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Publication details [#46057]
Ó Baoill, Dónall P. 2007. Origins of Irish-medium Education: The Dynamic Core of Language Revitalisation in Northern Ireland. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 10 (4) : 410–427.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Multilingual Matters
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study on immersion education in Northern Ireland, discusses the internal conflicts regarding the advantages of independent all-Irish schools versus all-Irish units in English-medium schools, and the ways in which a reluctant Education Department and the growing immersion sector progressively achieved an accommodation.