Dialogus: Modern Foreign Languages in Conversation with English, Gaeilge and Home Languages
Dialogus is a one-day symposium bringing together educators, researchers, school leaders, student teachers, policymakers and language advocates to explore the introduction of Modern Foreign Languages to the Primary Curriculum.
The event provides a space for dialogue, collaboration and the exchange of ideas and practice to support language learning in the Irish primary classroom.
A space to think together, share practice and shape the future of language learning in Irish primary education.
Register below and join us on 10 October to discuss how modern foreign languages can be meaningfully integrated alongside Gaeilge, English, and learners’ home languages in classroom practice.
- When: Saturday 10 October, 10am - 5pm
- Where: Room G10, MIC Limerick
What to Expect
- Lightning talks from diverse educational stakeholders
- World Café conversations
- Practical workshop on embodied language learning
- Exploration of multilingual and integrated language pedagogies
- Collaborative future-planningsession
- Opportunities to network, share ideas and build connections across sectors
Participants include:
- Dr Anissa Bennaïli, MIC
- Dr Patrick Burke, DCU
- Julia Collins, UCC
- Seán de Brún, MIC
- Dr Sabine Egger, MIC
- Tanya Flanagan, St Farnan's Post Primary School
- Dr Derek Grant, NCCA
- Liam Guiney, Killinure National School
- Dr Loïc Guyon, MIC
- Dr Francesca La Morgia, PPLI
- Sylvia Linehan, M Ed EAL
- Dónal Ó hAiniféin, Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg
- Dr Sylvaine Ní Aogáin, LAI President / MIC
- Martina Ní Fhatharta, MIC
- Dr Mairéad Ní Bhriain, MIC
- Dr Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain, UL
- Maeve Ní Mhuineacháin, Gaelscoil an Raithín
- Chiara Sheehan / Dr Fíodhna Gardiner-Hyland, MIC
- Dr Francis Ward (DCU)
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