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Certificate of Achievement

Stephen O'Connell

has completed the following course:

Irish 102: An Introduction to Irish Language and Culture

Dublin City University

This second online course, provided an introduction, at beginner’s level, in Irish language and culture. The course covered a wide range of topics from learning about the origins of the language to the modern day use of the language. Learners learned about cultural activities and traditions. Learners covered topics to facilitate and to support them in basic interactions and conversations in Irish. Learners engaged in activities to demonstrate their language acquisition and cultural awareness.

4 weeks, 4 hours per week

Ciarán Mac Murchaidh

Professor of Irish

Dublin City University

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Engage with the Irish language through culture
  • Explore Irish script and the use of An Cló Gaelach in manuscripts and printed literature
  • Reflect on greetings and blessings in the Irish language
  • Describe the weather in its many forms
  • Explore the fusion of culture and language in the calendar, days of the week and seasons
  • Discuss what clothes you wear, food you eat and what you drink
  • Compare clothes and colours
  • Debate art as a product of language and culture
  • Describe the time and arrange to meet a friend

Syllabus

  • Introduction to the Irish language
  • An Cló Gaelach and Irish script
  • Greetings and blessings
  • Arranging to meet a friend
  • The weather and its many forms
  • The calendar, seasons, months of the year and days of the week
  • Traditional festivals and their Celtic roots
  • Numbers and telling the time
  • What you wear, clothes and colours
  • Food and drink
  • Art, culture and language

Issued on 14th December 2018

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Free online course:

Irish 102: An Introduction to Irish Language and Culture

Dublin City University