Pitching up -- Phrasal verb - meaning to arrive .

Each of these lessons are based on a topic such as OUTSIDER art, NFTS or more general like the Ted talk on BLUE ZONES or tips for better PRESENTATIONS. 

This lesson is based on a mini documentary from The Guardian newspaper on how the Gaelic Athetlic Association \ GAA\ was the key to integrating new communities in a rural town in Ireland.

Objective – Discussing the culture of the GAA and how it has helped foreign nationals integrate into a rural community in the west of Ireland. 

Class duration – One hour sessions \ Number of students – 1 – 3 maximum

The majority of corrections are given in real time during the online class with notes taken and written in the CHAT option in Microsoft teams, google MEET or skype.

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LISTENING and SPEAKING -             

I came across this mini documentary shortly after populism had become a common word in the media. Defined as a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel disconnected to the political elite. There seemed to be a lot of contradiction to what is populist, either way at the time there seemed to be a lot of negativities about politics and society as a whole. 

I found this documentary UPLIFTING at a time when culture was expressed as something to be preserved like pickles in a jar and tradition something to be defended rather than celebrated. 

Pitching Up - YouTube

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Vocab -- social fabric, cross community, decimated, populism.