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Language teaching and learning in Ireland: 2012–2021

Batardière, Marie-Thérèse, Berthaud, Sarah orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-3605-9341, Ćatibušić, Bronagh orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-5620-8589 and Flynn, Colin J. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-5776-9054 (2022) Language teaching and learning in Ireland: 2012–2021. Language Teaching, 56 (1). pp. 41-71. ISSN 0261-4448

Abstract
The language teaching landscape in Ireland has changed considerably over the last 30 years as a result of substantial and sustained inward migration into the country during this period. These social and demographic developments have added to the country’s already bilingual context and created a much more varied multilingual landscape than had existed in previous decades. They have also impacted various aspects of language teaching policy, provision and methods for both indigenous and foreign languages. This article reviews research on language teaching and learning in Ireland published during the period 2012–2021. We discuss relevant work disseminated primarily in peer-reviewed journals (national and international), as well as in books, commissioned reports and chapters in edited volumes. The research and policy documents presented concern the teaching and learning of Irish, English and Modern Foreign Languages as second and/or additional languages across all levels of education. They address language teacher training contexts as well. We believe that this review of research demonstrates the extent to which recent inquiries in these domains have advanced knowledge and practice in the Irish context, and have also informed the international research community more generally.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Humanities > Irish language
Humanities > Linguistics
Social Sciences > Education
Social Sciences > Teaching
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge
Research Initiatives and Centres > Sealbhu
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Official URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0261444822000374
Copyright Information:© 2022The Authors.
ID Code:25122
Deposited On:19 Jan 2023 15:49 by Colin Flynn . Last Modified 14 Mar 2023 14:47
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