#staying connected

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13. How has language learning connected you with others this year?

This year I think it was less about getting connected and more about staying connected in the post-/still-Covid period. I kept contact with my Irish peers via weekly crinniú meetings on Skype in Irish (Gaeilge), joined an online class (where my first ever Irish teacher happened to be a student), and although I couldn't visit the Gaeltacht or the Coláiste in person, a letter I wrote to my friends, classmates and teachers was shared one day at tea.

14. What are you most proud of for accomplishing this year regarding language learning?

Hm. So! I had an idea.

If any of the ‘moot family’ has Snapchat- and is comfortable giving it out- I think it would be really cool to make a groupchat on there so we can 1. all talk together and 2. stop bombarding Tumblr with our hellchats.

Tagging the known members! (Sorry if I missed anyone!)

@tick-tick-moo @spn-and-chill @how-the-feathers-have-fallen @a-dot-hammy @mrs-winchester-riddle @final-girl-cas