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I’m Dr Edward Flynn.

I am the architect of a proposed new framework for the teaching, learning and assessment of additional languages, namely through cross-age teaching and replacing state exams with internationally accredited CEFR examinations.

Check out this explainer video which presents my areas of research designed to help students achieve their plurilingual potential...

Endorsements

Andreas Schleicher

Director for Education and Skills, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

“Flynn presents three interrelated strategies to firmly embed plurilingual education in the lives of children and young people—strategies that embrace curriculum design, delivery, and certification in coherent ways.”

Andreas Beckmann

Secretary-General of the European Schools, Brussels, Belgium

“I warmly welcome and wholeheartedly endorse this book as a valuable contribution to this important field of education. Grounded in the principles of the Barcelona Summit Agreement, this volume offers readers a thoughtful overview of current practices, future opportunities, and the challenges that policymakers, school leaders, and—last but not least—students face today.”

Professor Do Coyle

University of Edinburgh, UK

“This timely volume introduces innovative strategies to foster plurilingual students, advance CLIL, and revitalise minority languages… A must-read.”

Jack C. Richards

PhD, Honorary Professor, University of Sydney, Australia

“This book presents a significant innovation in foreign language education… While based on the Irish context, the model is relevant wherever schools seek to develop students with communicative competence in foreign languages.”

Professor Christiane Dalton-Puffer

University of Vienna, Austria

“Curriculum writers, policy makers and language educators ought to take note of the MFL-education policy concept presented in this book, based on the author’s empirical research and considerable experience as an MFL teacher and school director.”

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