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Languages offered at TY (Total Sample)
Q16: Which of these languages are being currently taught as part of your Transition Year programme?
100%
96%
94%
Chinese
90%
80%
French
70%
German
60%
55%
53%
50%
44%
Italian
41%
40%
30%
Japanese
25%
24%
20%
10%
Russian
9%
6% 7% 4%
6%
6%
Spanish
0%
English-medium schools n=328
Irish-medium schools n=34
• Many schools offer Spanish and Italian for TY but not at JC. However German and French levels at TY are similar
to JC.
• Chinese is popular across both English-medium and Irish-medium schools.
Figure 15: Languages at TY, English-medium schools and Irish-medium schools
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Audit of Foreign Languages Provision in Post-Primary Schools 2017
Post-Primary Languages Initiative February 2017 Draft Report