Language Education in Ireland

[Riadach]

How many of your students in the gaelscoil you taught in speak Irish regularly or fairly often today?

I've taught in more than a Gaelscoil Darren, and have taught in University aswell. So quite a number of my students do still speak Irish.

[Darren J. Prior]

I've taught in more than a Gaelscoil Darren, and have taught in University aswell. So quite a number of my students do still speak Irish.

Pity they are very rarely heard outside of Irish-speaking pockets isn't it!

[Riadach]

Pity they are very rarely heard outside of Irish-speaking pockets isn't it!

I'm not surprised that you would consider this a valid argument.

[Darren J. Prior]

I'm not surprised that you would consider this a valid argument.

I presume you mean for reform of the gaelscoileanna, and yes it would be.

The way Irish is taught up until this year anyway has failed! The whole movement to promote it has failed bar a few exceptions.

[Scitlipo]

Bolloxology to almost all Leaving Cert today. Did mine in 1982 when it meant something and the courses were not dumbed down and when you didn't get a bloody pass for simply attending the exam.
The baby was thrown out with the bathwater a long time ago.
A pal of mine in NY State was telling me about one school district's approach to learning basic English spelling- phonics was in vogue. The philosophy was that children must not learn lists of spellings; rather encourage the child to come up with a spelling as best they could. So for example, the child must be praised for arriving at the spelling "skul" or "skool" for school.
He soon had his kid schooled in a district that didn't espouse this touchy-feely claptrap.

[DuineEile]

How many of your students in the gaelscoil you taught in speak Irish regularly or fairly often today?

Darren. Is everything all right with you? You've gotten awfully odd awfully quick.

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[ger12]

I found out who you were before by doing a Google search and finding you on a another forum. You don't seem to have much interesting to say and draw on apart from your knowledge of old Irish literature- which I admit a couple of hundred Irish speakers internationally would find interesting to talk about with you!

I reckon you were canvassing for FG, the party that wants to be responsible for destroying the positive gains in the Irish language movement over the last twenty years based on anecdotal evidence of party members like yourself.

The Irish language belongs to all the people in this country, including the new Irish.

Going off on a tangent, the other half had to contact eflow over tags etc., excellent service to be had through Irish .