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Languages Connect – Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017-2026
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The teaching and learning of Foreign Languages is a key priority for Government. Knowledge of a foreign language not only gives a student a competitive advantage in the jobs market but also opens the door to more mobility opportunities and opens the mind to cultural diversity.
Languages Connect – Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017-2026 and Implementation Plan 2017-2022 has been developed in the context of action 1.6 of the Action Plan for Education 2016-2019 .
Languages Connect: Ireland's strategy for foreign languages in education 2017-2026
This strategy been developed in the context of the Action Plan for Education 2016-2019, which aims to make Ireland’s education system the best in Europe within the next decade
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Languages Connect Implementation Plan
Ireland's strategy for foreign languages 2017-2022
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On 28 March 2024, Minister for Education Norma Foley TD published the Interim Review Report (below) and Implementation Plan to 2026 for Languages Connect – Ireland’s National Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017-2026.
Languages Connect Interim Review Report and Implementation Plan to 2026
Over the past five years a significant number of actions have been and continue to be implemented
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A Foreign Language Advisory Group (FLAG) was set up to bring together key stakeholders to provide advice from a range of perspectives in order to support the implementation of Languages Connect - Ireland’s strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017 - 2022. Read more at: Foreign Languages Advisory Group (FLAG)
An additional allocation of hours is available to post-primary schools introducing new and lesser taught foreign languages in the school year 2020/2021 under Languages Connect, Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017 – 2026: