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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : Celtic

Postgraduate Course: Elementary Gaelic for Postgraduates (CELT08020)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
Taught in Gaelic?Yes
SummaryThis course aims to give postgraduate students with no previous knowledge of Scottish Gaelic a grounding in written and spoken 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 basic reading and writing knowledge of Scottish Gaelic as well as basic oral ability.
Course description Students are provided with an introduction to the grammatical structure of modern Scottish Gaelic as well as idiom and vocabulary. Classes are interactive, requiring a high degree of participation from students. The course is intensive and demanding and as such requires much private study.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. read and comprehend simple texts in Scottish Gaelic
  2. write simple texts in Scottish Gaelic on a range of everyday themes
  3. demonstrate comprehension of spoken Scottish Gaelic and respond idiomatically and fluently to a range of questions
  4. demonstrate competence in speaking Scottish Gaelic, using a range of familiar expressions and phrases correctly and fluently
  5. demonstrate understanding of the phonological and grammatical structure of Scottish Gaelic.
Reading List
Byrne, Michel. Gràmar na Gàidhlig (Stòrlann Nàiseanta na Gàidhlig).
Ó Maolalaigh, Roibeard. Scottish Gaelic in Twelve Weeks (Birlinn)
Robertson, Boyd and MacDonald, Ian. The Essential Gaelic Dictionary (Teach Yourself Books
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills The course builds students' linguistic skills, including related cognitive and learning skills.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Wilson McLeod
Tel: (0131 6)50 3623
Email: w.mcleod@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Charlotte McLean
Tel: (0131 6)50 4114
Email: cmclean9@exseed.ed.ac.uk
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