Ireland: Why we should say 'Mais oui!' to foreign languages

[anne marie devlin]

It shouldn't be overlooked though that 2 languages  - English and Irish - are compulsory for the majority of all school children at both primary and secondary level in Ireland.  The requirement of Irish puts a considerable burden on timetabling and priority of needs for college.  This maybe helps explain the low uptake in foreign languages
 


Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 13:37:57 -0600
From: francis.hult at utsa.edu
To: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu
Subject: [Edling] Ireland: Why we should say 'Mais oui!' to foreign languages




Irish Independent
 
Why we should say 'Mais oui!' to foreign languages
 
Eurostat figures show that in Ireland 58% of students at secondary school study a foreign language compared to the EU average of 83%. Yes, they are mainly learning English but an EU average of 60% also study a second foreign language; here that figure is a mere 8%.
 
Full story:
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/why-we-should-say-mais-oui-to-foreign-languages-2485672.html
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