Education cutbacks copper-fasten Ireland's poor record in languages [Labour.ie]
- Published: 07 October 2009
Recently published statistics on language learning in secondary schools show that almost Ireland lags way behind in the teaching of foreign languages. Almost one in five Irish pupils don't learn any foreign language. Only eight per cent of Irish pupils learn two or more languages compared to a European average of over 60 per cent. This means other European countries have over seven times as many pupils learning two or more foreign languages.
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