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Giota Beag Learners' Panel
Articles01/03/2011
When the Irish language learners' series, Giota Beag, was first broadcast, its producer, Róisín Ní Chéileachair decided to bring a panel together and give them the task of undertaking the course. They were an interesting and strong group, of all ages, linguists and non-linguists amongst them eventually becoming known as the famous five! How did they get on? Listen below to the sound clips which first appeared as part of the Irish language radio programme Blas in the year 2000.
Week 1: Giota Beag’s Learners’ Panel
The Giota Beag learners’ panel meet for the first time. Their aim is to learn Irish by following the ‘Giota Beag’ course. From the Blas archive, first broadcast March 2000.
Week 2: Giota Beag’s Learners’ Panel
The panel comes together to practise what they’ve learned so far. From the Blas archive, first broadcast May 2000.
Week 3: Giota Beag’s Learners’ Panel
The final meeting. Everyone on the Learners’ panel makes a phone call to various well known Irish speakers show off the Irish they’ve learned. From the Blas archive first broadcast June 2000.
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