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Fáilte, Benvenuti, Bienvenidos, Willkommen, Bienvenue! Last updated September 8th, 2010 

Best wishes to all our schools for the new academic year! We are currently reviewing our website and will be in a position to launch the new, improved version of the site at the end of September. In the interim, any new documents wil be emailed or posted to MLPSI schools as necessary.

Welcome to the MLPSI website! As part of the support service we offer schools participating in the Initiative and mindful of our obligations to provide information on modern language teaching at primary level in Ireland, this site contains information for teachers and schools, as well as valuable resources, updates on training events and links to other sites of interest. We welcome your feedback and suggestions for its ongoing development.

Note: Please remember to do the on-line survey regarding CPD sent to all MLPSI teachers and schools by email!

European Day of Languages - Sept. 26th 2010

Léargas is running two competitions this year to celebrate the European Day of Languages:

  • Cartoon Scene Competition
  • Video Clip Competition
  • The closing date for both competitions is Friday 08 October 2010.
Please see the Leargas website for further details! - www.leargas.ie   
Colegio Español del Año 2010  Competition   

This academic year saw the launch of the Colegio del Año competition.  This competition is organised jointly by the Consejería de Educación and the MLPSI and it seeks to give recognition to those schools who excel in the teaching and learning of Spanish.

This year´s winning school is St. Laurence´s N.S. in Greystones, Co. Wicklow. 

The other finalists were the following schools:

1.   Scoil Chaitlin Naofa, Cillmhicadomhnaigh, Fionn-trá, Tralee, Co. Kerry

2.  Scoil Fhionnbarra, Ballingeary, Co. Cork

3.  Ballinadee N.S. Ballinadee, Bandon. Co. Cork

Our congratulations to the principals, teachers and pupils in all the schools who took part in this year´s competition.  We were delighted to see so many examples of good practice. We hope to receive many more entries in next year´s edition.

Major feature on Languages in the Irish Times, April 20th 2010...

The feature on Languages in the Education Today section of the Irish Times mentions the MLPSI in the context of being one of the "pockets of positive activity" in the area of modern language provision...click here to read the full article by Grainne Faller.

The Goethe-Institut and the Importance of German on "Capital D"

Capital D is a weekly programme featuring the people and places of greater Dublin, broadcast on Thursday nights at 7.00pm on RTÉ One.  On Thursday, 4th March 2010 the programme featured a report on the Goethe-Institut Dublin language department and the merits of learning German. Please watch the video here: http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0304/capitald.html The report on German language learning starts at  approx. 20 mins.

Employers rank languages most desirable skill after IT

A recent survey conducted for CILT, the National Centre forLanguages in the UK, has revealed that employers rank foreign language skills as second only to IT when it comes to finding the right candidate.It is clear that UK businesses feel strongly about getting thismessage across, since close to 300 of Britain’s top employers havesigned up to a campaign to help young people bolster theiremployability by adding a language to their CV. For more of this news article, click here 
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  Starting off in the MLPSI  We have designed a new section for this website in which principals and teachers new to the MLPSI will be able to quickly source information on all apsects of the programme - please click on the  link to take you to our Starting Off... page

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Latest Events
Leargas Deadline for Comenius Inservice Training
September 15, 2010 (All Day)
(Professional Development) Leargas Deadline for Comenius Inservice Training for training activities that start on or after January 1st 2011.

European Day of Languages
September 26, 2010 (All Day)
(Special Events) European Day of Languages - celebrate your modern language learning and all the languages in your school and community today!!!

Drama Workshop for German Teachers
October 9, 2010 (10:00 am)
(Professional Development) This drama workshop offers participants the opportunity to try out a variety of games involving movement, expression and theatrical scenes. With the help of these drama-based activities it is possible to naturally facilitate the pupil's use of the Germ...

Induction Evening for new teachers
October 12, 2010 (7:00 pm)
(Professional Development) An Induction Evening for new teachers in the MLPSI will be held in the Cork Education and Support Centre this evening, 7 - 9pm. Please register with the Kildare Education Centre if you would like to attend.

Induction Evening for new teachers
October 14, 2010 (7:00 pm)
(Professional Development) An Induction Evening for new teachers in the MLPSI will be held in the Drumcondra Education Centre this evening, 7 - 9pm. Please register with the Kildare Education Centre if you would like to attend.

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