View Specification DocumentSgilean Canain 3 GAELIC4011
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Humanities
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
- Typically Offered: Runs Throughout Semesters 1 and 2
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
This course is designed to develop students' language skills in a variety of ways; through reading, translation, reviews and prècis; also through listening, debating and presentations.
Timetable
Two one-hour sessions per week over 20 weeks in both semesters as scheduled in MyCampus.
Requirements of Entry
Available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry into MA Honours Gaelic, and by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes.
Excluded Courses
none
Co-requisites
none
Assessment
The standard assessments for this course are:
■ Language Exercises (x5) 30%
■ Oral Presentation (10m) 10%
■ Oral examination (15m) 20%
■ Exam 40%
If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:
■ A recorded presentation as an alternative to the oral presentation.
■ Online oral language exam via video link with marker as alternative to oral examinations.
■ There is no alternative to the written assessments, but flexible deadlines or extra time can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions).
Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.
Main Assessment In: April/May
Course Aims
This course will provide the opportunity to:
--encourage students to take responsibility for developing their own Gaelic language skills - both written and oral - and to identify strategies for doing so.
--encourage students to read the Gaelic columns of newspapers, Gaelic periodicals and Gaelic websites on a regular basis.
--provide the opportunity for students to improve their written and spoken Gaelic.
--increase students' awareness of Gaelic usage.
--support students in becoming confident and articulate communicators in Gaelic
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
--communicate effectively, confidently and precisely in Gaelic, both orally and in writing, using a range of registers.
--accurately translate texts of a moderate level of difficulty into Gaelic.
--write pieces of sustained prose in Gaelic on a range of contemporary issues.
--deliver clear and informative oral presentations in Gaelic.
--correct and edit contemporary Gaelic texts.