Irish 106: An Introduction to Irish Language and Culture (FutureLearn)

Irish 106: An Introduction to Irish Language and Culture (FutureLearn)

Delve deeper into Irish language and culture. You’ll explore past and future tenses - plus new subjects, like food and drink. Immerse yourself in one of Europe’s oldest living languages. This course is an excellent opportunity for you to further expand your knowledge of Irish language and culture.

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Building upon Irish 105, you’ll recap what you’ve learnt on our previous beginner courses, before moving to new subjects - such as work, food and drink, and the weekend.
By the end of the course, you’ll have progressed your language skills further and you will be familiar with past and future tenses. You’ll also delve deeper into Irish’s cultural context and its relevance to modern Irish life.

Syllabus

Week 1: Mo Phost/My Job
Week 2: An Deireadh Seachtaine/The Weekend
Week 3: Bia agus Deoch/Food and Drink
Week 4: Sláinte/Health

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

  • Engage with the Irish language through culture
  • Explain simple aspects regarding your occupation and work related topics
  • Describe your weekend activities whilst conversing and answering questions
  • Compare and discuss aspects regarding food and drink in social situations
  • Apply and use grammatical concepts in context
  • Develop your spoken skills using the past and future tenses
  • Explore Irish mythology, poetry, music and song
  • Discuss general topics relating to health and illness and how they impact you
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