Annual Report 2024 - Flipbook - Page 63
Languages Provision
Student Feedback
‘My Polish teacher
“Learning Korean through
games and cultural activities was
so much fun! My favourite was the
K-pop lyrics challenge—it made
was a very helpful
and supportive person
throughout the duration
of the course’
‘My favourite activities
in this course were the lessons about
the culture and traditions in Poland. There
were a lot of things that I learnt during those
learning vocabulary so
classes as I am a bit unfamiliar with my roots.
exciting, and everyone got
The classes on the structure of the
eally competitive.
language were also excellent.’
‘I would like to thank
you for letting us have this
opportunity as it gives me an
"I thought learning Chinese
extra subject for the Leaving
would be like solving a puzzle without
Cert and lets me learn about
"Chinese has boosted
all the pieces. Doing speaking exercises
my native language’
my confidence massively.
and role-plays, like practicing how to
During our outing, I managed
order food or ask for directions,
to order food all on my own, and
made it so much easier and
that moment made me realise
really fun."
"Learning Chinese has shown
how far I've come. It’s made me
me the power of language in
want to learn even more."
connecting people. It was exciting
to see how much I could express
and how real it made the
learning feel."
Next Steps
•
Continue to support provision at all levels, focusing on expanding Leaving Certificate programmes but
also to facilitate more provision of additional TY languages to new schools in 2025
•
Enhance CPD opportunities to encourage autonomous learning and professional reflection among
teachers
•
Recruit and train new teachers
•
Continue to collaborate with ITE providers to ensure a supply of teachers in all curricular languages
•
Continue to review the provision and the resources created for the TY modules
•
Conduct research to explore provision for students with Special Educational Needs
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