Pioneering language project to be rolled out nationwide

SUMMERHILL, IRELAND–A project that involves older people teaching English to immigrants is to be replicated around the State. Businessman Denis O’Brien’s charitable foundation will fund the national roll-out of the “Fáilte Isteach” project for a three-year period. It was established by the Third Age Foundation in Summerhill, Co Meath, in 2006, when full story

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  1. Immigrant language project extended « ESOL World News Says:
    October 21, 2008 at 2:38 pm | Reply

    [...] Immigrant language project extended SUMMERHILL, IRELAND–FÁILTE ISTEACH, which involves older people teaching English to immigrants, would have been useful in continental Europe when the number of immigrants began to increase 20 or 30 years ago, businessman Denis O’Brien said yesterday as the project was extended nationwide. “For me, Fáilte Isteach is the absolute model full story  original story [...]

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