Module Identifier IR10710  
Module Title INTRODUCTION TO MODERN IRISH LANGUAGE 2  
Academic Year 2007/2008  
Co-ordinator Dr William J Mahon  
Semester Semester 2  
Mutually Exclusive GC10720 , IR11220  
Course delivery Lecture   22 Hours.  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Exam2 Hours written60%
Semester Assessment Oral Examination:  20%
Semester Assessment Continuous Assessment: weekly/fortnightly assessments/tests  20%
Supplementary Assessment written exam  100%

Learning outcomes

On successfully completing this module:

1. You will be able to use the noun in the genitive case.
2. You will be able to use the personal forms of the preposition.
3. You will be able to use the Irish verb 'to be' in the present habitual, future, and conditional tenses.
4. You will be able to use the regular and irregular verbs in the present habitual, future, and conditional tenses.
5. You will be able to use the comparative degrees of the adjective.
6. You will be able to hold a more extended conversation in Irish using the above-mentioned grammatical and syntactical points.
7. You will know something about the oral literary tradition (e.g. songs, rhymes, anecdotes) of the Gaeltacht.


Brief description

Introduction to spoken and written Irish for complete beginners, building on IR10620.

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4