PPLI Audit of Foreign Languages - Flipbook - Page 12
2.1 Foreign Languages Taught in School: Junior Cycle Q8-13
Languages offered at Junior Cycle (Total Sample)
Q8: Which of these languages are being taught as part of the Junior Cycle programme in your school?
100%
3%
14%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
70%
64%
26%
25%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
English-medium schools n=353
French Only
Irish-medium schools n=36
French Plus German/Spanish/Italian
Only German/Spanish/Italian
• 95% of all schools offer French, only 13 English-medium and 5 Irish-medium schools surveyed do not offer
French.
• 70% of English-medium and 64% of Irish-medium schools offer French plus at least one other language.
• 29% of English-medium and 39% of Irish-medium schools offer one language only.
Figure 2: Languages at Junior Cycle: French only, French plus additional language, additional language only
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Audit of Foreign Languages Provision in Post-Primary Schools 2017
Post-Primary Languages Initiative February 2017 Draft Report