Gaelic 1A (CT0047)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : LLC-1-CT0047

An intensive beginners' course in Scottish Gaelic, providing tuition and practice in written and spoken Gaelic. A good deal of private work is needed to meet the requirements of this course.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : A pass in at least one modern foreign or classical language at SCE Higher Grade or equivalent evidence of proficiency

? Prohibited combinations : This course is not open to those having the qualifications for Gaelic 1B.

Variants

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

Gaelic 1A (VS1) (Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2))

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Celtic, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 5 hour(s) per week for 22 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
20/09/2005	17:00	18:00	Room G.02, 16-20 George Square	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	17:10	18:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : Monday at 5pm, plus four language practical hours at times to be arranged. Note that all course hours (including the Monday hour) will be fixed in week 1.

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 Scottish Gaelic and also to be able to participate in basic conversations.

Assessment Information

Weekly language exercises and other written assignments; one two-hour class exam at the end of semester 1. Class work 50%; degree exam 50%.

Exam times

Diet	Diet Month	Paper Code	Paper Name	Length
1ST	December	1	-	2 hour(s)
1ST	May	1	Paper 1	2 hour(s)
1ST	May	2	Paper 2	2 hour(s)
2ND	August	1	Paper 1	2 hour(s)
2ND	August	2	Paper 2	2 hour(s)