Pádraig Ó Duibhir
List of John Benjamins publications in which Pádraig Ó Duibhir is involved.
Journal
ISSN 2212-8433 | E‑ISSN 2212‑8441
Titles
Emerging Issues in Content-Based Minority Language Immersion Education Contexts
Edited by Laurent Cammarata and Pádraig Ó Duibhir
Special issue of Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 13:1 (2025) vi, 192 pp.
10th Anniversary Celebration
Edited by Pádraig Ó Duibhir and Laurent Cammarata
Special issue of Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 10:2 (2022) vi, 269 pp.
2026 Plurilingual views of children from linguistically diverse backgrounds on learning Irish and attending Irish immersion primary schools Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education: Online-First Articles | Article
Using plurilingualism as a theoretical framework, this study investigated the experiences and perceptions of children, who spoke home languages other than Irish or English, on learning Irish and being educated in Irish immersion (IM) education. Data were collected from four focus groups (n = 15)… read more
2025 Emerging issues in content-based minority language immersion education contexts Emerging Issues in Content-Based Minority Language Immersion Education Contexts, Cammarata, Laurent and Pádraig Ó Duibhir (eds.), pp. 1–9 | Introduction
2025 Student retention in minority immersion education: What can we learn from parental decisions? Emerging Issues in Content-Based Minority Language Immersion Education Contexts, Cammarata, Laurent and Pádraig Ó Duibhir (eds.), pp. 76–98 | Article
Despite the popularity of immersion/bilingual programs across the globe, student retention from kindergarten to the last year of high school has been a preoccupying issue for decades. There is a dearth of research exploring the challenges faced by parents, who are the primary decision-makers… read more
2021 Immersion in a minority language: The performance in English reading and mathematics of primary-level students in Irish-medium schools in areas of socioeconomic disadvantage Issues and Perspectives on Student Diversity and Content-Based Language Education, Genesee, Fred and Diane J. Tedick (eds.), pp. 279–309 | Article
When the earliest Irish language immersion schools outside Irish-speaking (Gaeltacht) areas were established, students were likely to come from relatively high socioeconomic backgrounds. While research has shown positive outcomes for these students, less is known about the outcomes of immersion… read more
2019 Young immersion learners’ language use outside the classroom in a minority language context Policy and practice in early language learning, Enever, Janet and Patricia Driscoll (eds.), pp. 112–137 | Article
There has been a long history of early Irish language learning in Ireland as a result of Government policy to promote greater use of Irish. All children learn Irish in school from age 4–18 years. The majority learn Irish as a subject, typically for 30–40 minutes per day, and the levels of… read more
2016 An inductive approach to grammar teaching in Grade 5 & 6 Irish immersion classes Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 4:1, pp. 33–58 | Article
This article describes quantitative findings from a mixed-methods exploratory study of the effectiveness of an explicit-inductive approach to grammar teaching in improving the linguistic accuracy of Grade 5 and 6 (n=274) students in 12 Irish immersion classes. A series of form-focused materials… read more
2014 Commentary on Kavanagh dissertation summary Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 2:1, pp. 137–141 | Article