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Courses facilitated by the Japanese Language Advisor (Japan Foundation) seconded to PPLI;
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Courses provided by a PPLI Chinese Language Development Officer; and
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Access to Erasmus+ funding for mobilities and courses abroad.
Stakeholder Engagement:
PPLI researched course providers, course options and relative costs, in Ireland and abroad. PPLI engaged with
the cultural institutes for French, German, Italian and Spanish (Alliance Française Dublin and Cork, Goethe
Institut, Istituto Italiano di Cultura Dublin and Instituto Cervantes), as well as two Education Support Centres
(Kildare and Dublin West) and University College Cork. There were also upskilling course opportunities
provided by PPLI Development Officers, the Japan Foundation Language Advisor, and other language
schools, in Ireland and abroad. The potential for drawing on Erasmus+ funding opportunities will also require
further engagement and support over time.
Criteria for participants’ eligibility to take part in courses:
Requirements for the participation in the upskilling pilot were as follows:
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The applicant is a registered primary school teacher;
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The applicant has informed his/her school principal (if applicable);
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The applicant commits to conduct a self-assessment of the level of proficiency in the language they
intend to apply for and enrols in a suitable course based on such an assessment; and
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The applicant commits to provide evidence of an end-of-module certificate of completion issued by the
course provider.
The pilot aimed to exceed the target of 100 registered teachers taking part in a course. PPLI contacted the
136 schools which had indicated that they would use staff teachers to deliver the Say Yes to Languages
module.
A total of 169 teachers returned the self-assessment survey and were provided with a choice of course
options according to their self-assessed levels of competence. In addition, three courses were offered to all
registered teachers nationwide, regardless of their school’s participation in Say Yes to Languages: Italian for
beginners in UCC, Japanese via the Japan Foundation Language Advisor and Chinese via a PPLI Development
Officer.
The total numbers of teachers who took part in a language upskilling course, can be found below:
Other
University Education
Language
Course
Centre
School
Language
Cultural
Institute
French
29
German
2
2
Spanish
5
9
Italian
1
Course
Abroad
PPLI
Language
Development
Advisor
Oocer
29
4
4
2
20
50
51
Japanese
9
Chinese
Total Enrolled
3
37
Total
50
11
4
2
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