Supporting Multilingual Classrooms - PPLI

Supporting Multilingual Classrooms

PPLI provides support to help you respond to the home languages of pupils in the activities of your classrooms, and develop your pupils’ intercultural learning.

It is hoped that you will find the ideas and links given to be useful in the context of positive attitudes and appreciation of cultural diversity in the classroom and beyond, as well as fostering an interest and curiosity in learning further languages and intercultural communication.

Video: An Intercultural Look at our Schools Framework

In this video about An Intercultural Look at our Schools Toolkit, we visit Coláiste Mhichíl, CBS Sexton Street, Limerick. We hear about how the framework was used to address the intercultural dimension in the school.

An Intercultural Look at our Schools

“An Intercultural Look At Our Schools” toolkit is for self-evaluation and support for intercultural and linguistic diversity in schools wishing to address inclusion.

Roadmap for Schools

This video explains how the ROADMAP enables schools to set up a tailor-made whole-school strategy to support the development of students’ competences in the language(s) of schooling.

PPLI Primary Guidelines

To primary school principals and teachers: These guidelines are designed to help you respond to the challenges of the Primary Language Curriculum.

Connected Magazine

This magazine was produced by Dee McGarry, the LSP co-ordinator in St Mark’s Community school in Tallaght. The magazine was created to encourage students to maintain and develop literacy in their first languages.

How students’ first language can support learning

This video showcases the work of Dr Dee McGarry, Language Support Programme teacher in St Mark’s Community School in Tallaght.

Intercultural Learning in Mounthawk

This video showcases work being done in Mercy Mounthawk school in Tralee to integrate Syrian refugees in school life and learning.