Abstract
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where children at primary school do not have a right to learn another language. This chapter presents a first scholarly review of the interplay between modern foreign languages, the indigenous Irish language and Ulster Scots variety, situated within the complex politico-linguistic landscape of Northern Ireland. In order to understand the situation, a clear explanation of the political context of Northern Ireland is presented. As well as examining policy and practice in relation to primary school languages in the UK nations, the chapter concludes that any move to include languages on the primary curriculum will need proper resourcing and careful navigation of the sensitivities between languages in this part of the world.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Language learning in Anglophone countries. Challenges, practices, ways forward |
Editors | Ursula Lanvers, Amy S. Thompson, Martin East |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing AG |
Chapter | 7 |
Pages | 117-133 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030566548 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030566531 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 08 Jan 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Irish
- Primary languages policy
- Ulster Scots
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences
- General Arts and Humanities
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The language of languages: a qualitative study into the decline of Modern Languages at A Level in Northern Ireland
Collen, I. (Author), Gallagher, A. (Supervisor) & O'Boyle, A. (Supervisor), Jul 2021Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education
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