The Irish Language & Culture: An Engaging Workshop for the Workplace
Description
This interactive Irish Language & Culture Workshop has been designed to introduce participants to the richness of the Irish language and its culture within their workplace. In an inclusive and welcoming environment, the workshop promotes cultural awareness, celebrates linguistic diversity and encourages participants to connect, or reconnect, with Ireland’s native language.
Delivered over two hours, the workshop is suitable for complete beginners and those with some knowledge of the language and offers a relaxed, engaging introduction to the language, its history, and its integral role in contemporary Ireland.
In recognition of the Irish language’s growing status — in particular, with the implementation of the Official Languages Acts 2003 and 2021 — this workshop highlights the language’s relevance today and provides practical tools for staff wishing to incorporate Irish into their daily work.
All participants also receive a 3-month subscription (worth €45) to Gaelchultúr’s e-learning platform, Ranganna.com, enabling independent learning and continued practice after the workshop.
Workshop Aims
- To promote cultural awareness and inclusivity.
- To introduce, or reintroduce, participants to Irish in a positive, accessible and enjoyable way.
- To provide practical Irish phrases for workplace communication.
- To encourage continued language learning by sharing digital learning tools.
Workshop Content
The 2-hour workshop focuses on the following three aspects of the Irish language:1. Irish-Language History, Culture & Identity
An engaging overview of the Irish language’s rich heritage, revival and global recognition. Participants gain insight into the history, culture and identity associated with Ireland’s native language.
2. Irish in the Workplace
Practical guidance on incorporating Irish into daily communication — including greeting people, email signoffs and customer interactions. This section is mindful of multicultural teams and includes correct pronunciation of Irish names, placenames and common terminology.
3. Irish as a Living Language
An exploration of Irish as a living, vibrant language spoken by over 1.8 million people. Participants are introduced to online Irish-language tools and Irish-language media and are given the opportunity to practise everyday phrases in small groups.
Workshop Structure
- Duration: 2 hours
- Format: Interactive presentation, guided discussion, practical language activities and small group conversations
- Resources included: 3-month access to Gaelchultúr’s e-learning platform, ranganna.com (worth €45 per participant) and a digital handbook with workshop content
- Delivery: Online
For further information or to organise this workshop for your organisation, please contact fios@gaelchultur.com.
Our teaching approach
Gaelchultúr has developed comprehensive syllabuses and every class at every level follows these syllabuses.
The communicative approach to language teaching is used by Gaelchultúr’s teachers, giving learners the opportunity to play an active part in each class.
A strong emphasis is placed on group and pair work and learners therefore have a chance to practise what they’ve been taught. The main focus is on speaking and listening in all classes (with the exception of Cruinneas sa Ghaeilge), but reading and writing activities also feature.
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Terms and Conditions
- Course fees may be refunded in full to a learner up to five working days prior to the commencement of the course. The refund must by requested by contacting Gaelchultúr’s staff by email or by phone. (Our contact details can be found here.)
- If, following the first class, the student decides that he/she would like to discontinue the course, 60% of the total fee will be refunded to him/her. Thereafter, no refund will be made to the student.
- Gaelchultúr Teoranta has the right to cancel a class or to amalgamate classes.
- If it is necessary to cancel a class, every effort will be made to place the participants in another class or to register them for an online course. A full refund will be made to the customer if these options do not suit him/her.
- A student may defer his/her registration only once. If he/she wishes to defer registration, he/she must notify Gaelchultúr’s staff of this by week three of the course. No refund will be made to the student if he/she does not accept a place on the next course he/she is due to attend.
- Gaelchultúr will accept no responsibility in the event that a student registers at the wrong level. We advise our students to do our online Irish test or to seek our advice to ensure that they are undertaking the correct level.
- If a student wants to move to another level, we cannot guarantee that a space will be available for him/her at that level. Should a space be available, Gaelchultúr will charge a €10 administration fee for making the change. A change may only be made to another level following the first class.
- Course fees must be paid in full prior to commencement of the course. Attendance on a course is subject to full payment of fees.
- Every student must abide by our Code of Conduct when attending a course with us.
- People under 18 years of age are not permitted to attend courses other than those specified as being suitable for those under 18 years of age. Our Child Protection Statement can be found here.
