Launch of Manx Gaelic app (Learn Manx) on Googleplay and iStore in 2014. The App is based on our successful adult language course and is aimed at beginners and those wanting a refresher in the language.
 
Designed to encourage learners to speak, the first ten units provide you with the basic patterns needed to start using the language with the exercises and dialogues helping students to become familiar with conversational Manx.
 
It was felt that there was a lack of modern material available in the language and certainly no App technology. Many learners can’t attend classes and so this supports those learning alone. It was also felt that an App would go some way to changing people’s perceptions that the language is a thing of the past and not relevant to modern day life.
 
The App will benefit anyone wishing to start using Manx as well as those who understand some of the language but who would like to refresh their language skills. With its voice-recording and playback function, the exercises encourage you to speak the language by answering questions orally and comparing your answers to model responses.
 
The revision lessons that accompany the course use the Isle of Man TT Races as a key theme and help to develop language skills in an enjoyable and humorous way.