Irish orthography: What do teachers and learners need to know about it, and why?

Language, Culture and Curriculum

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-46

  Hickey, Tina ^a   Stenson, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beginning readers; Heritage language teaching; Irish; Orthography; Teacher training; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952730207     PISSN: 07908318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2010.527347     Document Type: Article

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