gaelige + eurovision = squee

This morning I was listening to podcasts whilst doing my scullery. This week's episode of Motherfócloir opened with a faux Eurovision voting sequence and a brief discussion of the Contest. I was going to fansplain that, in fact, Ireland's most recent victory was in 1996 (rather than 1994). But then Darrach and his ilk wouldn't've … Continue reading gaelige + eurovision = squee →

kotahi eejit

Have been whacking around in Memrise Māori a fair bit this week. Not the best interface and paying for access hasn't improved it. Mostly I'm using it to drill (on a supplementary basis) things like counting. My nemesis. *throwscomputeragainstfireplace* OK, not really...just metaphorically. Am now quite out of the molasses phase of learning Irish and … Continue reading kotahi eejit →

rhymes with hottie

In my endeavours to be post-guilt, I received a box of Māori Made Easy materials in the post last week. This is designed to be a secondary strategy for learning the reo, as a supplement to my Wānanga course. There is a multimedia component available online, with a series of YouTube audio files. All thanks … Continue reading rhymes with hottie →

Fear a bhfuil dhá theanga aige is fiú beirt é

This means that ‘a man with two languages is worth two men’! So I am worth approximately 3 men: I speak English and French and am slowly improving in Irish and Māori. This was our proverb of the week in Irish 103. Except yesterday, when I found out I've been doing the wrong workbook for … Continue reading Fear a bhfuil dhá theanga aige is fiú beirt é →

Off to Dublin in the green in the green

Albeit helmetless. There is a global, biennial World Conference on Online Learning and the next iteration will be in Dublin in November. A colleague attend the most recent one held in Toronto in 2017 and found it very useful. Several months ago I submitted an abstract, which is related to this blog site: Te Whakapaipai, … Continue reading Off to Dublin in the green in the green →

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 … Continue reading Slacker →

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! … Continue reading Whanaungatanga →

No kite yet

As part of my te reo Māori course I'm to receive a kite (bag, though in this case it will actually be a bag) with my study materials. Nothing received so far and we're about 10 days out from the course start date. Hmmmm...