BunGhaeilge available as smart phone app
May 14, 2013
Forbairt Naíonraí Teoranta will launch their new app ‘BunGhaeilge’ this Wednesday, 15 May 2013.
This app has taken a year to develop and FNT, an organisation which supports education through Irish, aims to provide families who wish to speak ‘cúpla focal’ on a daily with a reliable and easy to use learning resource.
The phrases are divided into different categories including ‘Ar maidin’ (In the morning), ‘Sa Siopa’ (In the Shop), ‘Sa ghairdín’ (In the garden), as is laid out in the phrase book on which the app is based, ‘BunGhaeilge do Thuismitheoirí agus Feighlithe Leanaí’.
The app enables learners to listen to the pronunciation of the phrases and then to repeat them aloud, an aspect which would be suitable for all learners of the Irish language, not just families. Phonetically, the first version of the app will be published in the ‘caighdeán’ but a later version will be available in other Gaeltacht dialects.
The app stands as a significant development in the use of technology to promote the Irish language and it is hoped that the app will help families all over the world to pass on the language to the next generation.
BunGhaeilge will be available to download for free, from 15 May on Android and from the start of next month on iPhones.
Foilsithe ar Gaelport.com
