Insegnanti primari da formare per insegnare lingue straniere per diversi anni
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2025/02/06/primary-teachers-to-be-trained-to-teach-foreign-languages-over-several-years/
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Insegnanti primari da formare per insegnare lingue straniere per diversi anni
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2025/02/06/primary-teachers-to-be-trained-to-teach-foreign-languages-over-several-years/
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Classic bit of bollox. Glad they have ignored the advice from the trial schools that only reported this being successful when a French or German teacher was hired specifically for the job.
Our early childhood education system is full
of (in Dublin anyway) degree and masters qualified primary teachers from Spain. They could easily slip into the Irish system as a shared resource within a single school or multiple schools. Pure protectionism, a sensible, near immediately implementable solution will be shunned to appease the unions and teaching council who would never allow it to happen. Participation in whatever CPD required here will form the main basis for a future pay deal and we’ll end up with half arsed results
Maybe teach our own fecking language better.
They can’t even teach Irish
Good advancement.
Make Irish optional too.
And while we’re at it stop teachers having to teach religion. Why the hell is the public paying teachers to train kids how to pray and sing hymns for their holy communion and confirmation? That should be entirely on the parents, not public teachers.
Are they currently teaching foreign languages too fast?
So while the rest of the Continent actually employes ppl with degrees in teaching foregin languages, we are going to add extra burden onto Primary teachers….I mean what could go wrong?
fyi. It is not just languages, its art and music as well.
You know, something ppl train to do and teach. This attitude of lets just throw that in too and see what happens.
Early Years Teachers in preschools and kindergarten years before Primary should introduce languages early the way they want Primary teachers to do it.
Its the job of a professional foregin language teachers to teach the language in Primary and beyond.
Sounds like check box exercise.
Cutting costs, not comiting to building new facilities, differentiate, build capacity, you know, modern education…just throw it at the teaching sector…
Educated prediction: more ppl leaving education sector, not going to even mention how Irish is being taught.
If only this effort went into ensuring all teachers were actually good at Irish instead
Le chat et dans la fenetre.
Good idea. Teaching a foreign language in one year is too ambitious.
“What about Irish???”
What about Tolkien’s Elvish? What about Klingon?
Foreign languages are miles more useful than Irish so long as you’re not horribly lost in the countryside and need to ask an OAP for help.
How about teaching “How to file tax returns.” Or “How to apply for a mortgage.” Or, “How to not be a racist cu%t. Etc.
This is good. People don’t realize how many opportunities open up when they learn a new language like french or german. Gaeilge isn’t really needed for day to day life so it shouldn’t be the prime focus language to be taught at primary.