Adult learners of Irish can now prove their proficiency in the language by taking the new TEG (Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge/The European Certificate in Irish) examinations, which are linked to the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework for Language Assessment.
At the moment, the exams are only being offered in Ireland (Maynooth, Donegal, Galway and Cork), which, unfortunately, means that foreign learners of Irish would have to travel to Ireland to sit the examination. As exams have to be held on the same day, perhaps the difficulty in holding the examinations abroad is one of logistics.
In any case, all six Greeks learning Irish in Athens are very interested in the exams and are very keen on taking them. As it costs €100 to sit the exam , surely the combined fees (€600) in this case would go most of the way of paying an examiner to come to Athens!
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