Origins of Irish-medium education: The dynamic core of language revitalisation in Northern Ireland

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 410-427

  Ó Baoill, Dónall P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilingual education; Bilingualism; Irish language; Irish medium education; Language immersion; Minority languages

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348844249     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/beb452.0     Document Type: Article

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