Principal Instructors

Bob Burke

Irish Language

Bob learned Irish as a second language as an adult.  He has an interest in the ways in which adults learn a second language and is committed to teaching in a friendly non-threatening atmosphere using the communicative approach to language learning.  He has taught at immersion week-ends and week-long immersion programs in both the USA and Canada. Bob has attended various Irish language courses in Ireland and has a certificate, earned in Ireland, in teaching adult learners.  He has had articles published in ‘Comhar’ and in the on-line magazine ‘Beo.’  He has previously taught at Clark College, Vancouver, WA and at Portland Community College.  Since 2003 he has taught both Beginning and Intermediate Irish at Marylhurst U., just south of Portland, OR.