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Prepare for the Leaving Cert Oral Irish exam. Get practice speaking Irish. Take a "grind" via  |
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| Practise speaking Irish with a fluent experienced teacher. Avail of 1-2-1 live tuition via Get the terminology you need for your own oral-Irish topics and for the topics covered in the twenty sets of pictures from which the examiner will choose one and invite you to ask questions and engage in conversation based on them. |
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| Learn how to ask questions as well as answer them. Practise. |
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| How to enrol: |
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Fill out the [ form ] and pay the fee of €34.44* for a one hour-long session to be held at a time to be arranged to suit you and the teacher.
[ Pay the fee ] The fee is actually €28 plus VAT @ 23%
We'll immediately send you a receipt and an e-mail putting you in contact with a well-qualified, experienced teacher of Irish who will contact you to arrange a date and time for the first period of online tuition.
You can choose to take just one lesson initially on a trial basis. If you find this satisfactory you can enrol for a number of lessons at tiimes to be arranged.
To avail of this assistance you will need to have access to Skype.
Once the time and date have been agreed both of you should go online and call each other. Once contact has been made the session can commence. |
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| Content of lesson: |
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| The tutor will supply you with sample texts to help you get started. Audio files will also be supplied for such texts so that you can listen as you read. The teacher will talk and listen to you, answer your questions, help you with pronunciation, supply vocabulary, give you advice and ideas, and help you select and prepare topics of your own for the Leaving Cert exam in Irish via |
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| The content of the lesson will depend on the individual student's standard of Irish and requirements. |
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Where study of a short example of conversational Irish would be appropriate the teacher will send a copy of the text to the student as an e-mail attachment before the commencement of the lesson. Audio files will also be supplied.
In addition access will be given to the lessons and exercises on www.studybase.com/moodle and some of the grammar and composition lessons presented there can be made available for use if the student wishes between the face to face Skype lessons. |
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FAQ:
"What if I miss the lesson or log-in late?" |
| Once you agree a time with your designated teacher you expect that teacher to be present at that time. If the teacher were not available at the time arranged you would not be pleased.
Similarly if you do not log on for your lesson in time you cannot expect the teacher to continue the lesson beyond the scheduled time of completion due to your having been late. Other students may have booked the next hour of the teacher's schedule or the teacher may have other pressing private or family engagements.
Summary:
If the teacher cannot take the lesson at the agreed time you should be notified in advance and an alternative date and time arranged.
If you cannot take the lesson at the agreed time you should give at least a day's notice and ask to have the lesson re-scheduled.
If you do not give advance notice and miss the lesson or if you log-in late without good reason you may have to forego the fee paid. |
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| Safety and security: |
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| Parents are advised to sit in on and supervise lessons taken by younger students. Indeed if they wish to participate in the lesson -- taking part in an assisted conversation with the student for example -- they are more than welcome to do so. |
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| Webcam: |
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| While a short webcam session can be helpful in the initial stage of tuition it is not necessary to have a camera on all the time. It may use up bandwidth and cause one or other of the systems to stall. It may also distract from the work in progress. |
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