Motivation

Motivation is possibly the most influential factor in learning spoken Gaeilge.While motivation alone will not guarantee success, an unmotivated student is almost guaranteed to fail. Motivation is “a value and a desire for learning” and involves the students desire to participate in the learning process.

Pronunciation

Most learners find good pronunciation of a second language to be challenging. i.e.

1. Initial difficulties in pronouncing words / phrases / and sentences clearly enough to be understood.
2. Picking up isolated words when listening to the language but have difficulty understanding the flow of speech.
3. Native speakers having to speak especially slowly even though you can readily understand the same sentences when you read them.

Living the Language

It may be obvious, but the very best way to get better at Gaeilge is to speak it:

If your Goal is fluency then you must accept that we never finish studying any language.