Fáilte chuig an tseachtain/Welcome to the Week

Dia daoibh a chairde. Hello again and welcome to Week 3 of Irish 205!

We hope that you have enjoyed the first two weeks of the course, and are ready to continue learning with us. This week we will explore the following themes and activities:

• Cúrsaí léitheoireachta/reading, including talking about the types of books you enjoy and your reading habits.
• Ag déanamh moltaí/recommending books we have read to others.
• Litríocht na hÉireann/The literature of Ireland, including works in both English and Irish.
• Our scríbhneoir na seachtaine, writer of the week**, is Alan Titley, a renowned professor, translator and author of Irish and English language works.

Throughout the week, you will be asked to partake in conversations, quizzes and to read articles relating to aspects of Irish grammar and culture. We encourage you to connect with your fellow learners and to interact with each other in many ways. Learning a language requires a range of skills and, therefore, we encourage you to practice your writing skills, which can be done in the comments sections, attempt the pronunciation of new words frequently and, if you’re comfortable, to record yourself speaking Irish. Recording yourself is excellent practice and can also help other learners if you consider posting it in the comments for others to listen to it.

Make sure to also post any questions in the comment sections and our friendly robots, Oscar and Niamh, will endeavour to answer them in the Ceisteanna na Seachtaine video posted on Friday.

Finally, we encourage you to consider using social media both as an aid to your learning and as a way to connect with other learners. Tweet us on Twitter using the hashtag #FLIrish205 and/or follow our Facebook page, Fáilte ar Líne.

Go n-éirí libh, a chairde!