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Chinese in Transition Year
Q16: Which of these languages are being currently taught as part of your Transition Year programme?
25% of schools offer Chinese in TY. Reasonable coverage, with the exception of 6 counties.
Cork
37%
Donegal
23%
Dublin
28%
Sligo
Leitrim
29%
th
Kildare
n
40%
d
or
gf
mmo
Kerry
u
Lo
24%
1-25%
Cavan
Mayo
o
Rosc
Galway
0%
n
Lo
Meath
eath
tm
Wes
Dublin
0%
n
Clare
Donegal
ha
0%
ag
Cavan
on
0%
M
Carlow
Galway
Offaly
0%
Louth
31%
Mayo
13%
Meath
20%
Monaghan
14%
Offaly
0%
w
Longford
rlo
31%
51-75%
Tipperary
Limerick
Waterford
Kerry
Cork
fo
rd
Limerick
nny
33%
Clare
Kilke
Leitrim
Wicklow
Laois
0%
Ca
Laois
Kildare
17%
W
ex
Kilkenny
26-50%
76-100%
25% of schools offer Chinese in Transition Year. The Confucius Institutes, one in UCD
Roscommon
14%
Sligo
13%
Culture and Language for Transition Year” which was launched in 2012. This is 90%
Tipperary
29%
focussed on culture and 10% language. Confucius volunteers in Dublin deliver courses to
Waterford
8%
schools nationwide, at a cost of €50 per hour, staff in Cork do not charge a fee, however
Westmeath
22%
Wexford
30%
Wicklow
50%
and one in UCC, have worked with the NCCA to develop the “Teaching Pack on Chinese
schools do pay for their lunch and travel expenses. In other schools, school based teachers
deliver the course.
Figure 19: Chinese in transition year
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Audit of Foreign Languages Provision in Post-Primary Schools 2017
Post-Primary Languages Initiative February 2017 Draft Report