Minister O’Keeffe and Des Bishop launch new website to teach Irish [education.ie]
- Published: 02 February 2010
The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD, today (Monday) launched an interactive website to improve teaching and learning of spoken Irish in post-primary schools in a move backed by popular comedian Des Bishop.
Abair Leat! is a virtual online language laboratory in which students can improve their Irish by interacting over the internet with native Irish speakers.
Students can use the website to listen to native Irish speakers, record their own material in Irish and undertake self-correcting exercises.
Teachers can assess students' work on the website and give spoken feedback online or written feedback by email.
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