I’d consider English to be my “own language” more so than Irish to be honest. I’ve never used it outside of a classroom and none of my friends or family can hold a conversation in it.
It was never really my language to begin with.
That’s a terrible thing to say about Belgium
Ceart aige, bail o Dhia ar. Go maire sé aois Choilm.
I’m dyslexic but I’m picking at duolingo trying to build the courage to do classes. I’m adding irish into my vocabulary, eg, I’ll use Cen Tam e? Rather than what’s the time. I’d love to be able to have a conversation. I have relatives abroad who are gaelgeoirs. Apologies for the spelling.
Annoying point of view that’s not going to foster anything positive. So, perfect for the Internet.
Still scarred by the way I was taught Irish
Save for a short few years, English was never the language or Dublin. Nor was it the language of Belfast or Galway. Anyone for a spot of Norse? or old French?
In fairness he speaks a pretty unusual dialect of irish. I suspect we have more irish being spoken daily around the country in gaelscoileanna but unfortunately it’s not making the transition to real world, adult usage
If you want it to thrive, make it optional in schools. Forcing people to do something always backfires. It’s Hiberno-English that’s spoken in Ireland, separate and distinct to English.
You can’t shove a language down peoples throats. Which was my whole schooling
Teaching a child a language for 14 years and by the end of it they are still not fluent. I explained this to a Dutch mate of mine ( who can fluently speak 3 languages ), and he thought I was making it up.
He has a point. As hamfistedly as it is put. Wales kept their language largely speaking
The revival of Welsh has been fairly successful, Ireland should follow that blueprint.
The monolingual English speaker insistence of never encountering (let alone learning…) anything beyond the Anglophone bubble is inevitable considering its global dominance, but also just reeks of laziness and a lack of ambition. Our relative weakness when it comes to languages is a result of the widespread apathy towards Irish, not a side-effect nor a coincidence.
But Austria is lovely!
Irish taught by teachers who can’t speak Irish and hate it themselves. We can read it, write it but can’t speak a word cause neither can anyone else outside of the Gaeltacht.
let people who want to learn it and let people who dont , dont
Fucking preach aul lad 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
He’s got a point. But is it taught any better now than it was?
I remember leaving school speaking better French than Irish. And I spent a LOT less time in French class.
I’m living in Barcelona at the moment and I would love to see the revival of Irish the way the Catalonian’s speak Catalan. The biggest difference here is they all speak and want to use it. The language is in the exact same situation as Irish, not spoken anywhere else, useless outside of Catalonia but the pride they have. It’s a disgrace how Irish is taught and thought about in Ireland. No one is bothered about it outside of a few pockets of the country. The whole language needs an overhaul with less emphasis on the academic of it all and more conversational/ useful Irish taught.
Chap clearly isn’t aware that the brits, were indeed, “at it” for quite some time
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I’d consider English to be my “own language” more so than Irish to be honest. I’ve never used it outside of a classroom and none of my friends or family can hold a conversation in it.
It was never really my language to begin with.
That’s a terrible thing to say about Belgium
Ceart aige, bail o Dhia ar. Go maire sé aois Choilm.
I’m dyslexic but I’m picking at duolingo trying to build the courage to do classes. I’m adding irish into my vocabulary, eg, I’ll use Cen Tam e? Rather than what’s the time. I’d love to be able to have a conversation. I have relatives abroad who are gaelgeoirs. Apologies for the spelling.
Annoying point of view that’s not going to foster anything positive. So, perfect for the Internet.
Still scarred by the way I was taught Irish
Save for a short few years, English was never the language or Dublin. Nor was it the language of Belfast or Galway. Anyone for a spot of Norse? or old French?
In fairness he speaks a pretty unusual dialect of irish. I suspect we have more irish being spoken daily around the country in gaelscoileanna but unfortunately it’s not making the transition to real world, adult usage
If you want it to thrive, make it optional in schools. Forcing people to do something always backfires. It’s Hiberno-English that’s spoken in Ireland, separate and distinct to English.
You can’t shove a language down peoples throats. Which was my whole schooling
Teaching a child a language for 14 years and by the end of it they are still not fluent. I explained this to a Dutch mate of mine ( who can fluently speak 3 languages ), and he thought I was making it up.
He has a point. As hamfistedly as it is put. Wales kept their language largely speaking
The revival of Welsh has been fairly successful, Ireland should follow that blueprint.
The monolingual English speaker insistence of never encountering (let alone learning…) anything beyond the Anglophone bubble is inevitable considering its global dominance, but also just reeks of laziness and a lack of ambition. Our relative weakness when it comes to languages is a result of the widespread apathy towards Irish, not a side-effect nor a coincidence.
But Austria is lovely!
Irish taught by teachers who can’t speak Irish and hate it themselves. We can read it, write it but can’t speak a word cause neither can anyone else outside of the Gaeltacht.
let people who want to learn it and let people who dont , dont
Fucking preach aul lad 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
He’s got a point. But is it taught any better now than it was?
I remember leaving school speaking better French than Irish. And I spent a LOT less time in French class.
I’m living in Barcelona at the moment and I would love to see the revival of Irish the way the Catalonian’s speak Catalan. The biggest difference here is they all speak and want to use it. The language is in the exact same situation as Irish, not spoken anywhere else, useless outside of Catalonia but the pride they have. It’s a disgrace how Irish is taught and thought about in Ireland. No one is bothered about it outside of a few pockets of the country. The whole language needs an overhaul with less emphasis on the academic of it all and more conversational/ useful Irish taught.
Chap clearly isn’t aware that the brits, were indeed, “at it” for quite some time
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