Useful Links
Weblinks to Resources and blogs
Ireland
Department of Education and Science
The State Examinations Commission
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
The National Centre for Technology in Education provide advice, support and information on the use of ICT in education.
Educational & Intercultural Learning (EIL)
Léargas - The Exchange Bureau Education Service
Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative
French.ie is a portal site created by and for French teachers in Ireland.
For teachers and students of German
Bilingual Forum - a free resource for families and educators to develop awareness of bilingualism
Modern Languages Blog on National Digital Learning Repository (NUIG)
Information on and links to articles relating to language issues in Ireland and abroad
NUIM project which supports schools in communicating with non-national pupils and their parents
The UK
The National Centre for Languages in the UK - news on language education developments in the UK
Community Languages
Website of the Our Languages project in the UK: focus on "community"
languages, about which Ireland has so far done almost nothing
Prize-winning Swedish website "Tema Modersmål", which
provides support for the teaching of 36 immigrant languages
Europe
Council of Europe, Language Policy Division, for news on CoE-led developments in language education
Council of Europe, European Language Portfolio, for news of developments on the ELP front
European Commission Multilingualism
