Annual Report 2024 - Flipbook - Page 48
Languages Provision
Actions 2.D.4, 2.D.5, 2.E.1
2.E.3, 2.E.4, 2.F.4
Overview:
PPLI aims to diversify and increase the uptake of languages learned through several initiatives, including the
deployment of peripatetic teachers and the provision of the more recently introduced and lesser-taught
languages at post-primary level.
PPLI facilitates a variety of flexible models of delivery, including shared classes across schools, blended
learning, short courses, Transition Year, and Leaving Certificate online and in-person classes on Saturdays. PPLI
is committed to providing support, resources, and opportunities for both teachers and students to engage
with and learn these languages.
Main Aims:
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Provide language learning opportunities not currently available to students in schools and increase the
uptake of more recently introduced and lesser taught languages in Senior Cycle.
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Provide equity of access to languages that are not available in many schools due to lack of critical mass of
students, using a variety of models of provision, including blended learning, shared classes, Saturday and
online classes provision, and a system of additional allocation.
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Conduct research on the different models of provision to inform the further development of languages
provision.
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Provide students who speak languages other than English or Irish at home with an opportunity to
maintain and develop their home and/or heritage language capacity through access to Leaving
Certificate classes and to have this competency recognised, resulting in wider access to education
pathways.
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Incentivise schools to diversify the languages offered to students and to take ownership of new language
subjects, in a way that supports long-term sustainability.
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Improve the quality of provision of the more recently added and lesser taught languages in schools by
supporting and assisting teachers with implementation through a comprehensive framework of CPD and
mentoring that supports effective, inclusive, and engaging teaching and learning.
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Provide Transition Year students with the opportunity to engage with a new language.
- PPLI ANNUAL REPORT 2024 -
