About the Author

Elisabeth Butler is a French, German and Spanish teacher. She was a JCT MFL advisor for five years and is now back in the classroom in Dunshaughlin Community College, Meath. Elisabeth has worked with the PDST, the Primary Languages Initiative, and as an oral examiner with the SEC. She lectures in MFL Methods at Maynooth University.

Dr Eileen Bowman is Franco-Irish. She is a native French speaker and teaches French in Coláiste Pobail Setanta in Dublin. She has experience as a French oral examiner. She has been involved in teacher training with the NIPT, and she lectures PME students in UCD and Trinity College.