English Language Support Teachers
Useful Documents
- Click here to link to the Jesuit Refugee Service - Useful information/vocabulary tips/templates in Chinese, Croatian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Moldovan, Russian, Slovakian.
- INTO Intercultural Guidelines (2001)
- Your Child in the Primary School (Tips for Parents) - Available to download in English, Irish, Polish, French and Spanish.
Useful Links
- Accessing Intercultural Materials (AIM) Database - DES
- Babelfish - Instant translations between English and 12 European and Asian languages
- DES - Translated Documents (German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Spanish, Russian)
- English Language Support Teachers' Association
- Immigrant Council of Ireland - Information about the Immigrant Council of Ireland - Independent Law Centre (ICI)
- InterTran online translations - Translate between 1,600 language pairs
- Reception and Integration Agency - Part of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- English Language Support Programme - This website has been developed by the English Language Support Programme, Trinity College, Dublin, and is designed for use in post-primary schools but may be a helpful resource for primary teachers.
Circular 0015/2009 (doc, 91 kb)
Meeting the needs of pupils learning English as an Additional Language (EAL)
March 2009
NCCA Intercultural Guidelines for Schools (pdf, 2,890 kb)
Intercultural Education in the Primary School - Guidelines for Schools
NCCA EAL Guidelines for Teachers (pdf, 509 kb)
English as an Additional Language in Irish Primary Schools - Guidelines for Teachers
Circular 0053/2007 (doc, 55 kb)
Meeting the needs of pupils for whom English is a second language
May 2007