Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Immersion Education in Ireland: Origins and Current Context 9
6. 3. Language Learning in Immersion Education in Ireland and Internationally 26
7. 4. Design of Studies 67
8. 5. An Analysis of a Corpus of the Spoken Irish of All-Irish Pupils 77
9. 6. Pupils’ Refl ections on Their Communicative Performance in Irish 115
10. 7. Use of Irish Outside the Classroom 139
11. 8. Principal and Class Teacher Interviews to Explore Pupils’ Profi ciency in Spoken Irish or French 153
12. 9. Discussion 171
13. References 178
14. Appendix A: Pupil Questionnaire – Attitude/ Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) 194
15. Appendix B: Interview Schedule for Irish/French Immersion Teachers 199
16. Index 201