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Silbo Gomero
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From Ireland

Living in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

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. 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. . .). 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.
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Colin O'Sullivan
91 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
it was another great lesson!
Student Tony Corcoran
Tony Corcoran
1 Gaelic (Irish) lesson
tá an múinteoir seo go híontach
Daniel LaPlante
11 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
As always, Patchy is a delight as a teacher. He gets you speaking, you aren't just taking a class you are actually speaking the language the entire time.
Fintan Garavan
5 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
Excellence dialect trainning
fergusjohnston
20 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
we have conversation lessons in Maigh Eo Irish, and Patchy uses total immersion. It is challenging, but always fun.
Patrese
81 Gaelic (Irish) lessons
Iontach uilig