Gaelchultúr’s EPV Courses on ranganna.com

This summer, why not earn your EPV days at your own pace with Gaelchultúr’s online, self-directed courses on Ranganna.com?

Our EPV courses are designed with busy primary school teachers like you in mind –flexible, practical, and fully online, so you can complete them anywhere, anytime. Whether you’re travelling, relaxing or juggling a busy family schedule, your professional development doesn’t have to wait. One of our EPV courses is worth 3 EPV days and if you take 3 courses with us you would be entitled to 5 EPV days. Not only that, but if you buy two courses with us, you will get the third one free.

How to Teach Irish Effectively in the Classroom

This online summer course, which is worth 3 EPV days, is aimed at primary school teachers who are interested in getting new ideas for teaching Irish in the classroom and who would like to learn about using the communicative approach in their teaching. In each module two sample lessons based on themes from the curriculum are presented and the emphasis in these lessons is on the communicative approach.

Practical Irish for Primary School Teachers - Junior and Senior Infants

This online summer course, which is worth 3 EPV days, is aimed at primary school teachers who are teaching junior and/or senior infants. It is suitable for teachers who don’t feel confident speaking Irish and who wish, therefore, to develop their skills in the language. The course is bilingual - each sentence in Irish is translated into English.

Practical Irish for Primary School Teachers - 1st and 2nd Class

This online summer course, which is worth 3 EPV days, is aimed at primary school teachers who are teaching 1st and/or 2nd class. The course is bilingual - each sentence in Irish is translated into English.

Practical Irish for Primary School Teachers - 3rd and 4th Class

This online summer course, which is worth 3 EPV days, is aimed at primary school teachers who are teaching 3rd and/or 4th class. It is suitable for teachers who don’t feel confident speaking Irish and who wish, therefore, to develop their skills in the language. The course is bilingual - each sentence in Irish is translated into English.

Practical Irish for Primary School Teachers - 5th and 6th Class

This online summer course, which is worth 3 EPV days, is aimed at primary school teachers who are teaching 5th and/or 6th class. It is suitable for teachers who don’t feel confident speaking Irish and who wish, therefore, to develop their skills in the language. The course is bilingual - each sentence in Irish is translated into English.

Communicative Resources for Irish Class

This online summer course, which is worth 3 EPV days, is aimed at primary school teachers who are teaching classes 3–6 and is based on Gníomhaíochtaí Gasta, a book of communication activities for primary school teachers. It is suitable for teachers who want to learn more about the principles and structure of communicative lessons.

Communicative Games for Irish Class

Accuracy in Irish (Basic) for Primary School Teachers

This online summer course, which is worth 3 EPV days, is aimed at those who have a reasonably good standard of spoken Irish but whose knowledge of the grammar of the language is limited. The emphasis is on aspects of the language that are not too complicated and that the participants will be able to learn without much difficulty.

Accuracy in Irish (Intermediate) for Primary School Teachers

This online summer course, which is worth 3 EPV days, is aimed at those with a good standard of spoken Irish who have a reasonable understanding of the grammar of the language. The focus is on aspects of grammar that are more challenging than those found in the Basic Course, including those that come up in class on a regular basis and with which both pupils and teachers have difficulties.

Accuracy in Irish (Advanced) for Primary School Teachers

This online summer course, which is worth 3 EPV days, is aimed at those with a very good standard of spoken and written Irish who have a reasonable understanding of the grammar of the language. The focus is on aspects of grammar that are more challenging than those found in the Intermediate Course, including core items that prove difficult for even advanced speakers of Irish to understand. The course will help teachers use more accurate grammar in their teaching and in other professional contexts.

Video Grammar Course for Primary School Teachers

This online summer course, which is worth 3 EPV days, is aimed at primary school teachers who wish to improve their knowledge of Irish language grammar and to learn effective new ways of teaching grammatical rules. It is suitable for teachers who don't feel confident when speaking or writing in Irish and who therefore wish to improve their language skills.