From IrelandLiving in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (21:39 UTC+00:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jul 6, 2017
I was born and raised in rural Ireland in the last century, in one of the few counties (Mayo) where, alongside native English, native Gaelic in its purest form was and is still spoken. In my twenties I decided to live abroad and learn some foreign languages, including coming here to the Canaries to learn their Whistled Speech, what you and many call Silbo Gomero, and I was soon a competent whistler of speech.
Me as a Teacher
I've been successfully learning, practising and teaching languages for many years, while keeping abreast of the latest studies on language acquisition (Stephen Krashen, Steve Kauffmann. . .).
My lessons & teaching style
After many years of teacher training (Higher Diploma in Education, in the National University of Ireland, Galway, also TEFL courses in Galway, and language training here in Spain), I also studied & still study all the old and new findings on acquisition of languages, implementing the relevant strategies into my classes, incorporating the concepts of comprehensible input and high motivation at every stage, always focusing on the students' wants and needs.
My teaching material
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191
Students
1,241
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5.0
Rating
191
Students
1241
Lessons
100%
Attendance
99%
Response
English Lessons
English
Gaelic (Irish)
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Trial Lesson
110 lessons completed
USD 16.00+
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186 Reviews
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English
Gaelic (Irish)
Raphaël Pinel
18 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
This is my 18th lesson with Patchy, and I can notice a big improvement in only 4 months since the first lesson. I've been taking a 30 min. lesson about every week. We are now having an already quite elaborate conversation about interesting topics in Gaelic, which is great! Absolutely worth it!
Mar 28, 2024
Maolra Mac Gearailt
31 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
Another fantastic lesson. Patchy also went the extra mile to help me with some work I'd been doing on a text, and we had a nice chat about it as always. Really enjoy my lessons and I always get a lot out of them.
Highly recommended doing lessons if you're serious about wanting to learn Irish properly!
Mar 25, 2024
Lizzie Gallagher
12 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
Iontach mar is iondúil
Mar 22, 2024
Maolra Mac Gearailt
31 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
Super lesson. Caught up on topics we discussed in our last lesson in a naturally, chatty way and I feel my ability to not only understand what was being said but to participate getting stronger and stronger.