The case for language awareness in the Irish primary school curriculum

• Autores: John Mccarthy
• Localización: Language awareness, ISSN 0965-8416, Vol. 3, Nº. 1, 1994, págs. 1-9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Some 21% of primary schoolchildren in the Irish Republic are currently learning a foreign language on a fee‐paying, extracurricular basis. This substantial phenomenon is developing largely in an unstructured manner — there is little if any coordination between primary and post‐primary programmes and other language learning. This paper raises some of the related theoretical issues and proposes a framework within which an integrated approach with other language learning can be incorporated.