European Language Label An Séala Eorpach Teanga · 16. ands in MotionH 18. ... mbun saothar agus forbairt an ilteangachais, agus déantar iad a spreagadh agus a cheiliúradh leo.

2015

European Language LabelAn Séala Eorpach Teanga

Clár Na ÁbharContents

3 Message from the Jury Chair

5 Teanga.me

7 Peer-facilitated discussion groups in languages

9 SuperHands Baby Sign App

11 Bua na Cainte

13 Lingua-App

15 Hands in Motion

17 Language Ambassador of the Year

25 European Day of Languages

27 European Centre for Modern Languages

29 Léargas

4 Focal ó Chathaoirleach an Ghiúiré

6 Teanga.me

8 Pléghrúpaí i dteangacha arna éascú ag piaraí

10 An Aip SuperHands Baby Sign

12 Bua na Cainte

14 Lingua-App

16 Hands in Motion

18 Ambasadóir Teanga na Bliana

26 Lá Eorpach na dTeangacha

28 An tIonad Eorpach um Nuatheangacha

30 Léargas

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Focal Ó Chathaoirleach an GhiúiréMessage from the Jury Chair

Dr Céline Healy, Chair of Jury, European Language Label 2015

On behalf of the 2015 jury, I would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to this year’s worthy recipients of the European Language Label Award and the Language Ambassador Award. These awards identify, encourage and celebrate creativity and innovation in the pursuit and development of plurilingualism.

The European Language Label recognises creativity and innovation in improving the quality of language teaching and learning. It is awarded to projects that use and develop innovative ways of motivating and supporting learners in their language learning. The 2015 winning projects demonstrate creative thinking about language teaching and learning, leading to improved teaching provision and learner achievement. They highlight inspiring initiatives that motivate and support people of different ages and in different contexts to embrace the challenge of learning another language.

To ensure the excellence of each award-winning project, the jury intensively examines the applications, shortlists the projects that meet the Language Label criteria and organises a site visit.

This year the Language Label was awarded to six projects across a wide range of sectors and languages. These award-winning projects provide a potential source of inspiration and motivation for others who teach and learn languages.

The Language Ambassador Award is presented to individuals who have displayed exceptional commitment to the promotion of language learning through their excellent work and projects. The 2015 awards recognise the inspirational efforts and achievements

of three recipients.

“A different language is a different vision of life.” (Federico Fellini)

We warmly congratulate you whose achievements in the field of language teaching and learning are being recognised and celebrated here today.

An Dr Céline Healy, Cathaoirleach an Ghiúiré, An Séala Eorpach Teanga 2015

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Thar ceann giúiré na bliana 2015 ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas ó chroí a ghlacadh le buaiteoirí an Séala Eorpach Teanga agus an ghradaim Ambasadóir Teanga. Is maith atá siad tuillte acu. Leis na gradaim seo sainaithnítear cruthaitheacht agus nuáil i mbun saothar agus forbairt an ilteangachais, agus déantar iad a spreagadh agus a cheiliúradh leo.

Tugann an Séala Eorpach Teanga aitheantas do chruthaitheacht agus do nuáil d’fhonn cáilíocht múineadh agus foghlaim teanga a fheabhsú. Bronntar ar thograí é a úsáideann agus a fhorbraíonn slite nuálacha chun foghlaimeoirí a spreagadh agus tacú leo agus iad i mbun teanga a fhoghlaim. Léiríonn tograí buaiteacha na bliana 2015 smaoineamh cruthaitheach faoi mhúineadh agus foghlaim teanga as a leanann feabhas ar sholáthar teagaisc agus ar ghnóthachtáil an fhoghlaimeora. Díríonn siad aird ar tionscnaimh spreagthacha a chuireann díograis ar dhaoine in aoiseanna éagsúla agus i gcomhthéacsanna éagsúla agus a thacaíonn leo chun tabhairt faoin dúshlán atá i dteanga eile a fhoghlaim.

D’fhonn feabhas gach tionscadail bhuaitigh a chinntiú déanann an ghiúiré scrúdú domhain ar na hiarratais, déanann

sí gearrliosta na dtionscadal a chomhlíonann critéir an Séala Teanga agus eagraíonn cuairt ar an láthair. I mbliana bronnadh an Séala Teanga ar sé cinn de thionscadail thar réimse leathan earnálacha agus teangacha. D’fhéadfadh na tograí buaiteacha seo a bheith ina bhfoinse inspioráide agus spreagtha do dhaoine eile a mhúineann agus a fhoghlaimíonn teangacha.

Bronntar an gradam Ambasadóir Teanga ar dhaoine aonair a léirigh tiomantas ar leith d’fhoghlaim teanga a chur chun cinn trína gcuid sároibre agus a dtograí iontacha. Le gradaim na bliana 2015 aithnítear iarrachtaí agus gnóthachtálacha spreagthacha

na mbuaiteoirí seo.

“Is ionann teanga eile agus fís eile ar an saol.” (Federico Fellini)

Déanaimid comhghairdeas ó chroí leo siúd a dtugtar aitheantas dá gcuid gnóthachtálacha i réimse foghlaim agus múineadh teanga agus a ndéantar ceiliúradh orthu anseo inniu.

Teanga.meTeanga.me

Teanga.me, Dublin

Teanga is an online picture- and voice-based language learning system. It uses a set of images and symbols common to all languages and dispenses with text, so that students build confidence by focusing on speaking and listening; grammar patterns are absorbed implicitly. Students can use the website autonomously to ‘mash’ picture-words within visually structured language patterns. They can then voice their creations and compare their pronunciation, intonation and stress with those of a native speaker. They can improve their spoken language by rerecording until they sound like a local!

Teanga also allows parents and teachers to participate in their child’s learning experience. After grasping the initial concept of picture phrases, the parent can support the learning experience through ‘learning by doing’. Teachers may find that the shy in their class begin to speak with confidence. The quiet students

who perhaps excel in written exercises can now practise the spoken word effectively. The ‘flipped’ classroom is here!

There are 7,000 languages on the planet. Most of them are not written, but all convey meaning that is essential to humans. Teanga provides a framework upon which all languages can be learned, using a single set of images and symbols.

“Join Teanga on our journey. Be a language curator. Provide the voice and structure behind your language. Reach out and teach the world your language. We have a job to do!”

Teanga.me, Baile Átha Cliath

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Jury Comments:

Helped learners to speak in target language… Very structured…Caters for dyslexic learners… Well developed

and thought out...New and innovative…Easily transferable and easily done for any language…Very logical.

Contact details: Shane Walsh, Teanga.me, 6 Colthurst Rd, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

Tel: 083 4484326 Email: [email protected] Website: www.teanga.me

Córas foghlama teanga ar líne atá bunaithe ar phictiúir agus guth is ea Teanga. Baineann sé úsáid as sraith pictiúr agus siombailí atá i bpáirt ag gach teanga agus níl aon téacs ann, i dtreo go n-iomadaíonn muinín na mac léinn trí dhíriú ar labhairt agus éisteacht; súitear isteach pátrúin ghramadaí i nganfhios. Féadann na mic léinn úsáid a bhaint as an suíomh go neamhspleách chun ‘brúitín’ a dhéanamh d’ fhocail phictiúir laistigh de phátrúin teanga a bhfuil struchtúr físeach orthu. Ansin is féidir leo guth a chur lena bhfuil cruthaithe acu agus a bhfoghraíocht, tuin chainte agus aiceann a chur i gcomparáid le caint an chainteoir dúchais. Féadann siad feabhas a chur ar a dteanga labhartha trína gcuid cainte a thaifeadadh arís agus arís eile go dtí go bhfuil sí cosúil le teanga an chainteoir dúchais!

Lena chois sin tugann Teanga deis do thuismitheoirí páirt a ghlacadh in eispéireas foghlama a bpáiste. Agus coincheap bunaidh frásaí pictiúir tuigthe aige, féadann an tuismitheoir tacú leis an eispéireas foghlama trí ‘fhoghlaim trí dhéanamh’. B’fhéidir

go dtabharfaidh múinteoirí faoi deara go dtosaíonn na daltaí cúthaileacha sa rang ar labhairt go muiníneach. Na daltaí ciúine atá sármhaith chun cleachtaí scríofa a dhéanamh, féadann siad an teanga labhartha a chleachtadh go héifeachtach. Tá ‘malairt foghlama’ ar siúl sa seomra ranga anois!

Tá 7,000 teanga ar an domhan. Ní teangacha scríofa formhór díobh ach cuireann siad uile brí in iúl atá riachtanach do dhaoine. Cuireann Teanga creatlach ar fáil ar féidir gach teanga a fhoghlaim uirthi trí sraith amháin d’íomhánna agus siombail a úsáid.

“Bí le Teanga ar ár dturas. Bí i do choimeádaí teanga. Soláthair an guth agus an struchtúr taobh thiar de do theanga. Déan for-rochtain agus múin do theanga don domhan. Tá jab le déanamh againn!”

Tuairim a Ghiúiré:

Chabhraigh sé le foghlaimeoirí labhairt sa sprioctheanga...Stuchtúr maith air...Freastalaíonn ar fhoghlaimeoirí

disléicseacha...an-fhorbairt agus an-smaoineamh déanta air...Nua agus nuálach...Is éasca é a aistriú agus é a

úsáid do theanga ar bith...An-loighciúil..

Sonraí teagmhála: Shane Walsh, Teanga.me, 6 Br. Colthurst, Leamhcán, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath.

Teil.: 083 4484326 R-phost: [email protected] Suíomh gréasáin: www.teanga.me

Pléghrúpaí i dteangacha arna éascú ag piaraíPeer-facilitated discussion groups in languages

School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick

While practice in using a foreign language is paramount in achieving fluency and accuracy, Higher Education in languages is understandingly limited in the amount of language practice it can offer to its students.

This initiative, developed by a team of language practitioners at the University of Limerick (UL), aims to address this issue by providing peer-facilitated language discussion groups in a systematic manner. For the past three years, groups of native speakers of the foreign languages taught in the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics (French, German, Japanese and Spanish) are recruited every semester through this programme. They receive training before facilitating discussion groups and/or one-to-one sessions. In this specific context, the facilitator is a peer (i.e. a fellow student) who volunteers to guide and support a ‘flowing’ discussion conducted by learners of the facilitator’s native language. The training package prepares the facilitators to select topics relevant to the students’ area of study, to focus on form (grammar accuracy as well as fluency) and to provide constructive feedback to participating students. The

facilitators have the choice to participate on a voluntary basis (in which case they receive a volunteering award and a certificate of participation) or as part of a credit-bearing module. On average, 15 to 20 facilitators are trained every semester and they provide a total of 15 to 20 hours a week of language practice to our students. This innovative project has led to the creation of an additional service in the range of activities already offered by the Language Learning Hub (Self-Access and Resource Centre) and provides an effective and motivating support to language students. Since its inception, it has been widely successful. The number of UL students taking part in the discussion groups has grown steadily and overall the feedback is extremely positive.

These peer-supported activities are beneficial for both language learners and peer-facilitators as they raise student engagement and motivation in an independent learning context; contribute to the integration into the UL community of the Erasmus+/international students participating in this initiative; and lead to linguistic and intercultural exchanges.

Scoil na Nuatheangacha agus Teangeolaíochta Feidhmí, Ollscoil Luimnigh

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Jury Comments:

The project is an excellent source of motivation for participants as they engage with peers, through the target language, on a range of issues of their choice… The project has excellent potential for developing understanding of Irish culture for the Erasmus+/international students, and the target language cultures for the UL learners… This is an excellent project that places communication at the heart of developing language and intercultural competencies.

Contact details: Catherine Jeanneau, School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick, Limerick. Tel: 061 202071 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ul.ie/mlal www.facebook.com/languagesUL

Cé gur cuid ríthábhachtach é cleachtadh agus úsáid na teanga iasachta chun líofacht agus cruinneas a bhaint amach tá sé intuigthe go bhfuil an tArdoideachas i dteangacha teoranta maidir leis an méid cleachtadh teanga is féidir leis a chur ar fáil dá mic léinn.

Is é is aidhm don tionscnamh seo atá forbartha ag foireann cleachtóirí teanga ag Ollscoil Luimnigh (OL) ná tabhairt faoin cheist seo trí phléghrúpaí teanga atá á n-éascú ag piaraí, a chur ar fáil ar shlí chórasach. Le trí bliana anuas tá grúpaí cainteoirí dúchais teangacha iasachta atá á múineadh i Scoil na Nuatheangacha agus na Teangeolaíochta Feidhmí (Fraincis, Gearmáinis, Seapáinis agus Spáinnis) á n-earcú tríd an gclár gach seimeastar. Faigheann siad oiliúint sula n-éascaíonn siad pléghrúpaí agus/nó seisiúin duine-le-duine. Sa chomhthéacs áirithe seo is piara é an t-éascaitheoir (is é sin, comh-mhac léinn) atá sásta comhphlé ‘snítheach’ a dhéanann foghlaimeoirí i dteanga dhúchais an éascaitheora a threorú agus tacú leis. Ullmhaíonn an pacáiste oiliúna na héascaitheoirí chun topaicí a roghnú a bhaineann le réimse staidéir na mac léinn chun díriú isteach ar fhoirm (cruinneas gramadaí agus líofacht) agus chun aischothú cruthaitheach a thabhairt do mhic léinn rannpháirteacha. Tá an rogha ag na héascaitheoirí páirt a

ghlacadh ar bhonn deonach (bronntar gradam as obair dheonach agus teastas rannpháirtíochta orthu sa chás seo) nó mar chuid de mhodúl a thuilltear creidiúint ina leith. Ar an meán cuirtear oiliúint ar 15 - 20 éascaitheoir gach seimeastar agus cuireann siad, san iomlán, idir 15 agus 20 uair in aghaidh na seachtaine de chleachtas teanga ar fáil dár mic léinn. Tharla mar thoradh ar an tionscnamh nuálach seo gur cruthaíodh seirbhís bhreise i réimse na ngníomhaíochtaí atá á dtairiscint cheana féin ag an Mol Foghlama Teanga (Féinrochtain agus Ionad Acmhainne) agus cuireann sé tacaíocht éifeachtach spreagthach ar fáil do mhic léinn teanga. Tá ag éirí go breá leis i mórán áiteanna ó cuireadh tús leis. Tá fás ag teacht go seasmhach ar líon na mac léinn ó OL atá rannpháirteach sna pléghrúpaí agus ar an iomlán tá an t-aischothú an-dearfach ar fad.

Tá na gníomhaíochtaí seo le tacaíocht piara ag dul chun tairbhe d’fhoghlaimeoirí teanga agus éascaitheoirí piara araon mar cuireann siad le rannpháirtíocht agus spreagadh na mac léinn i gcomhthéacs foghlama neamhspleách; cuireann siad lena gcuimsiú i bpobal mac léinn Erasmus+/Idirnáisiúnta in OL atá rannpháirteach sa tionscnamh seo; agus leanann malartuithe teangeolaíocha agus idirchultúrtha astu.

Tuairim a Ghiúiré:

Sonraí teagmhála: Catherine Jeanneau, Scoil na Nuatheangacha agus Teangeolaíochta Feidhmí Ollscoil Luimnigh, Luimneach. Teil.: 061 202071 R-phost: [email protected] Suíomh gréasáin: www.ul.ie/mlal www.facebook.com/languagesUL

Is foinse spreagtha iontach é an togra do na rannpháirtithe agus iad ag dul i dteagmháil le piaraí sa sprioctheanga ar cheisteanna éagsúla dá rogha féin...Tá acmhainneacht iontach ag an tionscadal chun tuiscint na mac léinn Erasmus+/Idirnáisiúnta ar chultúr na hÉireann a chur chun cinn chomh maith le tuiscint na bhfoghlaimeoirí OL ar chultúir na sprioctheangacha...Togra fíormhaith é seo a chuireann cumarsáid i gcroílár forbairt teanga agus inniúlachtaí idirchultúrtha.

SuperHands - Aip Chomharthaíochta do Naíonáin

SuperHands Baby Sign App

SuperHands

Dublin native Miriam Devitt first tried baby sign language - a simple system to allow babies to communicate before they learn to talk - with her own six-month-old daughter Robin, while living in West Clare. As there were no baby sign classes to attend in Ireland at the time, Miriam went on to create SuperHands, which is now Ireland’s leading baby sign organisation. SuperHands published Ireland’s first Dictionary of baby sign three years ago, and have just launched Ireland’s first baby sign app.

Based on a concept that originated in the US in 1986 with Dr Joseph Garcia, baby sign language has become an international phenomenon allowing parents to communicate at a whole new level with their infants before they have learned to talk. Using simple gestures, babies and their parents embark on an entirely new journey of interaction with each other and more importantly, have fun together. Baby sign language can reduce a baby’s frustration, enhance confidence, strengthen the parent-child bond, accelerate speech and reduce temper tantrums.

Using Irish Sign Language (ISL), SuperHands’ app (developed in partnership with Dublin design studio Darling) lets parents start signing on the go. Superhands’ founder Miriam Devitt says, “This is a very exciting time for infant communication in Ireland. The feedback from our courses had been so great that I was keen to expand as quickly as possible. Now parents all over Ireland can experience the joys of signing with their babies with this beautifully designed and simple to use app.”

“Using simple gestures, babies and their parents embark on an entirely new journey of interaction with each other...”

SuperHands

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Jury Comments:

The app, with clear, colourful pictures showing and describing the signs, has good potential to motivate parents/

guardians to use more sign language with their child… This is a very good, creative use of technology to support

parents/guardians in their efforts to learn signing for communicating with small children. This approach has

been used in other contexts but this is the first baby sign app using Irish Sign Language… It is innovative.

Contact details: Miriam Devitt, SuperHands, 126 Lansdowne Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Tel: 086 822 3165 Email: [email protected] Website: www.superhands.ie/app

Bhain Miriam Devitt ar as Baile Átha Cliath di ó dhúchas, triail as teanga chomharthaíochta do naíonáin - córas simplí chun seans a thabhairt do naíonáin cumarsáid a dhéanamh sula labhraíonn siad - lena hiníon Robin a bhí sé mhí d’aois. Bhí cónaí orthu in Iarthar Chontae an Chláir ag an am. Ó nach raibh aon ranganna comharthaíochta do naíonáin ar fáil in Éirinn ag an am thug Miriam faoi SuperHands a chruthú arb í an phríomheagraíocht chomharthaíochta do naíonáin in Éirinn í faoin am seo. D’fhoilsigh SuperHands an chéad Foclóir teanga comharthaíochta do naíonáin in Éirinn trí bliana ó shin agus tá an chéad aip chomharthaíochta do naíonáin seolta acu le déanaí.

Agus é bunaithe ar choincheap a chum an Dr Joseph Garcia sna Stáit Aontaithe sa bhliain 1986, tá aitheantas idirnáisiúnta bainte amach ag an teanga chomharthaíochta do naíonáin a chuireann ar chumas tuismitheoirí cumarsáid a dhéanamh ar leibhéal nua go hiomlán lena leanaí sula mbíonn ar a gcumas labhairt. Trí chomharthaí simplí a úsáid tugann naíonáin agus tuismitheoirí faoi thuras nua idirghníomhaíochta lena chéile amach is amach agus - rud níos

tábhachtaí fós - baineann siad taitneamh as le chéile. Is féidir le teanga chomharthaíochta frustrachas an naíonáin a laghdú, muinín a chur chun cinn, an ceangal idir an tuismitheoir agus an leanbh a neartú, caint a luathú agus spadhair a laghdú.

Is trí bheith ag baint úsáide as Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann a chabhraíonn an aip SuperHands (a forbraíodh i gcomhar leis an stiúideo deartha Darling i mBaile Átha Cliath) le tuismitheoirí tús a chur leis an gcomharthaíocht gan dua. Deir bunaitheoir Superhands, Miriam Devitt, “Is tréimhse iontach í seo do chumarsáid naíonáin in Éirinn. Spreag an t-aiseolas fíoriontach a fuaireamar ónár gcuid cúrsaí mé chun an togra a mhéadú a luaithe agus is féidir. Anois is féidir le tuismitheoirí ar fud na hÉireann aoibhneas a bhaint as comharthaíocht a dhéanamh lena leanaí leis an aip álainn shimplí seo.”.

“Trí chomharthaí simplí a úsáid tugann naíonáin agus tuismitheoirí faoi thuras nua idirghníomhaíochta lena chéile...”

Tuairim a Ghiúiré:

Tá acmhainneacht mhaith ag an aip seo, lena pictiúir shoiléire dhathacha a thaispeánann na comharthaí agus a dhéanann cur-síos orthu, tuismitheoirí/caomhnóirí a spreagadh le tuilleadh teanga chomharthaíochta a úsáid lena leanbh...Úsáid fhíormhaith chruthaitheach na teicneolaíochta é seo chun tacú le tuismitheoirí/caomhnóirí agus iad ag iarraidh comharthaíocht a fhoghlaim chun cumarsáid a dhéanamh le leanaí óga. Baineadh úsáid as an gcur chuige seo i gcomhthéacsanna eile ach is é seo an chéad aip teanga chomharthaíochta do naíonáin a bhaineann úsáid as Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann...Tá sé nuálach.

Sonraí teagmhála: Miriam Devitt, SuperHands, 126 Páirc Lansdún, Droichead na Dothra,

Baile Átha Cliath 4. Teil.: 086 822 3165 R-phost: [email protected]

Suíomh gréasáin: www.superhands.ie/app

Bua na Cainte - Clár Gaeilge Idirghníomhach

The Educational Company of Ireland

Bua na Cainte is an interactive Irish Language Programme from The Educational Company of Ireland, using innovative digital resources to deliver a new approach to Irish language learning. It addresses the recommendations of the Harris report (2006) and agrees fully with the recommendations of the Primary school Curriculum (1999) and the Integrated Language Curriculum. The programme has three major features - the online feature, the Teacher’s Book and the Children’s Book.

The online feature includes activities, conversations, songs and rhymes, and stories with a high level of animation. Each theme is laid out with accompanying lessons and printable resources: games; rhymes and songs; pictures; cards; puppets; masks; flash cards and activities. All the language samples, along with the words of the rhymes and songs, are available on disc for the teacher. There is a suitable, attractive story at the end of each theme as well as an evaluation for that theme.

A comprehensive book for the teacher is included with schemes for the year and the month, along with recommendations for differentiation and integration. At the beginning of each theme there is a summary of language functions and language samples. In the lesson plans the language functions, language samples, strands and strand units are traced, along with teaching recommendations for the pre-conversation period, conversation period and post-conversation period of the lesson. In addition,, recommendations are made for the evaluation and informal use of Irish during the day at school.

The children’s book includes educational activities strongly emphasising use of the language with these activities. A special feature of the children’s book is that the language for the parent/

guardian in the activities is included in the book.

“...using innovative digital resources to deliver a new approach to Irish language learning.”

An Comhlacht Oideachais

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Jury Comments:

Excellent. Resources are of a high standard… This project has a highly integrated ICT element which uses

technology as an effective teaching and learning approach. …Considering the linguistic diversity of Irish primary

schools, this project and its materials could be an excellent resource for parents who do not have knowledge of

the Irish Language… Because of its transferability to contexts outside of formal school settings, this project could

have potential to be used in a range of informal language learning settings.

Contact details: Martina Ní Fhátharta and Seán de Brún, (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick), The Educational Company of Ireland, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12. Tel: 061 204555 and 061 204329 Email: [email protected] and [email protected] Website: www.mic.ul.ie/latestnews/Pages/BuanaCainte.aspx

Bua na Cainte - Interactive Irish Language Programme

Clár Gaeilge idirghníomhach ón gComhlacht Oideachais is ea Bua na Cainte. Úsáideann sé acmhainní nuálacha digiteacha chun cur chuige nua i leith foghlaim na Gaeilge a sholáthar. Tugann sé aghaidh ar mholtaí tuairisc Harris (2006) agus aontaíonn sé go huile agus go hiomlán le moltaí an Churaclam Bunscoile (1999) agus leis an gCuraclam Teanga Comhtháite. Tá trí phríomhghné ag an gclár - an ghné ar líne, Leabhar an Mhúinteora agus Leabhar na bPáistí.

Ar an ngné ar líne áirítear gníomhaíochtaí, comhráití, amhráin agus ranna, agus scéalta le mórán beochana. Tá gach téama leagtha amach le ceachtanna agus acmhainní ar féidir iad a phriontáil: cluichí; ranna agus amhráin; pictiúir; cártaí; puipéid; púicíní; spléach-chártaí agus gníomhaíochtaí. Tá na samplaí teanga go léir mar aon le focail na ranna agus amhrán, ar fáil ar diosca don mhúinteoir. Tá scéal deas oiriúnach ag deireadh gach téama mar aon le measúnú don téama sin.

Tá leabhar cuimsitheach don mhúinteoir san áireamh. Is ann

a thugtar scéimeanna don bhliain agus don mhí, mar aon le moltaí do dhifreáil agus comhtháthú. Ag tús gach téama tugtar achoimre ar fheidhmeanna teanga agus samplaí teanga. Sna pleananna ceachta déantar na feidhmeanna teanga, na samplaí teanga, na snáitheanna agus na snáithaonaid a rianú i dteannta moltaí teagaisc do thréimhse réamhchumarsáide, do thréimhse chumarsáide agus do thréimhse iarchumarsáide an cheachta. Lena chois sin tugtar moltaí do mheasúnú agus d’úsáid neamhfhoirmiúil na Gaeilge le linn an lae ar scoil.

I leabhar na bpáistí tá gníomhaíochtaí oideachais. Leis na gníomhaíochtaí seo leagtar béim mhór ar an teanga. Is gné speisialta de leabhar na bpáistí an teanga don tuismitheoir/caomhnóir sna gníomhaíochtaí a bheith san áireamh sa leabhar.

“Úsáideann sé acmhainní nuálacha digiteacha chun cur chuige nua i leith foghlaim na Gaeilge a sholáthar.”

Tuairim a Ghiúiré:

Sonraí teagmhála: Martina Ní Fhátharta agus Seán de Brún, (Coláiste Muire gan Smál, Ollscoil Luimnigh), An Comhlacht Oideachais, Bóthar Bhaile an Mhóta, Baile Bhailcín, Baile Átha Cliath 12. Teil.: 061 204555 agus 061 204329 Ríomhphost: [email protected] agus [email protected] Suíomh gréasáin: www.mic.ul.ie/Gaeilge/Pages/BuanaCainte.aspx

Ar fheabhas. Tá na hacmhainní ar ardchaighdeán...Tá gné TFC go mór comhtháite sa tionscadal seo sa mhéid go mbaintear úsáid as an teicneolaíocht mar chur chuige éifeachtach teagaisc agus foghlama...Agus éagsúlacht theangeolaíoch i mbunscoileanna na hÉireann á tabhairt san áireamh d’fhéadfadh an tionscadal seo agus a chuid ábhar a bheith ina acmhainn iontach do thuismitheoirí nach bhfuil an Ghaeilge ar eolas acu...De bharr gur féidir é a aistriú chuig comhthéacsanna lasmuigh de shuíomh foirmiúil na scoile d’fhéadfaí an tionscadal seo a úsáid i réimse suíomhanna foghlama neamhfhoirmiúla.

Lingua-App

Lingua-App Teoranta

Edel Ní Arrachtáin has worked as a secondary school teacher for 19 years. She was awarded a first class Master’s degree in Nua-Ghaeilge from NUI Maynooth in 2012. During her studies she came up with the idea for an app that would assist the teaching and learning of the Irish language. With the help and support of the Professional Development Service for Teachers, An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta and Foras na Gaeilge, Lingua-App was developed for all mobile devices.

Lingua-App is a unique learning tool for teachers and students of the Irish language as well as being an excellent assistant for parents. Using the ‘Target Language’ learning method, the learner may focus on one language at a time.

There are three main sections in the app:

Topics: presents the user with keywords, using pictures and soundsGrammar: demystifies grammatical terms and tensesWritten language: puts the language into practice.

The sections are linked to grammar pages, making it easy to explore grammatical points within the context of the topic.

Although the idea of Lingua-App was initially developed to focus on school-based learning, Lingua-App’s mobility makes learning accessible, wherever the users find themselves. Teachers, students and parents alike are embracing iPad technology and are changing their approaches to learning.

To address the growing interest in Assessment for Learning and peer to peer learning, Lingua-App Teoranta has also produced a number of A3 posters and A4 ‘show cards’ to support the app in the classroom. The posters are laminated and have a plain back so as to become a reusable resource for group work. The back of the A4 ‘show card’ has a selection of commonly misspelt keywords

on it. These are also laminated to endure repeated use.

“Teachers, students and parents alike are embracing iPad technology...”

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Jury Comments:

The pupils liked it...It is innovative and there is nothing quite like it on the market. The pupils were really

motivated… It’s very well developed and there is no English on the app.

Contact details: Edel Ní Arrachtáin, Lingua-App Teoranta, 10 St Patrick’s Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

Tel: 087 282 5802 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lingua-app.ie

Lingua-App

Tá Edel Ní Arrachtáin ag obair mar mhúinteoir iarbhunscoile le 19 mbliana anuas. Bronnadh máistreacht céad onóracha sa Nua-Ghaeilge ó Ollscoil Mhaigh Nuad uirthi in 2012. Le linn di a bheith ag staidéar rith sé léi aip a chruthú a chabhródh le teagasc agus foghlaim na Gaeilge. Le cúnamh agus tacaíocht ón tSeirbhís Forbartha Gairmiúla do mhúinteoirí, An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta agus Foras na Gaeilge, forbraíodh Lingua-App do gach gaireas soghluaiste.

Uirlis foghlama uathúil do mhúinteoirí agus foghlaimeoirí na Gaeilge is ea Lingua-App. Lena chois sin is cúntóir den scoth do thuismitheoirí é. Agus é ag baint úsáide as an modh foghlama ‘Sprioctheanga’ is féidir leis an bhfoghlaimeoir díriú isteach ar theanga amháin sa turas.

Tá trí phríomhchuid san aip:

Ábhair: tugann sé eochairfhocail don úsáideoir trí phictiúir agus fuaimeanna a úsáid

Graiméar: baineann sé an mhistéir as téarmaí agus aimsirí gramadaíAn teanga scríofa: cuireann sé an teanga i ngníomh.

Tá na codanna nasctha le leathanaigh ghramadaí. Mar sin tá sé éasca pointí gramadaí a fhiosrú i gcomhthéacs an ábhair.

Cé gur forbraíodh smaoineamh an Lingua-App i dtús báire chun díriú isteach ar fhoghlaim atá bunaithe ar scoil cuireann soghluaisteacht Lingua-App an fhoghlaim ar fáil cibé áit a bhfuil an t-úsáideoir. Glacann idir mhúinteoirí, fhoghlaimeoirí is thuismitheoirí le teicneolaíocht an iPad agus tá a gcuid cur chuige i leith foghlama á n-athrú acu.

D’fhonn aghaidh a thabhairt ar an spéis i Measúnú d’Fhoghlaim agus foghlaim piara le piara atá ag fás i gcónaí, tá roinnt póstaeir agus ‘cártaí taispeána’ A3 agus A4 déanta ag Lingua-App chun tacú leis an aip sa seomra ranga. Tá na póstaeir lannaithe agus tá cúl bán acu i dtreo is gur féidir iad a athúsáid d’obair grúpa. Ar chúl an ‘cárta taispeána’ A4 tá rogha eochairfhocal a litrítear go mícheart go minic. Tá siadsan lannaithe chomh maith chun gur

féidir iad a athúsáid arís agus arís eile.

“Glacann idir mhúinteoirí, fhoghlaimeoirí is thuismitheoirí le teicneolaíocht an iPad”

Tuairim a Ghiúiré:

Ba bhreá leis na daltaí é...Tá sé nuálach agus níl a leithéid ar an margadh. Bhí na daltaí fíor-spreagtha...Tá

forbairt mhaith déanta air agus níl aon Bhéarla ar an aip.

Sonraí teagmhála: Edel Ní Arrachtáin, Lingua-App Teoranta, 10 Páirc Phádraig, Cluain Dolcáin, Baile Átha Cliath 22. Teil.: 087 282 5802 R-phost: [email protected] Suíomh gréasáin: www.lingua-app.ie

Hands in Motion

St Mary’s School for Deaf Girls

Enjoying music is no longer just an auditory experience for students in St. Mary’s School for Deaf Girls. At 8.45 every morning in the school, students with various levels of hearing loss (mild to profound/severe) in this unique choir learn music through Irish Sign Language (ISL) - listening, signing, dancing and singing to various songs in harmony.

Songs are translated into ISL and Signed English. Once the signs, lyrics, harmonies, rhythm, movement, facial expression and meaning/emotion are taught, the song is then filmed and available for all students on USB or DVD. hey are then responsible for their own learning at home. The choir has a large repertoire of music ranging from classical and liturgical to Irish traditional and modern music. This has enabled the choir to perform in many national and international musical events, from ‘Feel the Music’ at the Beethovenfest in Bonn, Germany to the ‘Saturday Night Show’ on RTE1.

The choir performs on a par with 2,000 hearing students in ‘Emmanuel’ each year for three nights in The Helix, Dublin.

Students from St Mary’s also teach sign language to Transition Year students in mainstream schools. ’4 Schools 1 Language’ is a unique project that involves 90 students (hearing and Deaf ) coming together to learn ISL and sign a song through ISL. The final film of the song is a true example of social inclusion, as a person watching would not know who is hearing and who is Deaf.

This choir has inspired other Deaf schools in Europe to start Deaf choirs as part of their extracurricular activities. Through ‘Feel the Music’, four Deaf schools merged to perform with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Fifty Deaf children joined together to sign traditional music of their countries in their native Sign Language, and one song in British Sign Language. St Mary’s School says, “It was a sight to behold, watching Deaf children exposed to classical music and performing in front of over 1,000 people who have never met a Deaf person before.”

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Jury Comments:

Very impressive...It gave the pupils confidence and recognition...Music is used as a bridge between the Deaf and

the hearing community...Pupils in the choir have different levels of ISL skills.

Contact details: Shirley Higgins, St Mary’s School for Deaf Girls, Cabra, Dublin 7.

Tel: 01 838 5359 Email: [email protected]

Website: www.stmarysdeafgirls.ie

Hands in Motion

Ní eispéireas cloisteála amháin a thuilleadh é taitneamh a bhaint as ceol, i gcás daltaí i Scoil Mhuire do Chailíní Bodhara. Gach maidin ar scoil ag a 8.45 foghlaimíonn daltaí ar a bhfuil leibhéil éagsúla laige éisteacha (idir éadrom agus trom/dian) sa chór fíorspeisialta seo an ceol trí Theanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann (ISL) a úsáid - éisteacht, comharthaíocht, rince agus amhránaíocht le hamhráin éagsúla, ag cur le chéile.

Aistrítear na hamhráin go ISL agus Béarla Comharthaithe. A luaithe agus atá na comharthaí, liricí, armóiní, rithim, gluaiseacht, gothaí gnúise agus brí/mothúcháin múinte cuirtear an t-amhrán ar scannán agus cuirtear ar fáil do gach dalta é ar USB nó ar DVD. Ansin bíonn siad freagrach as a gcuid foghlama féin sa bhaile. Tá stór mór ceoil ag an gcór ar a n-áirítear ábhar clasaiceach agus liotúirgeach chomh maith le ceol traidisiúnta Éireannach agus ceol nua-aimseartha. Chuir sin ar chumas an chóir taibhiú i go leor imeachtaí ceoil náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta, idir ‘Feel the Music’ ag an Beethovenfest i mBonn na Gearmáine agus ‘Seó Oíche Sathairn’ ar RTÉ1.

Cruthaíonn an cór ar aon chéim le 2,000 dalta a bhfuil éisteacht acu in ‘Emmanuel’ gach bliain ar feadh trí oíche sa Helix, Baile Átha Cliath.

Lena chois sin múineann daltaí ó Scoil Mhuire teanga chomharthaíochta do dhaltaí na hIdirbhliana i scoileanna príomhshrutha. Is tionscadal fíorspeisialta é ‘4 Schools 1 Language’ ina bhfuil 90 dalta rannpháirteach (idir dhaltaí ag a bhfuil cumas éisteachta agus dhaltaí bodhara). Tagann siad le chéile chun ISL a fhoghlaim agus amhrán a chomharthú trí ISL. Eiseamláir fhíormhaith de chuimsiú sóisialta is ea scannán deiridh an amhráin, mar ní bheadh a fhios ag duine atá ag féachaint air cé a bhfuil cumas éisteachta acu agus cé atá bodhar.

Tá spreagadh tugtha ag an gcór seo do scoileanna na mBodhar eile san Eoraip, chun cóir daoine Bodhara a dhéanamh mar chuid dá ngníomhaíochtaí eischuraclaim. Trí ‘Feel the Music’ tháinig ceithre scoil na mBodhar le chéile le Ceolfhoireann Aireagail Mahler. Tháinig caoga páiste Bodhara le chéile chun ceol traidisiúnta a dtíortha féin a chomharthú ina dTeanga Chomharthaíochta dhúchasach, agus amhráin amháin i dTeanga Chomharthaíochta na Breataine. Deir Scoil Mhuire “Ba iontach an radharc é na páistí Bodhara a fheiceáil agus iad nochta leis an gceol clasaiceach agus ag taibhiú os comhair breis is 1,000 duine nár bhuail le duine bodhar riamh roimhe.”

Tuairim a Ghiúiré:

Tá sé ag dul go mór i bhfeidhm orainn...Thug sé muinín agus aitheantas do na daltaí...úsáidtear an ceol mar

dhroichead idir na daoine Bodhara agus an bpobal a bhfuil éisteacht aige...Tá leibhéil éagsúla scileanna ISL

ag na daltaí sa chór.

Sonraí teagmhála: Shirley Higgins, Scoil Mhuire do Chailíní Bodhara An Chabrach, Baile Átha Cliath 7. Teil.: 01 8385359 R-phost: [email protected] Suíomh gréasáin: www.stmarysdeafgirls.ie

Learning a foreign language can increase the size of your brain. This is what Swedish scientists discovered when they used brain scans to monitor what happens when someone learns a second language. We know that people who speak more than one language fluently have better memories and are more cognitively creative and mentally flexible than monolinguals.

Canadian studies suggest that Alzheimer’s disease and the onset of dementia are diagnosed later for bilinguals than for monolinguals, meaning that knowing a second language can help us to stay cognitively healthy well into our later years.

Even more encouraging is that bilingual benefits still hold for those of us who do not learn our second languages as children. Edinburgh University researchers point out that “millions of people across the world acquire their second language later in life: in school, university, or work, or through migration or marriage.” Their results clearly show that knowing another language is advantageous, regardless of when you learn it.

Excerpt from ’What happens in the brain when you learn a language?’ by Alison Mackey, Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University and Lancaster University.

Language learning is a lifelong activity, something that can be taken up at any age, and is immediately beneficial. Our three Language Ambassadors of the Year are outstanding examples of individuals who promote languages and the many benefits of

language learning.

The winners of the Language Ambassador of the Year 2015 Award are:

• MaurizioPittau

• LoraineKavanagh

• Dr.JohnBoscoConama

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Language Ambassador of the Year 2015

Féadann foghlaim teanga iasachta toise d’inchinne a mhéadú. Fuair eolaithe ón tSualainn amach é seo nuair a bhaineadar úsáid as scanacháin inchinne chun monatóireacht a dhéanamh ar a dtarlaíonn nuair a fhoghlaimíonn duine an dara teanga. Tá a fhios againn go bhfuil cuimhne níos fearr ag daoine a bhfuil níos mó ná teanga amháin go líofa acu, agus go bhfuil siad níos cruthaithí ó thaobh cumas cognaíoch agus meabhrach de ná daoine nach bhfuil ach teanga amháin acu.

Tugann staidéir ó Cheanada le tuiscint go ndéantar galar Alzheimer agus tús an néaltraithe a dhiagnóisiú níos déanaí i ndaoine dátheangacha ná i ndaoine aonteangacha. Is ionann sin agus a rá go bhféadann an dara teanga cabhrú linn sláinte chognaíoch a chaomhnú go dtí go bhfuilimid dulta in aois.

Is ábhar misnigh níos mó é fós go dtéann buntáistí an dátheangachais chun tairbhe dóibh siúd fiú amháin nach bhfoghlaimíonn an dara teanga agus iad ina bpáistí. Taispeánann eolaithe ó Ollscoil Dhún Éideann go “sealbhaíonn na milliúin duine ar fud an domhain an dara teanga go déanach sa saol: ar scoil, ollscoil nó ag an obair, nó trí imirce nó pósadh.” Léiríonn a gcuid torthaí go soiléir go bhfuil buntáiste ag gabháil le teanga iasachta a bheith ar eolas ag duine, is cuma cathain ina shaol a fhoghlaimíonn sé é.

Sliocht as ‘What happens in the brain when you learn a language?’ le Alison Mackey, Ollamh le Teangeolaíocht ag Ollscoil Georgetown agus Ollscoil Lancaster.

Gníomhaíocht a leanann ar aghaidh ar feadh an tsaoil is ea foghlaim teanga. Is féidir tabhairt faoi in aois ar bith agus téann sé chun tairbhe don té a dhéanann é láithreach bonn. Is samplaí den scoth de dhaoine iad ár nAmbasadóirí Teanga na Bliana, a chuireann teangacha agus an iliomad tairbhe a ghabhann le foghlaim teanga chun cinn.

Is iad buaiteoirí an Ghradaim Ambasadóir Teanga na Bliana 2015 ná:

• MaurizioPittau

• LoraineKavanagh

• Dr.JohnBoscoConama

Ambasadóir Teanga na Bliana 2015

Maurizio Pittau is the founder of Radio Dublino, the first and only radio programme in Italian in Ireland. Maurizio was born and raised in Sardinia, Italy.

He holds a degree in Economics from the Università di Cagliari (Italy), a diploma in International Relations from the Italian Society for International Organization in Rome and a Master in Marketing and International Business from the MIP - School of Management, Politecnico di Milano.

During his university years, Maurizio was involved as a Marketing Executive with the international student organisation AIESEC and was President of the drama group Teatro Utopie. As a result of his involvement in drama, he published ’Drama as Utopia - Games, Role-plays and Drama Activities for Social Change’ in 1999.

Attracted by alternative ways of living, he spent a year travelling around eco-villages in Europe and in 2003 published ‘Economies without money - the local exchange trading systems in the market economy’, a book on economic systems based on non-monetary exchanges. After further experience in journalism and international cooperation projects in Italy and abroad, he moved to Ireland where he now works as a Marketing Manager.

In 2013, his interest in arts and culture led him to found Radio Dublino, a programme with the aim of encouraging integration of the Italian community in Dublin/Ireland and stimulating Irish speakers of Italian to keep up to date with Italian language and civilisation.

The programme also aims at being socially inclusive by encouraging the active involvement and participation of its audience, thus providing a platform where the audience can express their ideas, share projects or promote events. In his programme, Maurizio promotes Italian music, talks in Italian, and interviews Italians living in Ireland as well as Irish people who have a connection with Italy.

Radio Dublino also broadcasts news from the Irish community that may have little visibility in the mainstream media. It promotes local artists and cultural events, and gives both Italians and Irish an insight into their cultures from the perspective of Italians living abroad.

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Language Ambassador of the Year 2015

MaurizioPittau, Radio Dublino

Is é bunaitheoir Radio Dublino é Maurizio Pittau. Is é seo an chéad chlár raidió agus an t-aon chlár raidió as Iodáilis in Éirinn. Rugadh agus tógadh Maurizio i Sairdín na hIodáile. Tá céim aige san Eacnamaíocht ó Università di Cagliari (an Iodáil), dioplóma i gCaidreamh Idirnáisiúnta ón Chumann Iodálach um Eagraíocht Idirnáisiúnta sa Róimh agus Máistreacht i Margaíocht agus Gnó Idirnáisiúnta ón MIP - Scoil Bhainistíochta, Politecnico di Milano.

Agus é ar an ollscoil bhí baint ag Maurizio leis an eagraíocht idirnáisiúnta do mhic léinn AIESEC mar fheidhmí margaíochta agus bhí sé ina Uachtarán ar an ghrúpa drámaíochta Teatro Utopie. Mar thoradh ar a bheith rannpháirteach i ndrámaíocht d’fhoilsigh sé ‘Drama as Utopia - Games, Role-plays and Drama Activities for Social Change’ sa bhliain 1999.

Mheall slite beatha malartacha é agus dá bhrí sin chaith sé bliain ag taisteal chuig eicea-bhailte san Eoraip. Sa bhliain 2003 d’fhoilsigh sé ‘Economies without money - the local exchange trading systems in the market economy’. Leabhar é seo ar chórais eacnamaíocha atá bunaithe ar mhalartuithe neamh-airgeadúla. Tar éis dó tuilleadh taithí a chur ar an iriseoireacht agus ar thionscadail chomhoibrithe idirnáisiúnta san Iodáil agus thar lear bhog sé go hÉirinn, áit a bhfuil sé ag obair anois mar Bhainisteoir Margaíochta.

Sa bhliain 2013 ba é a shuim sna healaíona agus i gcultúr a spreag é chun Radio Dublino a chur ar bun agus an sprioc leis comhtháthú pobail na nÍodálach i mBaile Átha Cliath/Éire a spreagadh agus cainteoirí Éireannacha na hIodáilise a ghríosadh chun coinneáil bord ar bord le teanga agus sibhialtacht na hIodáile.

Lena chois sin tá i gceist leis an gclár a bheith cuimsitheach ar bhonn sóisialta trí rannpháirtíocht ghníomhach an lucht éisteachta a spreagadh, agus mar seo, ardán a chur ar fáil ar a gcuirtear ar chumas an lucht éisteachta a gcuid smaointe a chur in iúl, tionscadail a roinnt nó imeachtaí a chur chun cinn. Sa chlár seo cuireann Maurizio ceol Iodálach chun cinn, labhraíonn sé an Iodáilis, cuireann sé agallamh ar Iodálaigh a mhaireann in Éirinn agus ar daoine Éireannacha a bhfuil baint éigin acu leis an Iodáil.

Lena chois sin craolann Radio Dublino nuacht faoin bpobal in Éirinn nach bhfuil ach fíorbheagán infheictheacht acu, b’fhéidir, sna meáin phríomhshrutha. Cuireann sé ealaíontóirí áitiúla agus imeachtaí cultúrtha chun cinn, tugann sé léargas d’Iodálaigh agus d’Éireannaigh araon ar a gcultúir ó radharc Iodálach a mhaireann thar lear.

Ambasadóir Teanga na Bliana 2015

MaurizioPittau,Radio Dublino

Ambasadóir Teanga na Bliana 2015

Loraine studied at the University of Limerick and has a Bachelor Degree in European Studies and an M.A. in English Language Teaching. Her interest in teaching languages began when she worked in the Centre des Langues for Air France in Paris. Since 2004, Loraine has worked as a Lecturer in EFL on Shannon College’s undergraduate BBS/BComm programme in International Hotel Management, and on the preparatory NUI Certificate in English for Business and Hospitality.

While teaching on these courses and conversing with other colleagues in the language department, Loraine identified new opportunities to further promote languages within the college.

Loraine’s successful endeavours to engage language learners and promote languages include a Self-Access Multilingual Multimedia Centre, lunchtime beginner classes for students and staff, a foreign film club, and an active Facebook page ‘Languages at SCHM’.

The Self-Access Multilingual Multimedia Centre, while still in its infancy, has logged over 220 DVDs borrowings by students to

date. It also stores additional English resources in grammar and vocabulary, which are accessed by the Certificate students.

The lunchtime beginners’ classes have proven to be extremely popular with students and staff, and every year the classes are over-subscribed. Even though the foreign film club is a new initiative, it has attracted students to view films in unfamiliar languages. These students have said they like to attend in order to learn more about culture. The ‘Languages at SCHM’ Facebook page is gradually gaining in popularity and reaching a wide audience.

These diverse initiatives have greatly raised the profile and importance of language learning in Shannon College and brought learners of French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and English together in new and engaging ways.

LoraineKavanagh,ColáistenaSionnado Bhainistíocht Óstáin, Scoil de chuid OÉ Gaillimh

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Language Ambassador of the Year 2015

LoraineKavanagh,ShannonCollegeofHotelManagement, A School of NUI Galway

Rinne Loraine a cuid staidéir ag Ollscoil Luimnigh agus tá céim Bhaitsiléara sa Staidéar Eorpach agus Máistreacht i múineadh an Bhéarla aici. Thosaigh sí ar suim a chur i dteangacha nuair a bhí sí ag obair san Centre des Langues d’Air Fracne i bPáras. Ó 2004 tá Loraine ag obair mar léachtóir i mBéarla mar Theanga Iasachta (EFL) i gclár fochéime BBS/BComm i mBainistíocht Óstáin Idirnáisiúnta i gColáiste na Sionna agus ar an gcúrsa ullmhúcháin i dTeastas i mBéarla do Ghnó agus Fáilteachas de chuid OÉ.

Le linn di a bheith ag múineadh ar na cúrsaí seo agus ag caint agus ag comhrá le comh-mhúinteoirí eile i roinn na dteangacha d’aithin Loraine deiseanna nua chun teangacha a chur chun cinn tuilleadh laistigh den gcoláiste.

Ar na hiarrachtaí inar éirigh le Loraine foghlaimeoirí teanga a spreagadh agus teangacha a chur chun cinn áirítear Lárionad Ilmheáin Féin-rochtana, ranganna tosaitheora ag am lóin do mhic léinn agus baill foirne, club scannáin iasachta agus leathanach Facebook gníomhach dar teideal ‘Languages at SCHM’.

Cé nach bhfuil ach tús curtha leis an Lárionad Ilmheáin Féin-rochtana, tá breis is 220 iasacht DVDnna a rinne mic léinn logáilte aige go dtí seo. Lena chois sin coinnítear acmhainní Béarla breise faoi ghraiméar agus foclóir ann a ndéanann mic léinn Teastais rochtain air. Tá an-éileamh ar fad ó mhic léinn agus baill foirne ar na ranganna do thosaitheoirí ag am lóin agus bíonn níos mó daoine á lorg ná mar is féidir freastal orthu.

Cé gur tionscnamh nua é an club scannáin iasachta meallann sé mic léinn chun féachaint ar scannáin i dteangacha nach bhfuil ar eolas acu. Dúirt na mic léinn seo gur mhaith leo freastal air chun tuilleadh a fhoghlaim faoi chultúr. Tá éileamh ag teacht diaidh i ndiaidh ar an leathanach Facebook agus tá pobal mór á shroichint aige.

Mar thoradh ar na tionscnaimh éagsúla seo tá próifíl agus tábhacht foghlaim teangacha i gColáiste na Sionna ardaithe go mór agus tá sé tar éis foghlaimeoirí na Fraincise, na Gearmáinise, na Spáinnise, na Portaingéilise agus an Bhéarla a thabhairt le chéile i slite nua tarraingteacha.

Ambasadóir Teanga na Bliana 2015

Dr John Bosco Conama is a former Chairperson and an Honorary Secretary of the Irish Deaf Society. He has been involved in many committees and working groups, and has served as a Board member, sub-Committee member and advisor to various state bodies, committees, and NGOs, including AHEAD, Comhairle (now Citizens Information Board), the National Disability Authority , and the Sign Language Interpreting Service (SLIS).

Dr Conama was also the Chair of the Accreditation Panel for SLIS in 2006 and 2009, where he oversaw the evaluation of sign language interpreters in terms of quality, professionalism and ethical awareness.

He completed a doctorate in Equality Studies at University College Dublin in 2010. Dr Conama lectures at the Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College, Dublin. He was recently returned to the board of directors of the Irish Deaf Society.

Dr Conama has been heavily involved in promoting Irish Sign Language (ISL) for the last 25 years. He has played a central role in lobbying and campaigning to obtain legal status for ISL for the Deaf community within professional groups and academia, both

through his work as a researcher and as a lecturer to Deaf and hearing students.

He has been an advocate for the Deaf community to political representatives in the Dáil, Seanad and local authorities; to state bodies and NGOs; and to organisations in other countries. His work has been instrumental in raising the profile of ISL and its recognition as a distinct, living, rich and full language of Ireland.

His work in the Centre for Deaf Studies (CDS) has been groundbreaking. His list of publications forms a considerable portion of Ireland’s Deaf Studies literature, and his input to professional training programmes has ensured that language professionals working in and for the Deaf community are reflexive and ethically aware practitioners. So far close to 100 qualified ISL/English interpreters have graduated from the CDS.

Dr Conama has worked tirelessly in a voluntary capacity on many issues relating to ISL. His passion in the area of ISL recognition has reaped huge benefits for the Deaf community.

An Dr John Bosco Conama, Lárionad do Léann na mBodhar, Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath

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Language Ambassador of the Year 2015

Dr John Bosco Conama,Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin

Iarchathaoirleach agus Rúnaí Oinigh Cuman na mBodhar in Éirinn is ea an Dr John Bosco Conama. Bhí baint aige le mórán coistí agus grúpaí oibre agus d’fhóin sé mar bhall Boird, ball fochoiste agus comhairleoir do chomhlachtaí stáit éagsúla, coistí agus eagraíochtaí neamhrialtasacha lena n-áirítear AHEAD, Comhairle (ar a dtugtar an Bord Eolais do Shaoránaigh anois), an tÚdarás Náisiúnta Míchumais agus an tSeirbhís Ateangaireachta do Theanga Chomharthaíochta (SLIS).

De bhreis air seo bhí an Dr Conama ina chathaoirleach ar an bPainéal Creidiúnaithe de chuid SLIS in 2006 agus 2009, áit a ndearna sé maoirseacht ar mheasúnú ateangairí teanga comharthaíochta i dtaobh cáilíochta, gairmiúlachta agus feasachta eiticiúla.

Chríochnaigh sé dochtúireacht i Staidéar Comhionannais ag Coláiste Ollscoile Bhaile Átha Cliath in 2010. Tá sé ag léachtóireacht ag an Lárionad do Léann na mBodhar, Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath. Toghadh sé ar bhord stiúrthóirí Cumann na mBodhar in Éirinn le déanaí.

Tá Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann (ISL) á cur chun cinn ag an Dr Conama le 25 bliana anuas. Bhí ról tábhachtach aige i mbrústócaireacht agus feachtais d’fhonn stádas dlíthiúil do Theanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann a bhaint amach do phobal na mBodhar laistigh de ghrúpaí gairmiúla agus an lucht

acadúil, trína chuid oibre mar thaighdeoir agus mar léachtóir do mhic léinn bhodhra agus dóibh siúd a bhfuil éisteacht acu araon.

Bhí sé ina thacadóir do phobal na mBodhar le hionadaithe poiblí sa Dáil, sa Seanad agus in údaráis áitiúla; le comhlachtaí stáit agus eagraíochtaí neamhrialtasacha; agus le heagraíochtaí i dtíortha eile. Bhí a chuid oibre ina shiocair le próifíl agus aitheantas Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann a chur chun cinn mar theanga bheo shaibhir iomlán ar leith de chuid na hÉireann.

Tá obair cheannródaíoch déanta aige san Lárionad do Léann na mBodhar (CDS). Is cuid mhaith de litríocht na hÉireann ar Staidéar na mBodhar é liosta a chuid foilseachán agus tá an méid atá curtha aige le cláir oiliúna ghairmiúla ina chúis le gairmithe teanga atá ag obair i bpobal na mBodhar agus ar a shon a bheith ina gcleachtóirí frithluaileacha a bhfuil feasacht eiticiúil acu. Go dtí seo tá céim bainte amach ag 100 ateangaire cáilithe Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann/Béarla nach mór, ón Lárionad do Léann na mBodhar.

Tá obair dheonach déanta ag an Dr Conama gan stad gan staonadh ar mhórán saincheisteanna a bhaineann le Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann. Tá tairbhí ollmhóra do phobal na mBodhar bainte amach mar thoradh ar a dhíograis maidir le haitheantas do Theanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann.

Lá Eorpach na dTeangacha

At the initiative of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, the European Day of Languages has been celebrated on 26 September every year since 2001.

The day aims to:

• alertthepublictotheimportanceoflanguagelearning• increase awareness and appreciation of all the languages

spoken in Europe• encouragelifelonglanguagelearning.

Throughout Europe, 800 million Europeans represented in the Council of Europe’s 47 member states are encouraged to learn more languages, at any age, in and out of school. Linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent, and the Council of Europe promotes plurilingualism all over Europe.

On the day itself, a range of events are organised across Europe: activities for and with children, television and radio programmes, language classes and conferences. National authorities and the various partners are given a free hand to organise activities.

Léargas is Ireland’s National Relay for the European Day of Languages and every year we send out packs with posters, stickers, promotional materials and details of our competition.

Last year we held an ‘Afternoon Tea’ competition, where language learners were invited to create an afternoon tea and document it in the language they were learning. The winners, St. Mary’s College Co. Wicklow, had a Spanish Taster Experience in Cloughjordan House Cookery School.

This year, our competition is called “A Day in the Life of…”. It invites pupils, with the help of their language and history teachers, to choose a person from a period of history relating to the language they are learning and write a diary entry for them.

The winning entry will see pupils and teachers heading off to a chosen European capital to explore the links between languages and history. The closing date for entries is Friday 30 October 2015. For further details see www.leargas.ie/programmes/languages.

26 Meán Fómhair

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European Day of Languages

26 September

Is tionscnamh de chuid Chomhairle na hEorpa i Strasbourg é Lá Eorpach na dTeangacha a cheiliúrtar ar an 26 Meán Fómhair gach bliain é ó 2001.

Is iad na spriocanna atá leis an lá ná:

• aird an phobail a dhíriú ar an tábhacht atá le foghlaimteangacha

• feasacht agus léirthuiscint ar gach teanga a labhraítear sanEoraip a mhéadú

• foghlaimteangachaarfeadhantsaoilaspreagadh.

Ar fud na hEorpa spreagtar 800 milliún Eorpach a bhfuil ionadaíocht á déanamh orthu i 47 mballstát de chuid Chomhairle na hEorpa chun níos mó teangacha a fhoghlaim in aois ar bith, laistigh den scoil agus lasmuigh di. Uirlis is ea éagsúlacht teanga chun níos mó tuiscint idirchultúrtha a bhaint amach mar phríomhghné d’oidhreacht chultúrtha shaibhir ár n-ilchríche. Cuireann Comhairle na hEorpa ilteangachas chun cinn ar fud na hEorpa.

Ar an lá féin eagraítear réimse imeachtaí ar fud na hEorpa: gníomhaíochtaí do pháistí agus le páistí, cláir teilifíse agus raidió, ranganna teanga agus comhdhálacha. Fágtar faoi na húdaráis

náisiúnta agus na comhpháirtithe féin na gníomhaíochtaí a eagrú de réir mar is maith leo é.

Is é Léargas an eagraíocht Náisiúnta Athsheachadta do Lá Eorpach na dTeangacha. Gach bliain seolaimid amach pacáistí de phóstaeir, greamaitheoirí, ábhar bolscaireachta agus mionsonraí faoinár gcomórtas. An bhliain seo caite reáchtálamar comórtas ‘Tae um thráthnóna’. Tugadh cuireadh d’fhoghlaimeoirí teanga tae um thráthnóna a eagrú agus é a dhoiciméadú sa teanga a bhí á foghlaim acu. D’eagraigh na buaiteoirí, Coláiste Mhuire ó Cho. Chill Mhantáin, Eispéireas Blaiste Spáinneach i Scoil Chócaireachta Teach Chloch Shiurdáin.

Is é an teideal atá ar ár gcomórtas i mbliana ná “Lá i Saol....”. Tugtar cuireadh do dhaltaí duine ó thréimhse staire a roghnú le cúnamh a múinteoirí teanga agus staire, a bhaineann leis an teanga atá á foghlaim acu agus dialann a bhreacadh dó nó di. Taistealóidh na daltaí a chruthaíonn an iontráil bhuaiteach chuig príomhchathair Eorpach a roghnófar chun na naisc idir teangacha agus stair a thaiscéaladh. Is é an dáta deiridh d’iontrálacha ná Dé hAoine an 30 Deireadh Fómhair 2015. Tá tuilleadh eolais ag www.leargas.ie/programmes/languages.

The ECML is a Council of Europe institution based in Graz, Austria. In cooperation with the Council’s Language Policy Unit, the centre functions as a catalyst for reform in the teaching and learning of languages. It assists its stakeholders in member states in bringing language education policies and practices together.

The centre operates programmes in a four year cycle. The current programme ‘Learning through Languages 2012-2015’ is drawing to a close and the next programme will be ‘Languages at the Heart of Learning 2016-2019’. At the beginning of each programme experts are invited to submit project proposals. They can also submit applications to work on projects in specific areas of interest. Projects that are selected for the programme are given support from the ECML and hold their own workshops. These are opportunities to bring together experts in that area from each of the 33 member states.

The upcoming programme will cover:

• Inclusive,plurilingual,andinterculturaleducationinpractice• Language teacher education in digital literacy and in

innovative learning environments

• Pathways for learning: holistic approaches to learnerdevelopment

• Professionallearningcommunities• Teachereducationforearlylanguagelearning• Whole-school teacher cooperation for support in the

language(s) of schooling • Learningenvironmentswhereforeignlanguagesflourish• MovingtowardsaCommonEuropeanFrameworkof

Reference for language teachers.

There are National Contact Points in each of the member states and Léargas is the National Contact Point in Ireland. Information about upcoming events for the year, including workshops, are available on our website.Workshops provide training models for teacher educators, equipping them to train others within their institutions and networks, and spread examples of best practice. Anyone interested in applying for a particular workshop should contact Léargas.

In addition, the ECML offers six month traineeships to graduates and post-graduates.

ECML,Graz,AnOstair

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European Centre for Modern Languages

ECML,Graz,Austria

Institiúid de chuid Chomhairle na hEorpa is ea an tIonad Eorpach do Nuatheangacha (EMCL) atá bunaithe i nGraz na hOstaire. I gcomhar le hAonad Beartas Teanga na Comhairle feidhmíonn an tIonad mar spreagthóir d’athchóiriú ar mhúineadh agus foghlaim teangacha. Cabhraíonn sé lena chuid luchtanna leasa sna ballstáit chun beartais agus cleachtais oideachais teanga a thabhairt le chéile.

Tá cláir i dtimthriall ceithre bliana á n-oibriú ag an ionad. Tá an clár reatha, ‘Ag foghlaim trí Theangacha 2012-2015’ ag druidim chun deiridh agus is é teideal an chéad chláir eile ná ‘Teangacha i gcroílár na Foghlama 2016-2019’. Ag tosach gach cláir tugtar cuireadh do shaineolaithe tairiscintí tionscadail a chur isteach. Lena chois sin is féidir leo iarratais a chur isteach chun obair a dhéanamh ar thograí i sainréimsí spéise. Tugann an tIonad tacaíocht do na tioscadail a roghnaítear don gclár agus reáchtálann siad a gcuid ceardlanna féin. Deiseanna iad seo chun saineolaithe a thabhairt le chéile sa réimse seo ó gach ceann den 33 bhallstát.

Sa chlár atá amach romhainn tabharfar faoi na hábhair seo a leanas:

• Oideachas uileghabhálach ilteangach idirchultúrtha i mbuncleachtais

• Oideachasmúinteoir teanga i litearthacht dhigiteach agus idtimpeallachtaí foghlama nuálacha

• Cosáind’fhoghlaim:cuir chuige iomlánaíocha i leith forbairtan fhoghlaimeora

• Pobailfoghlamaghairimiúla• Oideachasmúinteoradoluathfhoghlaimteanga• Comhar múinteoirí scoile-uile ar mhaithe le tacaíocht sa

teanga/sna teangacha scolaíochta • Timpeallachtaí foghlama ina bhfuil teangacha iasachta

faoi bhláth • Ag bogadh i treo Comhchreatlach tagartha Eorpach do

mhúinteoirí teanga.

Tá Pointí Teagmhála Náisiunta i ngach ballstát agus is é Léargas an Pointe Teagmhála Náisiúnta in Éirinn. Tá eolas maidir le himeachtaí a bheidh ar siúl i rith na bliana ar nós ceardlanna, ar fáil ar ár suíomh gréasáin. I gceardlanna cuirtear múnlaí oiliúna ar fáil d’oiliúnóirí múinteora a chuireann ar a gcumas oiliúint a chur ar dhaoine eile laistigh dá n-institiúidí agus líonraí, agus samplaí agus barrchleachtas a scaipeadh. Ba chóir do dhuine ar bith ar suim leis/léi iarratas a chur isteach ar cheardlann ar leith teagmháil a dhéanamh le Léargas.

De bhreis air seo tairgeann an tIonad Eorpach do Nuatheangacha cúrsaí oiliúna sé mhí do chéimithe agus iarchéimithe.

An tIonad Eorpach do Nuatheangacha

Léargas

Léargas is a not-for-profit organisation that manages national and international programmes in education, youth and community work, and vocational education and training. It is wholly owned by the Department of Education and Skills and has been in operation for close to thirty years.

Our programmes focus on co-operation between communities and between countries, and aim to bring an international dimension to the work of education, training, and youth and community organisations.

As well as our language programmes, Léargas manages intercultural programmes such as Causeway and IAESTE, and is the National Agency for the European Commission funded

programme Erasmus+ (at all levels except Higher Education). The National Centre for Guidance in Education is also part of the Léargas network.

You can find out more about what we do by visiting the Léargas

website, or following us on Twitter or Facebook:

www.leargas.ie

www.twitter.com/Leargas

www.facebook.com/Leargas.Ireland

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Léargas

Eagraíocht neamhbhrabúis is ea Léargas a dhéanann bainistíocht ar chláir náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta san oideachas, obair óige agus pobail agus in oideachas agus oiliúint ghairme. Is leis an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna go huile agus go hiomlán é agus tá sé i mbun oibriúcháin le beagnach tríocha bliain anuas.

Tá ár gcuid clár dírithe ar chomhar idir pobail agus idir tíortha, agus déanann siad iarracht ar ghné idirnáisiúnta a thabhairt d’obair eagraíochtaí oideachais, oiliúna agus agus eagraíochtaí óige agus pobail.

Lasmuigh dár gcuid clár teanga déanann Léargas bainistíocht ar chláir idirchultúrtha ar nós Causeway agus IAESTE agus tá sé ina ghníomhaireacht Náisiunta don gClár Erasmus+ (ag gach

leibhéal seachas an t-Ardoideachas) atá á mhaoiniú ag Coimisiún na hEorpa. Baineann an Lárionad Náisiúnta um Threoir san Oideachas le líonra Léargas, chomh maith.

Tá tuilleadh eolais faoina bhfuil á dhéanamh againn ar fáil ar shúimh gréasáin Léargas nó lean sinn ar Twitter nó Facebook:

www.leargas.ie

www.twitter.com/Leargas

www.facebook.com/Leargas.Ireland