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Languages offered at LCE (Total Sample)
Q17: Which of these languages are being currently taught as part of the Leaving Certificate (Established)
programme in your school?
100%
95%
90%
78%
80%
French
70%
60%
German
54%
50%
42%
40%
Spanish
33%
30%
Italian
30%
20%
10%
Japanese
3%
6%
4%
1%
0%
0%
English-medium schools n=346
0%
Russian
Irish-medium schools n=36
• 2017 Leaving Cert sits: Russian 310; Japanese 296. Russian is primarily provided outside the regular curriculum.
• Arabic is not offered as a taught subject at LCE level in any school surveyed. 76% of Arabic sits are in Dublin, and
are either heritage language speakers or attend Saturday language classes.
Figure 21: Languages at LCE, English-medium 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