{"id":570366,"date":"2026-07-05T17:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/570366\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:58:16","slug":"rte-archives-education-summer-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/570366\/","title":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 Archives | Education | Summer Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

European students are coming to Ireland to learn English during the summer.<\/p>\n

European students who have come to Ireland to study English during the summer months arrive at Dublin Airport. Sixty-six students boarded an Aer Lingus jumbo jet in Madrid<\/a>. They are a snapshot of the 30,000 foreign students expected to come to Ireland in 1971. It is estimated that students visiting Ireland on language <\/a>courses will contribute \u00a32 million to Ireland’s tourist revenue.<\/p>\n

The value of student travel is not lost on Aer Lingus<\/a>. Travelling with the students is Edward Cassidy, the Aer Lingus youth student travel executive. He explains that the airline expects to handle about 3,000 students coming from France<\/a>, 2,400 from Spain<\/a>, about 1,500 from Belgium and about 500 from Italy.<\/p>\n

Ireland is known for having a high standard of English being spoken, making it a great choice for students learning the language. One student agrees,<\/p>\n

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It is beautiful, more beautiful than the perfect English of England.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Another student has chosen to learn English in Ireland rather than in London<\/a>. Not because of the standard of English, but because Ireland is quieter.<\/p>\n

Another student has chosen Ireland because it is an interesting place to spend the holidays. She does not necessarily think Ireland has the best standard of English,<\/p>\n

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Everywhere there is good English and there is bad English, it\u2019s a matter of taste.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hilary Heuston is the President of the Student Organisation Association of Ireland. When foreign students get to Ireland, there is a wide range of educational options available to them. Many opt for intensive classes as they are only visiting for a short period.<\/p>\n

In 1970, 20,000 students from all over the world visited Ireland. Due to violence in Northern Ireland, visitor numbers have been affected, particularly those coming from France.<\/p>\n

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Parents are naturally nervous about sending their children to this country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hilary Heuston hopes things will improve in the future and she will handle increasing numbers of students each year,<\/p>\n

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We have facilities for doing so and I don’t see why we shouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She would like to see students being placed outside the capital and believes there is tremendous potential outside of Dublin.<\/p>\n

An RT\u00c9 News report broadcast on 5 July 1971. The reporter is Tom McCaughren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"European students are coming to Ireland to learn English during the summer. European students who have come to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,19,17,109854],"class_list":["post-570366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-languages"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116868671702533320","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}