PPLI Annual Report 2020 - Flipbook - Page 2
Table of Contents
Foreword ........................................................................................................ 4
Korean in Transition Year (2.C.1) .......................................................... 45
Introduction to PPLI .................................................................................. 6
Portuguese TY Module and Leaving Certificate Saturday
School Classes (2.A.6, 2.C.1) ................................................................ 46
Structure and Governance ...................................................................... 7
Director Review ............................................................................................ 8
PPLI in Numbers ........................................................................................ 10
GOAL 1: ........................................................................................................ 12
Improve language prociency by creating more engaging
learning environment supports for teaching and learning
Teaching resources and tutorials, examples
and dissemination of good practice (1.C.1) .................................... 13
MFL Department CPD.............................................................................. 14
CPD for ITE .................................................................................................. 15
Spotlight on Schools ................................................................................ 16
Polish & Lithuanian Short Courses (2.B.3, 2.E.9) ............................ 47
Online written support for LC Students of Lithuanian,
Polish and Portuguese ............................................................................ 47
Development of Chinese Language and Cultural Learning
Opportunities (2.B.4) .............................................................................. 48
Spotlight on PPLI Teacher Team .......................................................... 49
Summer Camps Action (2.C.2) ............................................................ 54
Home language resourses in libraries & schools (2.E.4) ............ 56
Intercultural guidelines and good practice exemplars to
support an intercultural dimension and promote the home
language, where the home language is neither Irish nor
English (2.E.6) ............................................................................................ 58
Increasing Capacity in the regions with PPLI Associates ............ 17
Training for Foreign Language Assistants (FLAs) and
Co-operating Teachers (CTs) (1.C.3) .................................................... 18
Communities of Practice (1.C.5) .......................................................... 20
Collaboration with and dissemination of work by Council
of Europe and European Centre for Modern Languages
(ECML) (1.C.10)............................................................................................ 23
Support for the use of innovative teaching
methods and ICT tools (1.C.11) ............................................................ 24
CPD for New and Heritage Language Teachers.............................. 26
Mobility Opportunities (1.D.1).............................................................. 30
CLIL (1.E.3) .................................................................................................... 32
GOAL 2: ...................................................................................................... 37
Diversify and increase the uptake of languages learned
and cultivate the languages of the new Irish
Audit of Foreign Languages Provision in
Post-Primary Schools 2017 (2.A.2) ...................................................... 38
The Diversication of the range of languages on offer (2.A.6) ..........39
GOAL 3: ...................................................................................................... 59
Increase awareness of the importance of language learning
to encourage the wider use of foreign languages
Awareness Raising Campaign (3.A.1, 3.A.2, 3.A.5, 3.A.6) ............ 60
Say ‘Yes’ to Languages ............................................................................ 61
Student Language Ambassador Videos & Team ............................ 66
New literature for Students, Guidance Counsellors,
Principals, Parents...................................................................................... 67
Z-folds............................................................................................................ 68
Culture Night ............................................................................................ 69
Euroguidance Ireland/Languages Connect: Careers with
Languages Competition 2020 ............................................................ 70
#ThinkLanguages ......................................................................................71
Further Expanding Awareness (3.A.1)................................................ 90
Disseminate examples of good practice at all levels of
the education and training system (3.A.6) ........................................91
Guidance Resources (3.A.1) .................................................................. 92
Curriculum Languages : Chinese (2.A.6, 2.C.1) .............................. 39
Chinese in Transition Year (2.C.1) ........................................................ 40
GOAL 4: ........................................................................................................ 95
Enhance employer engagement in the development and
use of trade languages
Curriculum Languages : Russian (2.A.6, 2.B.3, 2.C.1) .................... 42
Employer Engagement (4.A.1) ..............................................................96
Chinese in Leaving Certificate (2.A.6) ................................................ 39
Curriculum Languages : Japanese (2.A.6, 2.B.3, 2.C.1) ................ 43
Diversification of the range of languages on offer in TY:
modules for new and existing curricular languages
(2.C.1, 2.E.10) ................................................................................................45
Financial Overview ..................................................................................97
PPLI Team .................................................................................................... 97
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