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11-15-2004, 08:53 AM
| | |  Harry Potter helps kids learn Irish!
Thanks to Wizardnews for the link to this article! Quote:
Teachers across the country are delving into an Irish edition of a best-selling Harry Potter book to attract schoolchildren to the language, it has emerged.
Booksellers have reported high sales of Harry Potter Agus An Orchloch, JK Rowling’s international first best-seller, to schools and Irish communities abroad.
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Muireann Ní Mhórain, of an Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (Council of Irish Education and Irish Schools), confirmed the “as Gaeilge” version had found its way into the classroom as a teaching aid.
“Teachers are always looking for current popular material in Irish as distinct from stuff that is outdated that they aren’t interested in,” she said.
“It is being used as a teaching aid for senior children in primary schools and junior classes in post-primary schools.
“It gives teachers an opportunity for jazzing up the language in the classroom.”
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The council, which highlights Irish language teaching resources, informed schools about the book.
She said the publication of the book had been warmly welcomed throughout the education sector.
The translator, Máire Nic Mhaoláin, spent about nine months working her magic on the original Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone.
One of the owners of Kenny’s Bookshop in Galway, Tom Kenny, said sales of the Irish language edition had hit the high hundreds since it was launched there last month.
Read the rest of the interesting article here.
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11-15-2004, 09:51 AM
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| | Red Cap
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: I am Lost
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coool!
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11-15-2004, 10:53 AM
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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lovely! when they translated it into Welsh i was over the moon! and it's great that kids are going to be learning irish, its an awesome launguage as well!
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11-15-2004, 03:02 PM
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| | Mooncalf
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Its so great! ...*tries to remember some Irish* ...Gah Lina where are you?
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11-15-2004, 03:05 PM
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| | Erumpent
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Cool . School childern can be attracted to education this way if the HP books be translated to other languages.(Well HP has been translated to many languages)
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11-15-2004, 03:57 PM
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lurking
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That's amazing! HP is a great learning tool, bringing it into the classroom to learn a language is really impressive. My brother has read the books both in English and French. Maybe I should too! 
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11-15-2004, 04:24 PM
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| | Gnome
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Behind you...
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Amazing!
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11-15-2004, 04:59 PM
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| | Gnome
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Malta
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Cool I wish they'd do that in Maltese
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11-15-2004, 05:34 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: London
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I used to do Irish in years 8,9 and 10. I failed it every year like and I didnt take it at GCSE level cause I continued with French instead (suprisingly im better at that even though I'm also crap at it). I used to hate the teacher also. But this year my French teacher left and I ended up with the Irish teacher for French (cause she also teaches French). I just so hate her and Irish! | |
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11-15-2004, 06:38 PM
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Virginia, USA
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awesome.
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11-15-2004, 10:23 PM
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| | Firecrab
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Hp helps with so much  ...my tying is so bad today, have to keep on going back to fix it  | |
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11-15-2004, 10:51 PM
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Liddypool
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I wish they'd offer Irish as a course in the US...I've never even heard anything in the language! But I love guys with Irish accents...they're hot.
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11-16-2004, 12:29 AM
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Jul 2004
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lol i wish i could speak another language. but im learning beginners spanish that should count for something  | |
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11-16-2004, 01:14 AM
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| | Murtlap
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: lost in a fantasy
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Originally Posted by potterxfan04 lol i wish i could speak another language. but im learning beginners spanish that should count for something me too! it's great that harry potter is nationwide. everyone everywhere knows his name! isn't that just amazing! lol
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11-16-2004, 10:37 AM
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| | Dugbog
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: far far away.... Perth, Australia
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YAY!  thast heaps good news. Irish was my best language......mos tlikely coz i was born in a gealtacht region .......but nnnnooooo... then we had to immigrant. Then i had to learn Italian. Stupid itialian......three years later and all i can say is 'ciao' HA!
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11-16-2004, 10:13 PM
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| | Streeler
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ireland
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Ta athas orm Harry Potter ag teacht amach i Gaeilge!!!! that means i'm so happy harry potter is coming out in irish!!! wel im Irish (obviously) nd im glad hp is coming out in irish cause it wil definatly help more kids learn it!! i suck at irish . ^^ dat was just easy stuff but i hav 2 do much MUCH harder stuff in my leaving cert exam, so im ****ed!!! still dead proud 2 be Irish!! (even tho i suck at da language nd hate learnin it!! haha) but there's only a certain percent that speak irish all the time in the whole of Ireland. they hav gaeltachts (Gaeltachts are irish schools you can go 2 in the summer and learn more irish. your not aloud speak a word of english cause if your caught u get kicked out nd after payin 300 euro 2 go, dat aint good!! but there's supossed 2 be only 1 or 2 classes of learnin a day, the rest you just hav a laugh nd play games nd stuff like dat. i've never been 2 one so i dont no wat else they do!) everybody else in Ireland just speaks english, but its our own sort of english, like the Aussie's hav der own english!! they speak english but not the same words nd stuff as the acctual english, ya get me!!? ok i'l shut up now!! just wanted 2 let ya no dat. | |
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11-17-2004, 03:43 PM
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Wow, Irish is a language? Well I speak Pittsburghese, now thats a fun language! Oh and Sean Connery(sp?) has a great accent, and I know that Scotland(?) but Irish people are cool too especially, ones who speak Irish cause that be hot. Am I being coherent?
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