Irish language at 'crisis point'- Journal.ie
Irish language at 'crisis point' after 2024 sees record number of pupils opt out of Leaving Cert exam- Journal.ie
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/irish-language-at-crisis-point-after-2024-sees-record-number-of-pupils-opt-out-of-leaving-cert-exam/ar-aa1psdnb?ocid=bingnewsserp
"De Spáinn said the system focuses on a skills-based approach. “For example, a student who has a learning disability with writing the language, instead of excluding them from learning Irish, surely we should be able to include them and have a Leaving Cert for them that would be based on oral Irish only."
i personally dont like this. i struggle with irish and im linguistically gifted... making a kid with dyslexia study irish is a horrible idea. it's such a difficult language, the leaving cert questions are ridiculously difficult... de spáinn clearly hasn't met a teen with learning difficulties, it's completely unrealistic imo. (this is assuing the oral would be mandatory, knowing the irish school system it likely would be. not that this would happen, i hope)
like yeah, our language is dying. no, nobody wants to study it bcs it's not a fun thing. they need to make irish media (like kneecap, they make people wanna know irish) more accessible and interesting, bcs nobody wants to read péigin on the aran islands, it's dull and difficult.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/irish-language-at-crisis-point-after-2024-sees-record-number-of-pupils-opt-out-of-leaving-cert-exam/ar-aa1psdnb?ocid=bingnewsserp
"De Spáinn said the system focuses on a skills-based approach. “For example, a student who has a learning disability with writing the language, instead of excluding them from learning Irish, surely we should be able to include them and have a Leaving Cert for them that would be based on oral Irish only."
i personally dont like this. i struggle with irish and im linguistically gifted... making a kid with dyslexia study irish is a horrible idea. it's such a difficult language, the leaving cert questions are ridiculously difficult... de spáinn clearly hasn't met a teen with learning difficulties, it's completely unrealistic imo. (this is assuing the oral would be mandatory, knowing the irish school system it likely would be. not that this would happen, i hope)
like yeah, our language is dying. no, nobody wants to study it bcs it's not a fun thing. they need to make irish media (like kneecap, they make people wanna know irish) more accessible and interesting, bcs nobody wants to read péigin on the aran islands, it's dull and difficult.
There may also be a class element here. Some affluent middle class families in Dublin are mad keen on Gaelscoils. Less affluent families can't afford them.
Welsh was dying in the 1960s, especially in South Wales, but the Welsh language is now in vigorous health. What did Wales did do to reinvigorate its language? Anglophone parents sent their children to Welsh-speaking primary schools. Then the parents leaned Welsh as adults.
Welsh was dying in the 1960s, especially in South Wales, but the Welsh language is now in vigorous health. What did Wales did do to reinvigorate its language? Anglophone parents sent their children to Welsh-speaking primary schools. Then the parents leaned Welsh as adults.
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Original post by Stiffy Byng
There may also be a class element here. Some affluent middle class families in Dublin are mad keen on Gaelscoils. Less affluent families can't afford them.
Welsh was dying in the 1960s, especially in South Wales but is now in vigorous health, so maybe look to see what Wales did to renivigorate its language. Anglophone parents sent their children to Welsh speaking primary schools. Then the parents leaned Welsh as adults.
Welsh was dying in the 1960s, especially in South Wales but is now in vigorous health, so maybe look to see what Wales did to renivigorate its language. Anglophone parents sent their children to Welsh speaking primary schools. Then the parents leaned Welsh as adults.
that's quite likely actually. a lot of my friends speak irish because they're either from a gaeltacht or have gone to gaeilscoils their whole life (which are really hard to get into).
yeah, i'd say our government should sponsor the gaeilscoils more and help us learn it naturally- as opposed to barely really knowing it in primary and suddenly have to have a very high level when we get to secondary.
Original post by elareare
Irish language at 'crisis point' after 2024 sees record number of pupils opt out of Leaving Cert exam- Journal.ie
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/irish-language-at-crisis-point-after-2024-sees-record-number-of-pupils-opt-out-of-leaving-cert-exam/ar-aa1psdnb?ocid=bingnewsserp
"De Spáinn said the system focuses on a skills-based approach. “For example, a student who has a learning disability with writing the language, instead of excluding them from learning Irish, surely we should be able to include them and have a Leaving Cert for them that would be based on oral Irish only."
i personally dont like this. i struggle with irish and im linguistically gifted... making a kid with dyslexia study irish is a horrible idea. it's such a difficult language, the leaving cert questions are ridiculously difficult... de spáinn clearly hasn't met a teen with learning difficulties, it's completely unrealistic imo. (this is assuing the oral would be mandatory, knowing the irish school system it likely would be. not that this would happen, i hope)
like yeah, our language is dying. no, nobody wants to study it bcs it's not a fun thing. they need to make irish media (like kneecap, they make people wanna know irish) more accessible and interesting, bcs nobody wants to read péigin on the aran islands, it's dull and difficult.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/irish-language-at-crisis-point-after-2024-sees-record-number-of-pupils-opt-out-of-leaving-cert-exam/ar-aa1psdnb?ocid=bingnewsserp
"De Spáinn said the system focuses on a skills-based approach. “For example, a student who has a learning disability with writing the language, instead of excluding them from learning Irish, surely we should be able to include them and have a Leaving Cert for them that would be based on oral Irish only."
i personally dont like this. i struggle with irish and im linguistically gifted... making a kid with dyslexia study irish is a horrible idea. it's such a difficult language, the leaving cert questions are ridiculously difficult... de spáinn clearly hasn't met a teen with learning difficulties, it's completely unrealistic imo. (this is assuing the oral would be mandatory, knowing the irish school system it likely would be. not that this would happen, i hope)
like yeah, our language is dying. no, nobody wants to study it bcs it's not a fun thing. they need to make irish media (like kneecap, they make people wanna know irish) more accessible and interesting, bcs nobody wants to read péigin on the aran islands, it's dull and difficult.
My cousin, recently retired from a senior post in Irish State education, says this -
"It’s August, slow news season.
I don’t think that there is a crisis. There have always been some students who get exemptions from exams for various reasons. The Gaelscoil movement is growing throughout the country, although parents’ motivations may not be entirely concerned with preserving the language."
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