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Aisling 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
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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