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Q30
Why not?
Q31
Are there teachers in your school who, with further upskilling, would be capable of teaching any of the
following foreign languages?
Q32
Which, if any, additional languages would you like to be able to offer in your school?
Q33
Why is this?
Q34
What resources would you need in order to increase the provision of foreign languages on the curriculum in
your school?
Heritage Languages
Q35
Please rank in order, the top three languages spoken by students in your school whose mother tongue is
neither English nor Irish.
Q36
Do any of your teachers have a third level qualification (not currently recognised by the Teaching Council) in
any of these languages?
Q37
Do any of your students sit Leaving Certificate non-curricular language exams?
Q38
How many students sat exams in these non-curricular languages in the last three years?
Q39
Please rank in order, the top three non-curricular language exams sat by students in your school in the last
three years?
Q40
Is support for any of these non-curricular languages available in your school?
Q41
To your knowledge are heritage language support classes (language classes for students to help them
maintain their mother tongue), available and easily accessible outside of school?
Q42
To your knowledge, who provides these classes? (Select as many as apply)
Q43
Is there a demand in your school for heritage language support (language classes for students to help them
maintain their mother tongue)?
Q44
For which heritage languages?
Q45
If e-learning (distance learning) or blended learning (a combination of distance and classroom based learning)
in a heritage language were available, how interested would your school be in participating?
General Comments
Q46
If you would like to comment on any other aspect of foreign languages provision in either your school or in
schools in general, please do so here.
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Audit of Foreign Languages Provision in Post-Primary Schools 2017
Post-Primary Languages Initiative February 2017 Draft Report
