PPLI Annual Report 2022 - Flipbook - Page 50
Chinese in Transition Year
1,487 students
Action 2.A.6
24 schools
Overview:
In 2022, PPLI supported 35 TY Chinese modules by allocating peripatetic teachers to 24 schools. The support
helped 1,487 students to access and engage with a different language and culture and provided a first step
for some to pursue Chinese language and culture education for Leaving Certificate and beyond.
Main Aims:
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Provide opportunity for schools to introduce Chinese
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Integrate the new Chinese teachers into the school system
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Improve the quality of Transition Year Chinese curriculum provision in schools
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Increase the uptake of Leaving Certificate Chinese
Activity:
The TY Chinese module delivered by PPLI teachers focused on all aspects of language learning, teaching
culture through the language as well as raising students’ plurilingual and pluricultural awareness.
PPLI worked with schools to acknowledge their diverse needs and to provide a range of year-long rotating TY
Chinese modules for the purposes of
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Continuing Junior Cycle full course or short courses
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Establishing a foundation for Leaving Certificate courses
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Introducing Chinese for the first time as a new language on the curriculum
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Broadening the language provision in schools
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Improving the inclusion of heritage students
Impact:
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1,487 TY students have learned about Chinese language and culture
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Positive feedback from schools and students
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Awareness raising of Chinese language and culture in and beyond the school community
- PPLI ANNUAL REPORT 2022 -