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Languages offered at LCE (Size of School*)
Q17: Which of these languages are being currently taught as part of the Leaving Certificate (Established)
programme in your school? * This breakdown is available for English-medium schools only
98%
100%
98%
92%
90%
77%
80%
French
70%
63%
60%
German
54%
50%
Spanish
40%
30%
29%
Italian
22%
20%
19%
Japanese
11%
10%
3%
5%
2%
0%
1% 2% 0%
0%
Small (Up to 399) n=119
Medium (400-699) n=130
2%
Russian
Large (700+) n=94
• Large schools have the widest range of languages, both at JC and LC.
• Small schools show a decline in Spanish when compared with Spanish at JC (28% vs 19% at LCE)
• Japanese and Italian are more likely to be offered in large schools (maybe due to the Dublin skew for these
languages)
Figure 22: Languages at LCE, size of school
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Audit of Foreign Languages Provision in Post-Primary Schools 2017
Post-Primary Languages Initiative February 2017 Draft Report