Publication:
Language, Learning and Teaching: Irish Research Perspectives, Farr, Fiona & Moriarty, Máiréad (eds); chapter 5, pp. 113-
Publication type:
Book Part
Abstract:
This chapter looks at the discourse of multilingualism in the Irish education sector with a specific focus on teacher educators. The research was conducted among primary and second level teacher educators and the results highlight the need to address English as an Additional Language more directly in teacher education in order to improve classroom practice.
Social demographics in Ireland have changed dramatically over the last
thirty years: from joining the European Union in 1973, through the 1980s
recession, to the economic boom of the Celtic Tiger in the mid-1990s,
and ...
