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Increase in number of Irish language Pre-schools

Feirsteach · 2011-06-28 12:35:45

Just saw this article on Gaelport.com about the increase in the number of Naíonraí throughout the country. http://www.gaelport.com/latest-news?NewsItemID=6327 I was reading up on this immersion education model the Naíonraí use and some of the gaelscoileanna use where they don't use any English until the child has a…

28-06-2011 1:35pm

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Just saw this article on Gaelport.com about the increase in the number of Naíonraí throughout the country.

http://www.gaelport.com/latest-news?NewsItemID=6327

I was reading up on this immersion education model the Naíonraí use and some of the gaelscoileanna use where they don't use any English until the child has a grounding in the Irish. It's really interesting the benefits this model has to children's development. Apparently, they use it in loads of countries, like Wales, Canada and New Zealand.

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Most of the research conducted on Immersion Education has been carried out in Canada, and the Gaelscoileanna and Naíonraí are based on the Canadian model of language planning.

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