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Cuir Fáilte Roimh Theangacha
Cúrsaí teagaisc
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The teachers and mana
nal School, Dublin
Chrónáin Senior Natio
le has supported
outline how the modu
the creation of
teacher agency with
unity of Practice
an in-school Comm
on teachers’ skills
(CoP), shining a light
rtunities for
oppo
and providing rich
rn foreign language
integration of mode
curriculum.
education across the
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A whole-school appr
languages
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Our school, Scoil Chrón
and historic
located in the vibrant
ds in Dublin. A
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unity
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progressive co-educatio
s and almost 50
primary of 554 pupil
six streams
staf, we currently have
in addition to
from third to sixth class
s that empower
three integrated classe
s. Home to
need
the school team,
ional
addit
pupils with
was implemented by
tus to become
vements in music,
long-standing achie
was an important impe
were also
, Scoil Chrónáin
with SYTL this year. We
ed
choir, STEM and sport
involv
to further
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by the opportunity
ated
has also more recen
motiv
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the rich linguistic
litera
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and
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rate
enga
celeb
through an
l community,
at a whole-school level
repertoires of our schoo
ach initiated
ages from every
organic, grassroots appro
which include langu
thrilled to be part
by teachers. We were
eby a community
of SYTL for 2023-wher
teachers has grown
of nine participating
2023, with French,
to 12 since September
ese and Sign
Spanish, Italian, Japan
t across class levels
Language being taugh
are delighted to
from third to sixth. We
evolving Modern
an
lished
estab
have
(MFL) CoP among our
Foreign Languages
staf in our orst year.
.
continent of the world
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Teacher collabora
gh the spring term,
As we progress throu
began the sampler
so far ove classes have
2023 (third and
mber
Septe
in
module
s have fully
classe
two
ofth classes) and
Enthusiasm for SYTL
ate to have many
Our school is fortun
cient in a modern
teachers who are proo
áín SNS also has
language. Scoil Chrón
ection with MFL
a longstanding conn
terms of previous
engagement, both in
Modern Languages
involvement with the
tive (MLPSI),
in Primary Schools Initia
designing and
and through in-house
ns for sixth class
teaching language sessio
The energy and
pupils in their onal term.
class module, which
sixth
the
of
ss
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Tá an-áthas ar Lang
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seachtú alt i sraith alt
a thabhairt duit.
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tapa a fheiceáil. Laisti
Díríonn an t-alt seo
ar scoileanna agus
gh de thréimhse
ghearr bhí siad in ann
ar mhúinteoirí a ghlac
beannú dom, iad
páirt i Cuir Fáilte
Teaching matters
féin a chur in aithne
Roimh Theangacha
agus a n-ainmneacha
atá á scaipeadh
a scríobh san aibítir
amach don tríú bliain
Seapánach.
. Labhraíonn
Thosaigh siad freisin
Therese Eagers, múin
ag déanamh
teoir teanga iarceangail le teangacha
bhunscoile Seapáinise
eile a raibh
agus Gaeilge, ar
aithne acu orthu, agus
an gcaoi ar ghlac sí
páirt i múineadh na
bhí an-áthas
orm a fheiceáil conas
Seap
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áinise
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progr
Cuir
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completed their Theangacha,
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sin
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and Japanese. We believ
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an
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modú
na
ndaltaí ar theangach
l deis iontach do na
three terms woul
a, an
uptake across the Ghae
daltaí aithne a chur
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supp
san
and
áirea
mh,
ar oidhreachtaí
oratio
agus an sceitimíní
enable greater collab
a chéile. D’úsáideam
a bhí uirth
nt
agusgeme
í ag ullmh
ar na
team. Ouri enga
ú chun na
within our schoolteang
pasanna teanga chun
a a chur
ness
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aware
látha
rated
ir.
labhairt
so far has visibly gene
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acha a bhí á
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amongst pupils and
faoi
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t, but of the range
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Bhí dúil mhór
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n by our pupilagam
a i gcónaí.
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languages spoke
Tá mé ag múin
Deis iontach a bhí ann
seo a fhiosrú. Táim ag
ing,san iar-bhunsco
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, active learn
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Class enthusiasm
comhoibriú, roinnt
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mór le tuilleadh comh
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language aware
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I mbliana, tabharfaidh
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Roimh Theangacha!
trí dhá theanga. Tá a
leis an
the Irish langu
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súnámage
meon oscailte do
aí díograiseach,
as l le langu
theangacha agus tá
that the use of Irish
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purpose to Irish langu
dhéanamh ar conas
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to Languages, email prima
in class.
oibríonn teangacha,
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www.languagesconnect.ie
mar sin táim ag súil
. Languages Connect
Pupils’ voices
go
promotes the personal,
n-éireoidh go geal leis
social, professional and
s and their
economic beneots of foreig
Both participating pupil
an modúl. Is ionadh
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to principals, teachers,
parents have also indica
bhfuil go leor cosúlachta
guidance counsellors,
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impact of SYTL on pupil
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students. Funded by the
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language awareness,
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Connect; Ireland’s
sting to see how
Strategy for Foreign Langu
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