Teaching Resources for Irish

inde

I will be teaching first year Irish students, can anyone suggest some resources that might be helpful?

Thanks

Ms.M

Here are JC resources from the SLSS but they don't have much http://http://www.muinteoirgaeilge.ie/resource_category/view/39

http://www.cogg.ie is directed at Gaelscoils or Gaeltacht schools but they might have things in their resources section that would be useful.

http://www.seomraranga.comis for primary school kids but you'll find lots of suitable posters and stuff.
If you've been plonked with a first year Irish class and don't usually teach it (I'm only presuming because you're preparing so early) you should look at http://www.teg.ie You have to view the Irish version of the homepage, go down to the bottom where they have a list of A1, A2 etc and click anseo. It's for adult learners but you'll definitely find some stuff that'll help you and will be of use in the class as well. It's Irish taught by the European Framework for Language Learning (like Alliance Francais etc) so will get you thinking the right way.

First year are very easy to make your own resources for anyway. If you have a particular unit in mind I could give you some ideas. If you look up TEFL sites for English even, you can rob a lot of the resources.

I don't want to say more in case you're a fluent speaker and think I'm a patronizing eejit! But pm me if you're not and I'll give you my two cents.

mick kk

colaiste lurgan website

youtube: amhran na mbo, lady gaeilge, amhran na bhfiain, celtic women {nil se ina la], yu ming is ainm dom, the specsavers advert {mo ghile mear} also sung by mary black -i only do the chorus as the rest is seanghaeilge, des bishop - leimigi thart, beidh aonach amarach i gCo. an Chlair,
Theres also a doherty guy from a donegal irish college singing a nice song on youtube...

tg4 website - aifric, the "udar" series..theres a modern version of an tAdh that was made as part of the series,....

translation of songs such as don't stop believing [from Glee] etc...they will suggest ones they would like to do themselves.

avoid at all costs doing too much of the listening exercises of 89 year olds pretending to be 13 talking in the deepest connemara accent possible....they are only useful for sedating the class.

i find first years have great enthuiasm for talking Irish so harness that...they love talking about their news, their weekend, their hols etc.. I find spending too much time on grammer a total waste of time. Also, don't overely on the book..we use fonn1 which is ok but the rubbish we force them to read in Irish... a certain amount has to be done for exams I suppose.

Jaygon2009

Cuirfear Cúrsa Ionduchtaithe i múineadh agus foghlaim na Gaeilge i bhfeidhm ag an STDL roimh na Nollag. Beidh an cúrsa seo dírithe ar mhúinteorí nua-cháilithe nár fhreastail ar aon chúrsa de chuid na Seirbhíse Tacaíochta don Ghaeilge go dtí seo.

http://gaeilge.slss.ie/evt/view/1344

Ar mhúin tú an Ghaeilge sa seomra ranga roimhe seo?

Seán

Dionysus

Good idea for a thread. It would be nice to keep it going all year as a teaching resource.

I've just been told that I'll also be teaching Irish to 1st and 2nd years from this September. More resources, info and suggestions as above will be great.

Jaygon2009

Maith go leor................:)

Rosita

mick kk wrote: »

avoid at all costs doing too much of the listening exercises of 89 year olds pretending to be 13 talking in the deepest connemara accent possible....they are only useful for sedating the class.

I would be slow to knock rescources which do just this!

Jaygon2009

Léigh anois go cúramach ar do scrúdphápéir na treoracha agus na ceisteanna a ghabhann le cuid Aaaaaa..........................BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

Toto Wolfcastle

Jaygon2009 wrote: »

Léigh anois go cúramach ar do scrúdphápéir na treoracha agus na ceisteanna a ghabhann le cuid Aaaaaa..........................BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

There was a Facebook page dedicated to that.

Rosita

Sorry that this is not a contribution about 'resources' specifically. But some advice that might help.

For those who are teaching classes for the first time, you will help yourselves a lot if you leave the subject meetings in the coming days with a clear knowledge of what topics and verb tenses would be expected to be covered by the time of Christmas exams. No harm to ask openly about this. (Good advice for any subject I think!)

And maybe ask another teacher how long they would expect to take over a chapter of the book. Also try to have a look at last year's Christmas test - pound to a penny this year's will be along the same lines. That'll give a good feel for what you should be doing.

There can be a tendency sometimes to introduce your own resources and touch on the book occasionally as some of the books are not great, but this runs the risk of some person in the class wondering why the other class are on page 2,568,772 while your class is only on page 15. There's an element of management of expectations too.

Not too sure about other books but in my school we use 'Fonn 1, Fonn 2 & Fonn 3 for Junior cycle. These books have some lengthy pieces which do not have comprehension questions at the end. It would be a good idea too do your own questions for these - otherwise you'll find the book (or that book at least) quite frustrating.

Finally be wary of giving 'essays' or written stuff like that. They will not be able to write them. Make sure you give them the material and get them to learn it. You will waste much time otherwise. Not the kind of 'teaching them to think' that we see promoted every August after the Leaving Cert but a reality in the classroom.

gaeilgebeo

I have found through the years that establishing a good routine for Irish classes works really well.
For example, Monday/Tuesday :Written Irish
Wednesday/Thursday : Oral Irish
Friday : Aural.
Students love routine. I don't stick rigidly to the above, but find that students are a lot more organised when they know what's happening.

It even works well with LCAs!

Dionysus

I've a couple of questions. I just spoke with another language teacher who was saying when her subject was being inspected the inspector was very strong about putting visuals on the walls around the classroom.

What sort of visuals could I put on the walls in an Irish class, and where could I get them at a decent price? At the moment all I have is a map in Irish, this one.

All suggestions will be appreciated.

gaeilgebeo

Dionysus wrote: »

I've a couple of questions. I just spoke with another language teacher who was saying when her subject was being inspected the inspector was very strong about putting visuals on the walls around the classroom.

What sort of visuals could I put on the walls in an Irish class, and where could I get them at a decent price? At the moment all I have is a map in Irish, this one.

All suggestions will be appreciated.

PM'd you Dionysus.

Ms.M

Just use clip art! Or google images is even better! The students can put them together for you. For example, I have smileys printed on A4 for thirsty, hungry, disappointed, sick etc to teach them constructs that take the preposition "ar". Also, you'll find loads of signs that would be suitable for the matching excercise for Gnáth TS, like don't feed the animals etc. I sometimes draw up my own for the Leaving Certs or get them to make them, usually on poems or prose. Visuals don't have to be pictures. I sometimes just laminate the most recently taught points or keywords from a poem or prose notes or whatever. You certainly shouldn't need to go off spending money on posters. Fourth years work for free! :-)

dory

Great thread! I have 4th year Irish this year and would love some ideas or online resources. I used Dave's Cafe, an TEFL website that has lots of ideas for language learning.

2xj3hplqgsbkym

Has anyone read Deireadh Seachtaine Craiceáilte by Roddy Doyle? Thinking of getting it for TY Irish class.

Dionysus

This arrived in the post to our school this morning:

'Induction Course for new teachers of Gaeilge'

Venue: Dublin West Education Centre, Old Blessington Road, Tallaght Village, Dublin 24
Date: 15 Sept 2011
Time: Registration 9.15 - 9.30am. Workshops: 9.30-3.45pm.
Course Organiser: An tSeirbhís Tacaíochta Dara Leibhéal don Gaeilge
Deadline: all registration forms must be faxed to 0906486548 before lunchtime, Friday 9 September 2011.

---