Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative MLPSI

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Modern Languages in Primary Schools
Initiative(MLPSI)

• Department of Education and Science
• (DES)
• Kildare Education Centre

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MLPSI A brief general portrait Context
of partnerships with French and Spanish Teacher
Training Colleges
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MLPSI - Origin

• National Pilot Project 1997
• National Initiative 2000

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MLPSI -Aims

• Positive attitude
• Language diversity
• Inclusiveness (schools and pupils)
• Transition primary-post primary

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MLPSI Model

• Senior primary classes
• (5th and 6th class/ 10-12 year olds)
• 90 min/week
• 4 languages

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MLPSI Curriculum

• NCCA
• National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
• www.ncca.ie
• Modern Languages in Primary Schools
• ? Draft Curriculum Guidelines
• ? Teacher Guidelines

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MLPSI Structure

• DES

Project Management Group ?Policy
Kildare Education Centre (KEC) ? Management and
support
Schools ? Delivery
Reps. DES Primary DES Finance KEC Director KEC
NC NCCA Educ. Colleges ITE
Director National Coordinator Project Leaders
(French x3, German x2 Spanishx1, Italian x1)
Principals Teachers ? Pupils
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MLPSI schools

• 395 schools (10)
• 20 000 pupils
• (Long waiting list)
• Representative range of schools selected

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Number of schools per language
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School size (French)(nb of pupils learning
French)
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Disparities in class sizes (French)

• FROM
  TO
• 3-5 pupils 38 pupils
  /class
• (multi level classes)
• eg. French region
  Nord
• ¼ of classes overall 28 (7/ 9 schools in
  Dublin Nord)
• Classes 30 1/4 Leinster,1/15 Connaught

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MLPSI teachers

• Variety of
  profiles

SCHOOL/SCOIL ?Class teacher and/or ? Staff
teacher

• and/or
• Visiting
• ? secondary language teacher
• ? native language teacher
• ? language teacher
• native speaker
• speaker

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Varied teacher profiles in French
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MLPSI Teacher support and development
Delivered by MLPSI Project Leaders

• Induction days
• MLPSI booklets
• Language Links
• In career development days
• School visits
• Pinboard (online space)

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MLPSI Special projects

• current
• MLPSI European Language Portfolio
• Pilot projects with NCCA
• - CLIL
• - Language awareness
• planned
• Best practice videos

RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
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Our European Language Portfolio
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MLPSI Special projects
DISSEMINATION COLLABORATION NETWORKING

• On-going
• MLPSI website
• Additional training days for MLPSI teachers
• Competitions for pupils
• Contacts with various agencies (Leargas,)
• Workshops in Teacher Training Colleges
• Collaboration with Northern Ireland
• Collaboration with IUFMs/CES Don Bosco ?
• ECML project
• Material development (Authentik)
• Conference papers and workshops (CILT, )

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MLPSI Special projects

• Collaboration with IUFMs/CES Don Bosco
• 2002-03 IUFM Aix-Marseille
  ? (5)
• 2003-04 IUFM x2
  ??(9)
• 2004-05 IUFM x 8 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?(39)
• 2005-06 IUFM x 9 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (45)
• CES Don Bosco Madrid
  ? (6)

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MLPSI Special projects

• Collaboration with IUFMs/CES Don Bosco

IUFMs/CES Madrid
MLPSI Project Leader
TT coordinator
Schools /scoileanna
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MLPSI- Information sources

• MLPSI Handbook
• Progress Report (MLPSI, KEC, 2005)
• Evaluation Report, J.Harris, M.Conway (ITE, 2000)
• Language Links newsletters
• Webpage on Kildare Education Centre _at_
• www.eckildare.ie

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