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thusspakeblixa
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Speaks: English*, Irish
Studies: German, Spanish

 
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21 December 2012 at 1:27pm | IP Logged 
I'm starting a log for TAC this year- hoping to achieve reasonable fluency in Irish. As I went through the Irish school system I have a basic level in the language already, just trying to give myself that extra push.

I also would like to keep up my Spanish and German, which I have made progress in over 2012. I would also like to build on my (very basic level) in another language. I have resources for Mandarin, Russian and French ready here- just trying to work out which I should put first. I was putting work into French before, because I worked for an NGO which works in Congo. But I've lost my job now, so I'm just going to pick the language I enjoy the most.

Resources for Irish:
Buntús Cainte and Turas Teanga - these are both aimed at beginners, but I still find them useful for revision.
TG4, Radio Na Life and RnaG - I'm lucky enough to have access to these media outlets, so I'll be listening/watching a lot.
Books, newspapers - I enjoy reading, so I'll be reading beo.ie and Gaelsceal plenty.
Talking - I'm trying to find a Ciorcal Comhrá to practice with here in Dublin.


Edited by thusspakeblixa on 07 January 2013 at 12:05am

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thusspakeblixa
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Studies: German, Spanish

 
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06 January 2013 at 11:50pm | IP Logged 
Right, after a fairly tough month personally and professionally, I'm now taking this bull by the horns!

Here are my goals for January 2013:

Irish: Watch one Irish programme on TG4 per week. Listen to radio programming at least twice a week. Read 3 articles (newspaper/online) per week.Attempt to find a ciorcal comhrá.

Spanish: Read three full short stories (from Short Stories in Spanish). Watch three Spanish language films. Speak on SharedTalk at least twice a week.

German: More or less as Spanish, except I'll be using a different parallel text book, obviously.

Russian: Finish two units in the New Penguin Russian Course. I also will try to source a Pimsleur/Michel Thomas course from the library.

I'm also waiting on the delivery of my New Practical Chinese Reader textbook, which is very exciting altogether.
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16 March 2013 at 12:31am | IP Logged 
¡Olé! Good to hear some fighting spirit when life starts getting tough. :)

I think TG4 is amazing, but I don't tend to listen to the radio or read newspapers so much. Which Irish radio channel or online sites would you recommend (especially for beginners like me)?


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