Newsletter #28: September 2014

Fáilte!

There’s plenty of information in this month’s edition of Nuachtlitir Ghaelchultúir about events run by the company itself and by other organisations. So whether you’re looking for a language course or an Irish language hobby, you’ll find all the best advice here.

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Job opportunities still available for those with advanced Irish language skills

Although there aren’t as many job opportunities available in the translation sector these days, Coláiste na hÉireann/Gaelchultúr’s Éamonn Ó Dónaill believes that the college’s Postgraduate Diploma in Translation is well worth doing as it teaches high-level language skills.

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Get back into Irish with Gaelchultúr's evening classes

At this time of the year, with students returning to school, memories of our own school days spring to mind. If you’d like to reconnect with Irish, and if you’re hungry for knowledge and fun, drop into a free event called A Taste of Irish which Gaelchultúr will be organising shortly.

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The Certificate in Professional Irish going from strength to strength

Learning online, in the classroom or in your own office … The Certificate in Professional Irish available at three different levels this autumn.

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Amhrán na míosa: Níl ’na lá

“Song of the month” aims to encourage the readers of this newsletter to learn songs in Irish and sing them themselves.

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Full-time position as Academic Administrator with Gaelchultúr

There is a full-time position available in Gaelchultúr that is suitable for candidates who have a high standard of written and spoken Irish and experience of administrative work.

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Online courses for primary teachers available during the school year

Nearly a thousand primary school teachers from every corner of Ireland undertook the online EPV courses provided by Gaelchultúr in July and August and those courses are being made available again during the school year.

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New videos added to the Fís agus Foghlaim series

Seven brand new videos from the Fís agus Foghlaim series, which aims to make learning Irish language grammar more interactive and fun, are now available online.

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Intensive course for those driven to distraction by grammar!

Gaelchultúr has been running its Intensive Preparatory Course in Written Irish since 2010 and the programme is still in great demand. The course is suitable for people working through the medium of Irish and those looking for a good position in the Irish language sector – not to mention those of you who fret about grammatical accuracy!

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Gaelchultúr offering drama courses for the first time

This autumn, for the first time, Gaelchultúr is offering two drama courses aimed at those who would like to improve their spoken Irish in a fun and interactive way.

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A new ClubLeabhar.com series begins

From short stories to novels, home-grown writing to stories from far-flung corners of the world, ClubLeabhar.com has chosen a compelling mixture of books for the first part of the 2014-2015 series.

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Irish language events: Culture Night

If you’re feeling down as winter approaches and looking for something fun to do in the weeks ahead, come along one of the wonderful events being held as part of Culture Night 2014.

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Deal of the month 1 (ranganna.com)

You’ll get a free one-month subscription to a course on ranganna.com if you purchase one of Gaelchultúr’s publications for adult learners on siopa.ie!

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Deal of the month 2 (siopa.ie)

Three language teaching resources, produced by Gaelchultúr and aimed at primary school teachers, can be bought together at a reduced rate on siopa.ie this month.

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Competition

A one-year subscription to any course on rangann.com to be won this month!

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Winners of the July competition

Congratulations to the winners of the July competition!

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Link of the month: sloinne.ie

The sloinne.ie website, which contains the Irish language versions of hundreds of English language surnames, is an extremely useful resource – for school teachers, for example.

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Fulbright Awards for the 2015–2016 academic year

Each year, the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship Awards are granted to Irish or European Union citizens to allow them to teach Irish in the US for ten months.

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Important dates

A list of important dates relating to events being run by Gaelchultúr and by other organisations.

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