Are Languages losing their voice in the Institutes of Technology in the Republic of Ireland?
A recent nationwide investigation conducted in the Republic of Ireland suggests that there is a disconnect between current practices in the IoT/TU sector and the national priorities set in the government’s Languages Connect Strategy. The government aims to increase the number of third level students...
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The Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
2019-11-01
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| description | A recent nationwide investigation conducted in the Republic of Ireland suggests that there is a disconnect between current practices in the IoT/TU sector and the national priorities set in the government’s Languages Connect Strategy. The government aims to increase the number of third level students learning languages to 20% and increase the level of participation in international mobility programmes; however, language provision in IoTs across the country is slowly disappearing off the radar and the proportion of third level students availing of Erasmus Plus remains low. The empirical study, which investigated the impact of institutional language policy on attitudes towards languages, revealed that the appetite for both language teaching and mobility is not currently being met in the majority of IoTs/TUs. There is clearly a need to provide institutional support in the IoTs, in order to bring these HEIs into step with government policies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-259e8d5cf452481c8f1f58ed1040a4892022-12-22T03:27:02ZengThe Irish Association for Applied LinguisticsTeanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics0332-205X2565-63252019-11-012610.35903/teanga.v26i0.163Are Languages losing their voice in the Institutes of Technology in the Republic of Ireland?Una Rose Carthy0Letterkenny Institute of TechnologyA recent nationwide investigation conducted in the Republic of Ireland suggests that there is a disconnect between current practices in the IoT/TU sector and the national priorities set in the government’s Languages Connect Strategy. The government aims to increase the number of third level students learning languages to 20% and increase the level of participation in international mobility programmes; however, language provision in IoTs across the country is slowly disappearing off the radar and the proportion of third level students availing of Erasmus Plus remains low. The empirical study, which investigated the impact of institutional language policy on attitudes towards languages, revealed that the appetite for both language teaching and mobility is not currently being met in the majority of IoTs/TUs. There is clearly a need to provide institutional support in the IoTs, in order to bring these HEIs into step with government policies.https://journal.iraal.ie/index.php/teanga/article/view/163Explicit/implicit language policyDisconnect between government strategy and IoT practicesHigher EducationMultilingualism |
| spellingShingle | Una Rose Carthy Are Languages losing their voice in the Institutes of Technology in the Republic of Ireland? Teanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics Explicit/implicit language policy Disconnect between government strategy and IoT practices Higher Education Multilingualism |
| title | Are Languages losing their voice in the Institutes of Technology in the Republic of Ireland? |
| title_full | Are Languages losing their voice in the Institutes of Technology in the Republic of Ireland? |
| title_fullStr | Are Languages losing their voice in the Institutes of Technology in the Republic of Ireland? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are Languages losing their voice in the Institutes of Technology in the Republic of Ireland? |
| title_short | Are Languages losing their voice in the Institutes of Technology in the Republic of Ireland? |
| title_sort | are languages losing their voice in the institutes of technology in the republic of ireland |
| topic | Explicit/implicit language policy Disconnect between government strategy and IoT practices Higher Education Multilingualism |
| url | https://journal.iraal.ie/index.php/teanga/article/view/163 |
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