Review of Languages in Post-Primary Education
The current review process involving modern languages as well as English and Gaeilge is a continuation of work begun in November 2003, when the NCCA published the discussion document Languages in the Post-primary Curriculum. This paper, produced by Professor David Little of Trinity College Dublin, provided the basis for the first phase of a consultation process on post-primary languages.
The consultative process included
- a survey and online questionnaire
- two invitational seminars
- a consultative seminar for NCCA languages course committees
- a request for submissions
The consultations concluded with the publication in the spring of 2005 of the report on the invitational seminars and Review of Languages in Post-Primary Education: Report of the First Phase of the Review.
A Languages Board of Studies oversees the current work and course committees have been meeting to review the individual language syllabuses..
Current work includes writing learning outcomes for the syllabuses and on embedding the key skills in those outcomes. In this process all the languages link to a common subject template.
The work is also addressing the need to update syllabus content to reflect developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The next phase of the work will involve consideration of issues pertaining to assessment.
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