VerbCast started of in the summer of 2005. Partners in Excellence (PiE), in North Ayrshire, Argyll and Bute and East Ayrshire, ran a four-week project to help a group of 15 to 17-year-olds become confident in the present, perfect, imperfect and future tense of regular and irregular verbs.

Each of the 20 episodes lasts around 15 minutes and concentrates on one verb. They use relaxation techniques, music and examples of the verbs in context to allow the students to maximise their learning time and visualise the formation of French verbs.

Every week the students took an online test as a way of self-assessment.

The learner is encouraged to switch off, close there eyes and relax completely so that you are in the best possible learning environment. The programmes use alternative learning techniques involving relaxation and visualisation.

It is hoped to apply these method when I start doing my own podcast as gaeilge.