job interview

[kitty]

I have a job interview in local Naoínra next week My Gaeilge is very poor (4 and 5 year old standards) would anybody have any advice on an interview that I presume will be as Gaeilge.

[mhwombat]

Write out some very short "baby" sentences in Irish that you think you might use, and practice them. It's important that they be very short, because then when you're in the interview you can link them together as needed (with "agus", "ach", "dá bhrí sin", etc.). This will make your use of Irish sound much more natural.

For example, you might practice sentences such as:

I'm interested in this job.
I like kids.
I enjoy being around children.
I don't mind noise.

In the interview, you might join them together in a lot of different ways depending on the flow of conversation:

Oh yes, I'm very interested in this job. That's because I like kids. I enjoy being around children; I don't mind noise at all.

My other bit of advice is not to worry too much about mistakes, losing your train of thought, joining sentences together awkwardly, and so forth. We do that in English all the time. It's just that we tend not to notice it as much because we're not worried about our English skills!

[kitty]

Go raibh maith agat, your help is really appreciated must admit am getting myself in a knot thinking about it all. Have just been to my first Irish class after leaving doing my leaving 25 years ago, really enjoyed it and am shocked at how much I understand just a pity I cant say it all. Anyway will get working on your tips. Thanks again will let you know how I get on