Integration

Integration

1. Vygotsky

2. Stress oral language as precursor in all elements

3. Metalinguistic awareness - core to curriculum as acknowledged by focus on transfer of skills

4. Builds on Aistear - does this indicate perception of language as a developmental process

5. Concepts, skills and dispositions are at the heart of the curriculum and transfer between oral, written and reading; between languages

6. Focus on listening comprehension as precursor to skill development in all elements

7. Exploring - focus on cultivating appreciation for aestethic dimension - congruent with Dewey

8. Paragraph 1 : Brief overview of language