Undergraduate Course: Gaelic 1A (CELT08004)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type	Standard	Availability	Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 08 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Credits	40
Home subject area	Celtic	Other subject area	None
Course website	http://www.celtscot.ed.ac.uk/celtic_courses.htm#course_gaelic1a
Course description	An intensive beginners' course in Scottish Gaelic, providing tuition and practice in written and spoken Gaelic. A considerable amount of private work is needed to meet the requirements of this course. Students not intending to continue their study of Gaelic beyond the first year should normally enrol in U03776, Introduction to Gaelic Language and Culture.

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
Prospectus website	http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)						WebCT enabled: Yes		Quota: None
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Central	Lecture		1-22				11:10 - 12:00
Central	Lecture		1-22	11:10 - 12:00
Central	Lecture		1-22					11:10 - 12:00
Central	Lecture		1-22		11:10 - 12:00
Central	Lecture		1-22			11:10 - 12:00
First Class	Week 1, Monday, 11:10 - 12:00, Zone: Central. 27 George Square, Conference Room
Additional information	An additional language practical hour at a time to be arranged.

Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)						WebCT enabled: Yes		Quota: None
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Central	Lecture		1-11	11:10 - 12:00
Central	Lecture		1-11		11:10 - 12:00
Central	Lecture		1-11			11:10 - 12:00
Central	Lecture		1-11				11:10 - 12:00
Central	Lecture		1-11					11:10 - 12:00
First Class	Week 1, Monday, 11:10 - 12:00, Zone: Central. 27 George Square, Conference Room
Additional information	An additional language practical hour at a time to be arranged.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Gaelic 1A aims to give students with no previous knowledge of Scottish Gaelic a thorough grounding in written and spoken modern Scottish Gaelic by combining an active use of the language with an intellectual understanding of grammatical structure. By the end of the course, students may expect to have gained a good reading and writing knowledge of modern Scottish Gaelic and also to be able to participate in basic conversations.

Assessment Information
Weekly language exercises and other written assignments; Final exam (May) 40%; 6 class tests through the year 40%; oral testing (December) 10%; coursework through the year 10%.
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information

Special Arrangements
Not entered

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Wilson Mcleod Tel: (0131 6)50 3623 Email: w.mcleod@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Dr Christina Strauch Tel: (0131 6)50 3622 Email: c.a.strauch@ed.ac.uk