Corker of a Class

I have come up with a new way to help my students speak in a more native way. TEFL is the acronym used for Teach English as a Foreign Language. No, I have come up with TCFL, which is “Teach Corkonian as a Foreign Language”. For those not in the know, people from County Cork in Ireland are called Corkonians. Their brand of English is a mix between singing and talking! Their speech inflects upwards and downwards and usually inflects upwards at the end of a sentence. I was telling the lads today in class about some different accents in Ireland, when I demonstrated the Cork accent, with “how are you?” When they all copied me, it was near-perfect, far more native-sounding than their normal English. So, I reckon I should teach in a Cork accent from now on.

On another note, I had to do a filler class for my Transportation class, since some one of the classes will be cancelled tomorrow. So, I Irished it up a bit by teaching them “The Fields of Athenry”. Proper order. Should’ve got them all pissed first.

I saw today that they have actually released a Gaelic Football game for the Playstation 2 called Gaelic Games Football! I remember wondering what a GAA game would be like but never actually thought someone would ever bother to make one. Well, an Aussie crowd called IR Gurus have done it! In all good game shops now!