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New Gaelic language school announced
(1 March 2007) - A NEW Gaelic language school based in Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Gaelic Academy (AGA), has been established. The new school will offer in-class and online courses in the Gaelic language and has a mission to increase the number of Gaelic speakers across the region. The AGA is a non-profit corporation and its executive is comprised of Angus MacLeod, President, of Goose Cove, Cape Breton, Michael Linkletter, Vice President, of Antigonish, N.S., and Bob Leonard, Treasurer, of Fredericton, N.B. "We created the Atlantic Gaelic Academy to bring this historic language to a whole new generation of interested students of the culture", said President MacLeod. "It's something we're very proud of and we look forward to serving many thousands of students of Gaelic in the years to come." The AGA will provide programs mainly for part-time students of the language and offer a unique structured approach to learning the language. It will conduct classes at specific locations and make live Gaelic-learning classes available to remote locations through computer technology. The school will offer a three-year program consisting of Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels with each level running from September through May of the following year. The program is designed to teach students to read, write, and speak Gaelic with 75 per cent of class time devoted to Gaelic conversation. CDs and online sound files by fluent speakers are available to students on a continuous basis, and students can study and speak the language together using the AGA's on line technology. President MacLeod is enthusiastic about the endeavor, "I am pleased to be associated with the AGA. I have conducted many Gaelic courses over the years and I find the AGA's program to be unique and designed to overcome many of the problems encountered by students in learning the language. Best of all, it has proven to be quite successful." The AGA's program is available throughout North America, and there are AGA representatives across Canada and the Northeast United States. Additional information is available on the AGA website at: www.gaelicacademy.ca. Angus MacLeod, President, at (902) 453-1503, Email: amacleod@gaelicacademy.ca |
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