Celtic 161r. Continuing Advanced Modern Irish

Barbara Hillers
Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures
Harvard University

Course Description

A continuation of the fall term course, the class is designed to increase students' fluency and confidence in using Irish as a medium of spoken and written communication. Select new grammar topics will be studied, and regular writing assignments are designed to expand students' grasp of syntax and idiom. Students will be introduced to the main differences between the three main regional dialects and will read canonical texts in each of the dialects. Audio and audiovisual resources complement the literature.

Cuspóir an Chúrsa (Course Goals)

Ar aghaidh linn! Déanfaimid breithniú siar (review) ar chúrsaí gramadaí, agus foghlaimeoidh muid go leor rudaí nua chomh maith. Beidh muid ag obair ar an scríobhneoireacht agus ár gcuid cainte. Chomh maith le sin, gheobhaidh muid blas de litríócht na Gaeilge, idir obair an ranga agus léitheoireacht aonair ag baile. Agus ar ndóigh beidh muid ag foghlaim amhrán, seanfhocal, is ranna ón chultúr traidisiúnta.

Luacháil (Assessment)

Scrúdú deiridh : 30% (final exam)
Scrúdú meántéarma : 15% (midterm exam)
Scrúdú béil : 10% (oral exam)
Teisteanna : 10% (quizzes)
Obair ranga : 10% (participation)
Próiseactanna : 10% (projects: oral presentations, audio transcription etc.)
Prós : 15% (Irish composition: literature reviews, diary etc.)

Liosta Leabhar (Reading List)

Graiméir / Foclóirí: English Irish Dictionary, T. de Bhaldraithe. Gearrfhoclóir Gaeilge - Béarla, N. Ó Dónaill. New Irish Grammar, The Christian Brothers (1980).
Irish Regional Dialects: An Teanga Bheo: Studies of Ulster Irish (Gaeilge Uladh, D. Ó Baoill), Conemara Irish (Gaeilge Chonamara, S. Ó Murchú) and Kerry Irish (Corca Dhuibhne, D. Ó Sé).
Léitheoireacht Eile: Séamus Ó Grianna [`Máire'], Caisleáin Óir.
Peig Sayers, Machnamh Seanmhná.
Flann O'Brien, An Béal Bocht.
Pádraic Mac Piarais, Short Stories of Padraic Pearse (Dual language book).