PPLI Audit of Foreign Languages - Flipbook - Page 40
4.1 Diversification of Foreign Language Provision: (Q32-34)
Additional Languages
Q32: Which, if any, additional languages would you like to be able to offer in your school?
Chinese and Spanish are the top two languages on principals’ wish lists, because of their international prevalence,
their importance for business and student demand
38%
37%
Spanish
Chinese
No Additional Languages
29%
0%
German
15%
12%
14%
9%
8%
12%
8%
Polish
Irish-medium schools
English-medium schools
Russian
Italian
Arabic
56%
26%
24%
0%
6%
Lithuanian 0%
Japanese
Other (Please Specify)
Portuguese
French
5%
15%
5%
6%
4%
3%
2%
15%
1%
0
10% 20%
30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Figure 34: Additional languages schools would like to offer
Question 32 asked which, if any, additional languages would principals like to be able to offer in their school. 72%
of schools would like to offer additional languages which is positive. Spanish and Chinese were the languages most
frequently mentioned and reasons provided were student demand and international appeal.
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Audit of Foreign Languages Provision in Post-Primary Schools 2017
Post-Primary Languages Initiative February 2017 Draft Report