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STUDENT LIFE-GAELIC

STUDENT LIFE-GAELIC. Gaelic Language Plan. GAELIC AROUND CAMPUS. The School of Education, MacRobert Building. The Sir Duncan Rice Library. Gaelic initiatives and activities. Gaelic Singing Circle Runs Fortnightly at lunch time Free Participate as/when you like

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STUDENT LIFE-GAELIC

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  1. STUDENT LIFE-GAELIC

  2. Gaelic Language Plan

  3. GAELIC AROUND CAMPUS The School of Education, MacRobert Building The Sir Duncan Rice Library

  4. Gaelic initiatives and activities • Gaelic Singing Circle • Runs Fortnightly at lunch time • Free • Participate as/when you like • You do not need to be a Gaelic-speaker • to participate • Led by a Gaelic-speaking member of • staff

  5. Gaelic initiatives and activities • Gaelic Conversation Circle • Runs Fortnightly at lunch time • Free • Participate as/when you like • Led by a Gaelic-speaking • member of staff • Have fun playing games • and practising Gaelic • in an informal, friendly • setting

  6. Gaelic initiatives and activities • Gaelic Common Room • Every Wednesday afternoon • Place for Gaelic-speakers to meet other speakers • Venue for a number of informal events organised by the common room manager (student)

  7. Gaelic initiatives and activities • Introduction to Gaelic Workshops • Free, held monthly • 1 hour workshop held over lunch • Learn more about the Gaelic • culture • Learn some Gaelic phrases • Learn more about the University’s • Gaelic Language Plan

  8. CELTIC SOCIETY • Active society that supports Gaelic and attracts many Gaelic-speakers • One of the University’s oldest societies • Regular Gaelic events like ‘FilmG’ night and a St Andrew’s Celebration • Regular traditional music sessions • Regularly uses Gaelic to communicate with members • Open to all

  9. UNIVERSITY EVENTS • Free Concerts- Music of the Gaeltacht, April 2014 • Public lectures about Gaelic • -related themes or delivered • bilingually • Examples: • March 2014, lecture on • Martin Martin • January 2014, lecture by Mary Ann Kennedy on the Gaelic Songs from Glasgow

  10. May festival Gaelic strand of events in the University’s annual Festival held over a weekend in May. Celebrates Gaelic through a variety of events like story-telling, music and film. In 2013 the strand included a special performance by Julie Fowlis.

  11. May festival

  12. Causeway/cabhsair Literary Magazine publishing poetry and short stories by new and established writers in all of the languages of Scotland and Ireland, including Gaelic. • Published by the University’s Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies

  13. CAREERS SUPPORT • Lunchtime talks with Gaelic agencies like BòrdnaGàidhlig and ComunnnaGàidhligto learn more about career opportunities, work placement schemes etc. • Gaelic Careers Materials and other resources • Gaelic Students Taking Active Roles Award (STAR) (launching 2014) • BP Student Tutoring Scheme- Get hands on classroom experience to help you decide if teaching is a career for you

  14. GAELIC IN ABERDEEN

  15. Find out what’s on

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