Primary school is the 'ideal time' to learn a foreign language - Teacher

The Department of Education is currently in the process of updating the primary school curriculum, and from 2025 teachers will be expected to teach a modern foreign language.Advertisement“Now the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment worked very closely over the last six years with education stakeholders… [They] put together a draft primary curriculum framework and that’s gone now into the Department about a week to 10 days ago.

“It’s really important that children learn new languages and they develop an understanding and enjoyment of words and language,” Ms Madigan said. The Minister of State for Special Education Josepha Madigan on a recent visit to St Catherine’s National School in Dublin, 03-01-2021. Image: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland

Different primary schools in the area teach French, German and Spanish and Maude Cunningham from the organisation Language People says this is the “ideal time” to begin.

It's all about the unions, it will never happen.

They should teach them English before moving on to other languages. It's/its and they're/their/there. Past participles too: if I hear another 'I done' or 'Should have went' I'm going to lose my shit. And don't get me started on punctuation!

Children in the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪 start learning a foreign language just as soon as they exit their mother’s womb!! It’s called ENGLISH… Most of them never learn their NATIVE language - which is IRISH. The ROI is an anomaly… rte PresidentIRL LeoVaradkar PearseDoherty

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