Module Identifier IR10710  
Module Title INTRODUCTION TO MODERN IRISH LANGUAGE 2  
Academic Year 2001/2002  
Co-ordinator Dr William Mahon  
Semester Semester 2  
Pre-Requisite IR10620 or equivalent standard  
Mutually Exclusive IR11220 , GC10720  
Course delivery Lecture   22 Hours  
Assessment Oral examination     20%  
  Continuous assessment   weekly/fortnightly assessments/tests   20%  
  Exam   2 Hours written   60%  
  Resit assessment   written exam   100%  

Brief description


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

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.