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Table of Contents
Foreword ........................................................................................................ 4
Introduction to PPLI .................................................................................. 6
PPLI Team........................................................................................................ 7
Director Review.......................................................................................... 10
Professional Learning and Supports for
PPLI Development Oocers.................................................................... 67
Language Summer Camps .................................................................... 71
Primary - Say Yes to Languages Module .......................................... 74
Primary Teachers - Foreign Language Upskilling .......................... 81
Goal 2 - Moving Forward ........................................................................ 86
GOAL 1: ........................................................................................................ 12
Improve language proficiency by creating a more engaging
learning environment
GOAL 3: ...................................................................................................... 88
Increase awareness of the importance of language learning
Funding Schemes Addressing Language
to encourage the wider use of foreign languages
Teacher Shortages .................................................................................... 14
#ThinkLanguages Week .......................................................................... 90
English Language Assistant (ELA) Scheme ...................................... 16
Training for Foreign Language Assistants
and Cooperating Teachers .................................................................... 17
Spotlight on Schools................................................................................ 20
Resources and Tutorials .......................................................................... 22
Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) Communities of Practice.... 24
Collaboration with European Centre for
Modern Languages (ECML) .................................................................. 26
An Intercultural Look at our Schools (ILAOS) .................................. 30
Awareness Raising Collaborations
with Higher Education Institutions .................................................. 110
Student Events ........................................................................................ 115
Collaboration with Embassies and Cultural Institutes .............. 117
Awareness Raising Collaborations - Culture Night ......................121
Attendance at Forums and Events for Teachers and
Stakeholders ............................................................................................ 123
Academic Conference and Papers.................................................... 125
Awareness Raising Collaborations - MS Readathon .................. 127
Innovative Methodologies: AI for MFL Teachers ............................ 32
Career Guidance Resources and Stakeholder Collaboration ..129
PPLI Associates .......................................................................................... 36
Open Night Toolkit ..................................................................................132
Mobility Opportunities............................................................................ 38
Leaving Certiocate Language Information & Support .............. 133
Collaboration with Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Providers .... 41
CLIL - Content and Language Integrated Learning ...................... 43
Let9s Talk Languages Consultation Sessions on MFL Provision........................................ 135
Goal 1 - Moving Forward ........................................................................ 49
Goal 3 - Moving Forward...................................................................... 136
GOAL 2: ...................................................................................................... 50
GOAL 4: ...................................................................................................... 138
Diversify and increase the uptake of languages learned
Enhance employer engagement in the development and
and cultivate the languages of the new Irish
use of trade languages
Languages Provision................................................................................ 52
Collaboration with Enterprise and Employers ............................ 140
- PPLI Development Oocers ........................................................................................ 53
Goal 4 - Moving Forward...................................................................... 143
- In-School Provision of Languages ...................................................................... 54
- Junior Cycle ............................................................................................................................ 55
Governance and Accountability ...................................................... 144
- Transition Year .................................................................................................................... 55
- Operational Environment
- Leaving Certiocate (In School Provision) ........................................................ 55
- Funding Arrangements/Financial Management
- Parallel Provision Model Leaving Certiocate Language Classes ........................................................ 59
- Innovative Provision Model Leaving Certiocate Blended Learning Project .......................................................... 62
- Reporting and Monitoring Arrangements
- FLAGPP Committee Members
- Resource Eociency/ Climate Action
Financial Overview 2025 ......................................................................146
- Additional Allocation to Schools to Support Diversiocation
of Foreign Languages Provision .......................................................................... 64
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