Ireland 'needs clear strategy' for foreign language education [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 05 October 2011
Primary and secondary schools need to do more to provide their students with a good knowledge of foreign languages if Ireland is to compete on the international stage.
This is according to a study from the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), which warned a lack of skills in this area could be damaging the country's economy, RTE reports.
Ireland is the only nation in the EU apart from Scotland that does not make teaching a foreign language compulsory for schools, which has led to it having the highest proportion of citizens on the continent unable to speak in a second tongue at 66 per cent.
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