PPLI provide a number of language-related resources and substantive supports relevant to specific post-Primary stages.
Junior Cycle
Recent reforms in the Junior Cycle Curriculum for Modern Foreign Languages have provided extensive opportunities for post-Primary Languages Ireland to engage in numerous projects that diversify, enhance and expand language education at this level.
Our PPLI supports include:
- the development of Junior Cycle Short Courses in heritage and lesser-taught languages
- Polish
- Russian
- Lithuanian
- Japanese
- Irish Sign Language
- support for the implementation of the new JC MFL specification for the curricular languages
- guidelines produced for school management on how to diversify, enhance and expand MFL education in schools
- providing teachers with a platform to share best practice in MFL education through Spotlight on Schools.
- supporting teachers with the implementation of the Common European Framework for Language Learning
- providing training (both online and in person) in the use of cutting edge approaches and pedagogies for the MFL classroom
- training for the use of digital tools for language learning
- providing creative competitions and projects for MFL students to engage in such as Webquests.
- training and resource supports for Language Assistants and their Cooperating Teachers
In conjunction with Languages Connect
- providing funding for teachers to undertake fully-funded training to up-skill in another language so that schools can offer more languages at this level
- providing funding and supports for summer camps for Heritage Language speakers and Lesser-taught languages.
In collaboration with other government agencies:
- providing CPD conferences for MFL teachers such as JCT and PDST
- developing and delivering training in the creation of digital stories through languages to provide an authentic context for language use.