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Foreign language in schools report

In an effort to improve how we teach international languages, the Department of Education is set to add them to the primary school curriculum in the next *two years. Our reporter Aoife Kearns traveled to Dungarvan, County Waterford, to hear from one primary school which has teaching German and French since 2008.

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11.30 23 Jan 2023


Foreign language in schools report


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11.30 23 Jan 2023


In an effort to improve how we teach international languages, the Department of Education is set to add them to the primary school curriculum in the next *two years.

Our reporter Aoife Kearns traveled to Dungarvan, County Waterford, to hear from one primary school which has teaching German and French since 2008.


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