By now you should be registered for Fòram na Gàidhlig, and ready to get started on Gaelic 2012. This page contains a brief guide to how the Fòram works, and especially how you can use it to learn Gaelic in 2012. If you have any problems, or don't understand anything, please email gaelic2012info@gmail.com.
Fòram na Gàidhlig is actually a set of different forums for people who are interested in Gaelic learning. The main forum index page for Fòram na Gàidhlig as a whole is found at the following URL -
http://www.foramnagaidhlig.net/foram
This index page lists 14 different forums that members can participate in. You can read the various posts and messages without being logged in, but if you want to post something yourself, then you will need to log in first.
The forum that is most important for Gaelic 2012 members is the one called "Gaelic2012", which can also be found at the following URL -
http://www.foramnagaidhlig.net/foram/viewforum.php?f=31
To keep things simple, it is probably best if you start off by using the "Gaelic2012" forum to post questions and suggest new discussions. This will be the simplest way to meet other new learners, and then once you are familiar with the way the forum works you can head off and explore the other forums.
The Gaelic2012 forum is the main place where members of Gaelic 2012 come together to discuss learning Gaelic, post questions etc.
You will see two things when you go to this forum page -
It is the list of topics that is the important bit. Every topic is a discussion point that some member of the forum has started, in order to ask a question, or say something interesting interesting in 2012. You can either start new topics, or can reply to existing topics that someone else has started.
To get everyone started, please introduce yourself in the "Fàilte! Welcome new learners!" topic. Click on this topic, read through the replies that everyone else has posted, and then introduce yourself by clicking the "postreply" button. If you have any problems, email gaelic2012info@gmail.com and we can try and help you out.
The Gaelic2012 forum is your new best friend, as you set out to learn Gaelic in 2012. You can do two main things -
1. You can read and reply to topics that other members have started.
2. You can start off new topics yourself, by clicking the "newtopic" button. Feel free to start new topics on anything you like that is connected with learning Gaelic in 2012. If you have a question, then post a new topic about it, and sit back and wait for answers. If you have learned something interesting, then post a new topic about it, and sit back and find out what other members think.
One last thing - if you want to be automatically informed whenever someone posts a message to the Gaelic2012 forum, you can set up an RSS feed by clicking the "smartfeed" link at the top of the page. Alternatively, set up a digest by clicking on "user control panel" and then "digests".
Again, if you are having any problems, or are not sure how things work, please email gaelic2012info@gmail.com.