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Direct linkAisling Ní Dhiorbháin; Sinéad Nic Aindriú; Lorraine Connaughton-Crean; Pádraig Ó Duibhir – Language and Education, 2024
The participation of multilingual children in minority language immersion programmes is under-researched internationally. The Republic of Ireland (RoI) has become a linguistically and culturally diverse society. In the RoI, parents have the opportunity to educate their child in English-medium or Irish-medium (IM) schools. However, the cohort of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Parents, Immersion Programs, Parent Attitudes
Murtagh, Lelia; Seoighe, Ailsa – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Background: Schools located in indigenous Irish-speaking areas collectively known as the "Gaeltacht" are unique in terms of their sociocultural and linguistic identity and important in the key role they play in the preservation of the language. Those situated in Category A Gaeltacht districts are Irish-medium schools in communities with…
Descriptors: Irish, Elementary Schools, Educational Psychology, Psychologists
Emily Barnes; Neasa Ní Chiaráin; Ailbhe Ní Chasaide – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
The aim of this study is to examine which predictor variables are related to literacy attainment in Irish (Gaelic)-English bilinguals. The participants were in their second (n = 115) and third (n = 125) year of schooling in Ireland and were drawn from both native speaker and new speaker backgrounds. The constructs of phonemic awareness, verbal…
Descriptors: Irish, English, Bilingual Education, Grade 2
Mhic Mhathúna, Máire; Nic Fhionnlaoich, Fiona – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021
This study investigated the reasons Irish parents chose to send their children to Irish-medium preschools settings over other forms of early childhood education. The international literature on parental decision making regarding childcare and relevant studies on immersion education in Celtic countries were reviewed. A parental questionnaire,…
Descriptors: School Choice, Language of Instruction, Bilingual Education, Irish
Nic Aindriú, Sinéad – Language and Education, 2022
There have been many instances when parents have been advised by educational professionals against bilingualism or immersion education for their child with special educational needs (SEN). Some parents follow the advice given and decide to use only one language with their child, mainly the majority language of the community. This study…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Decision Making, Special Needs Students, Irish
Ní Ríordáin, Máire; Flanagan, Eílis – Research in Mathematics Education, 2022
This paper presents a research framework for investigating the role of language use in mathematics learning. The paper draws on the wider M[superscript 2]EID study, which explores whether differences in languages (English and Irish) and their use by bilingual mathematical students have a differential impact on their mathematics meta-level…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Language Usage, Irish, Second Language Learning
Schwartz, Mila, Ed. – Springer, 2022
This is the first international and interdisciplinary handbook to offer a comprehensive and an in-depth overview of findings from contemporary research, theory, and practice in early childhood language education in various parts of the world and with different populations. The contributions by leading scholars and practitioners are structured to…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Language Acquisition, Child Development
