Language Upskilling Courses for Primary School Teachers

The School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics (MLAL) offers language upskilling courses for primary school teachers. The organisational team, Catherine Jeanneau, Erika Marcet, and Anita Barmettler, recruit participants for three languages: French, German, and Spanish at an A2.1 level. It’s a ten-week online course including one on-campus event, offered biannually.

Within the redevelopment of the Primary Language Curriculum, plans include introducing Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) and providing in-service teacher training. The upskilling courses for primary school teachers supports this implementation of foreign languages at the primary level. 

Post Primary Languages Ireland (PPLI)

At the end of the course, participants complete a feedback questionnaire. The first iteration of the course received highly positive responses.