Information About Seoirsín - Galway tutor -

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Personal Description:

I am a native Irish speaker from a Gaeltacht in Mayo but I'm currently located in Galway. Not only have I grown up with the language but I have also achieved degrees in Irish at undergraduate and Masters level. I have experience in teaching, translating, and transcribing Irish and have aided students at all levels to achieve their best grades. I also do a lot of work with the Irish language through organising and facilitating Irish language and bilingual events, creative work through Irish, and the community development of Irish.

Tutoring Experience:

Throughout my career with Irish, I have facilitated societies, events, and workshops for both young people and adults. I also often work with Irish language theatre and I love sharing the value of using Irish to create art outside of the classroom. I have helped primary and secondary students with Irish in Irish language summer camps and colleges as an instructor, as well as working as a Bean an Tí for a summer college every summer. During my time in university, I began helping students with Irish more formally and started tutoring students.

Approach to Grinds:

I help the students set and achieve specific goals based on what they need to work on. I strongly believe in building confidence with the language as a way of learning so I ensure that any corrections or help given is done in a way that works for them. I am also open to any format of grinds that suits the individual for example if the student has a love of music we would try to use Irish language music as an approach to learning. In general my lessons can include notes, worksheets, corrections a learning plan, a study plan, recordings, and whatever else we find works for them in and out of the lessons! I hope to pass on my passion for the Irish language to every individual that I teach and make the lessons an enjoyable experience.