‘I think they just think it’s going to go away at some stage’: Policy and practice in teaching english as an additional language in irish primary schools

Language and Education

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-161

  Wallen, Matthew ^a   Kelly Holmes, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Education policy; English as an additional language; Language minority students; Primary education; Republic of Ireland

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645215461     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780608668718     Document Type: Article

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