LANGUAGE
Improving Your Conversational Irish: 1
AUTUMN UN103
Wednesday
Tutor: Deirdre Moran
This course will use RTÉ's highly popular multimedia Irish language course, Turas Teanga, as its basis for improving your conversational Irish. The emphasis will be on developing speaking and listening skills that will be useful and reflect everyday usage. Each class will involve a mixture of listening, reading and oral exercises with the main emphasis being on speaking the language in a friendly and encouraging atmosphere. Grammar will be touched on but in the context of the spoken language. It is intended for those who studied Irish at school, but may have had few opportunities to use it in recent years.
We will cover basic topics, including family, pastimes, where we live, and also discuss more abstract topics like culture and politics which will give you the opportunity to build and develop your vocabulary and fluency. The class will be entirely interactive with all of the activities carried out in either groups or pairs. Our emphasis will be developing the ability to communicate.
Each week we will pick a subject and centre the class around the topic with relevant reading, vocabulary, and listening. Any relevant grammar will also be studied in a practical way. However, the main bulk of the class will be spent on discussion work where we will develop our communication skills in a friendly and encouraging environment.
| BELFIELD | ||
| 10 Wednesdays | Sep 26, Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 21, 28 | 7.30pm - 9.30pm |
| FEE €190 | Print Open Learning Application Form 2012.13 or ring (01) 716-7123 for Laser/credit card payment |
Tutor Details:
Deirdre Moran (MA) is a graduate of UCD. She has taught classes for Bord na Gaeilge and previously worked as a tutor in the Irish Department in UCD while studying for her MA Nua-Ghaeilge. She concentrates on conversational Irish and confidence building in her classes. Her main academic interest in the Irish language field is the study of Irish linguistics.
Provisional list of key topics to be covered:
- Family
- Your Area
- Pastimes
- Literature
- Travel
- Irish Language
- Politics
- Food & Drink
- Work
Who is the course for?
This course is for people who have studied Irish in school and are now out of practice. It is not suitable for absolute beginners. Also people who are already fluent may not find the class challenging or a suitable way to practice their language skills as it is aimed at an intermediate level.
