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Wednesday 6 June 2007

IRELAND: Boom in pupils choosing non-curricular languages

ALTHOUGH she arrived in Ireland from Moldova two years ago with no English apart from "hello", an ambitious student in north Co Dublin is leading the way in the Leaving Cert's linguistic revolution.

The number of students taking non-curricular languages for the Leaving Cert has boomed over the past 12 months and is now almost double the figure a year ago.

Tuesday 5th June 2007
Irish Independent

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