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Teaching Italian question....

  • 21-11-2010 9:50pm
    #1
    seachto7
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    Hi all,

    In the process of applying for PGDE to teach possibly French and "another".
    Ideally, I would like to teach Irish, but it may not be recognised under PAC in my undergrad, so I could possibly apply for the Grad Dip in Languages in UL, as it would be French, and EFL (I have 2 years TEFL experience).

    I speak Italian as well. I lived there for a few years, and worked as a translator afterwards. But I never studied Italian, so have no official qualification for it. What would the best way of studying Italian in order to go on to eventually be able to teach it in post primary?

    Would I have to sit the leaving cert in it? Is there any organisation I could get in touch with about this?


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  • #2
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,315 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    If you want to be able to apply for jobs in a subject, do a degree in it.

    I wouldn't advise Italian - hardly anyone does it. Our school is one that does and we've been churning out Italian 'Dippers' for years to no jobs.


  • #3
    seachto7
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    cheers. So a degree it would have to be...
    Would your "dippers" not be ideal candidates for the likes of Google/Facebook/Paypal. They're always on the look out for Italian speakers. (possibly native though...)
    I would imagine having Italian and fluent English would be more of an advantage being in Italy, but when I worked as a tech writer for an Italian company, there was zero competition. I walked into the job having Italian...


  • #4
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,315 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    I meant re teaching jobs. General language jobs they'd have better chances than anyone else who would have the standard French or German.


  • #5
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    true Spurious, true...

    I brought my own thread off topic after one post! :o


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