Multilingual environments: benefits for early language learning

Since the mid-1990s, Scoil Bhríde (Cailíní), a primary school in the suburbs of Dublin, has experienced an unprecedented increase in the level of linguistic and cultural diversity in its pupil body. This paper explains how, in responding to this new phenomenon, an integrated approach to language le...

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Main Author: Déirdre Kirwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Irish Association for Applied Linguistics 2019-03-01
Series:Teanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
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Online Access:https://journal.iraal.ie/index.php/teanga/article/view/69