Discussion podcast about learning to speak Irish Gaelic (in English). This is an interview with Karen Reshkin from Chicago is an Irish language instructor at Na Gaeil. She’s also a musician, playing the fiddle

Karen is an accomplished Irish language speaker.

What you’ll hear

* Karen’s approach to learning: do it in small regular pieces

* Don’t stress and beat yourself up with learning to speak Irish. Instead, use your curiosity to study texts, try to decipher what you’re seeing.

* Reach out to others learning to speak Irish too. Twitter and Facebook are good places to start.

Mentioned in the show

After-hours seannós dancing at Oireachtas na Gaeilge:

http://youtu.be/vqhfkADsscI

* Na Gaeil of Chicago, where there are Irish language lessons at the Irish American Heritage Center

* Madison, Wisconsin immersion weekend – listen to our podcast interview with Dineen Grow

* Bloomington, Indiana Irish immersion weekend – listen to our podcast interview with Mara Bernstein

* Oireachtas na Gaeilge

* Sean-nós dancing

* Gaeilge gan Stró textbook

* Lúibíní and the Agallamh Beirte – song and spoken witty performances

* Oideas Gael in Donegal – listen to our podcast interview with Liam Ó Cuinneagáin

* “Tá mé, tá sé”, which means “I am, he is”. You get to put that into practice if you’re a member, with Bitesize Lesson: Creating short sentences. If you’re not yet a member of our online program, sign up to learn to speak Irish Gaelic in Bitesize portions.

Bonus!

Karen recorded a video on the pronunciation rules of Irish Gaelic. The video below is also accompanied with a text document.

http://youtu.be/oIokUII7LX0

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Eoin