Concern that teaching a foreign language in primary schools would affect English and Irish literacy

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Introducing a new foreign language as part of the first revamp to the primary school curriculum in almost 25 years could ‘take time away’ from English and Irish literacy, educators have warned.

Teachers raised “significant concerns” about the introduction of a ‘modern foreign language’ such as German or French from third class as part of the new primary school curriculum.