Online summer courses for primary school teachers
Gaelchultúr is offering six accredited online courses for primary school teachers again this summer, all of which received glowing praise from last year’s participants.
Irish language classes and resources
Newsletter #9: May 2011
Fáilte!
You’re very welcome to the May edition of Gaelchultúr’s newsletter. We hope you enjoy it!
Add to your Irish skills this summer!
Gaelchultúr’s Irish language summer course will start the week commencing 23 May and continue for six weeks.
A course for those who find Irish language grammar totally confusing!
Gaelchultúr will be offering an intensive preparatory course in written Irish again this summer.
Deal of the month on siopa.ie: Scrabble in Irish for €15 (RRP: €24)
Gaelchultúr is pleased to announce the launch of its Deal of the Month on siopa.ie. Scrabble, one of the most popular board games in the world, is now available in Irish and can be purchased at a big discount throughout the month of May.
Clever Irish is better than broken Irish!
Gaelchultúr has developed two intensive courses to help students who are preparing for interviews and oral exams in Irish.
An interview with Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, author of the book of the month for May on ClubLeabhar.com
In an exclusive interview with Nuachtlitir Ghaelchultúir, Donegal author Proinsias Mac a’ Bhaird talks to Michelle Ryan, administrator of ClubLeabhar.com, about his novel Rún an Bhonnáin, his life and experiences as an author, and his love for Árainn Mhór.
Irish events:
Over the hills and far away
They say that far away hills are greener and if you have plenty of energy, a good pair of hiking boots and a desire to practise your Irish, you could soon be conquering those hills in the company of Na Cnocadóirí – the
Dublin-based Irish language hill walking club.
A tune from Lily Neill’s new album
An exclusive video for Nuachtlitir Ghaelchultúir of American harpist Lily Neill playing a tune from her new album.
Competition
Three copies of the multimedia Irish course Gaeilge gan Stró! – Lower Intermediate Level to be won.
April competition winners
Congratulations to the winners of the April competition!
Important dates
A list of important dates relating to events being run by Gaelchultúr and by other organisations.
Link of the month
A new website, Indigenoustweets.com, established by American academic Kevin Scannell, keeps an eye on Twitter usage by speakers of minority languages across the globe.
Technology tip of the month
Patrick Dinneen’s Foclóir Gaedhilge agus Béarla / An Irish-English Dictionary is one of the foremost Irish dictionaries published to date and contains many words and definitions not found in other Irish dictionaries.
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