration, and digital literacy. This interdisciplinary project fosters
teamwork, creativity, and global citizenship through hands-on, real-world tasks.
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