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Language Teaching

  • 06-01-2008 2:57am
    #1
    Morf
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    I'm hoping to start an arts degree in the Autumn in which I'm planning to get a joint degree in italian and spanish.

    What are the opportunites to teach either or both languages here at secondary level?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    spurious
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    To get an idea of the numbers doing Spanish or Italian...

    In 2002, there were 1,598 Higher Level Junior Cert. candidates for Spanish and 747 for Ordinary level.
    In 2006, there were 1,375 Higher Level Leaving Cert. candidates for Spanish and 996 for Ordinary level.

    In 2002, there were 152 Higher Level Leaving Cert. candidates for Italian and 149 for Ordinary level.
    In 2005, there were 117 Higher Level Leaving Cert. candidates for Italian and 167 for Ordinary level.

    As a comparison, German was taken at Leaving Cert Higher Level by 4,776 candidates and by 2,957 Ordinary Level candidates in 2006.
    French was taken by 25,208 at Higher Level Junior Cert. in 2005 and by 10,986 at Ordinary Level. Roughly 32,000 candidates take French at Leaving.

    Both Spanish and Italian are growing, but I doubt in the short term there will be lots of lots of jobs available teaching them. We have Italian in our school and there are three 'Dippers' in this year - I don't know where they think they are all going to get jobs.


  • #3
    Rosita
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    If doing Arts I think it is always better to make at least one of th esubjects fairly mainstream. As the numbers suggest French is probably more advisable. Probably French/Spanish or French/German would be the way to go strictly for teaching opportunities.


  • #4
    GretchenWieners
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭GretchenWieners


    There's a Modern Languages with Concurrent Teacher Education course in UL in case you're interested.They offer French German Spanish Japanese and ESL(English as a 2nd Language). Don't know much about the course to be honest but I know someone doing it. Seems much more interesting than just doing arts to be honest and they don't need to worry about the H.Dip.


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