Téim go Baile Athá Cliath?

I go to Dublin. Officially now. Hotel is booked, flights are booked, conference registration will be sorted tomorrow. Six days in town, 4 focused on the conference. And I have 4 more nights in Ireland to sort out. Yay. Also...Irish 103 starts today. Eep! Made a bit more progress in kite 1 too. Brice ar … An chuid eile de Téim go Baile Athá Cliath? →

Kite 1

Bless me father for I have sinned. It's been several weeks days since my last Māori homework. It's not my fault! The dog ate it! No, wait, I don't have a dog. My week "off" has been doing stuff. Significantly work stuff, but also significantly language learning stuff. I lost my place in my first … An chuid eile de Kite 1 →

Slacker

I am doing OK with maintaining my Irish study. Completed Irish 102 MOOC this afternoon and have enrolled in the next two courses (strangely numbered 103 and...107?). I'm leveraging these courses on my own terms: skipping the comments area learning activities and instead focusing on the cultural context and core language skills: vocabulary, verbs, a … An chuid eile de Slacker →

Irish 102 MOOC

After blasting through their 101 MOOC, I decided to continue on with DCU's continuation. Strangely, it seems the two courses overlapped: I joined 102 as soon as I finished 101, but it was already well under way. Hmph. So that means I have--theoretically, at least--three different modes of Irish language learning on the go currently: … An chuid eile de Irish 102 MOOC →

papa rēo

These two lovely folks have welcomed me to my Papa Rēo (Māori Level One) course: Today I started drilling down into the two kite (baskets--though in a tip to modernity they're actually shipping boxes) sent to me from Wānanga. I started working through the first set of exercises and am now reviewing the content's multimedia … An chuid eile de papa rēo →

Tá sí leadránach

A combination of jet lag, shared national trauma, and the beginning of a postgraduate degree have meant Irish has been given short shrift this last fortnight. I've done a wee bit on Duolingo only. And I had fallen 10 days behind on my Irish MOOC from DCU. I've now managed to catch up. In fact, … An chuid eile de Tá sí leadránach →

Whanaungatanga

Yesterday I had my whanaungatanga for my level one te rēo Māori course through Wānanga o Aotearoa. Carol, my kaitiaki, came by our home, bringing with this: This is my kite, or basket, of introductory materials. There are flash cards, orientation materials, the A Māori Word a Day book, and other cool stuff. I'm excited! … An chuid eile de Whanaungatanga →