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Curricular information is subject to change
Learning Outcomes:
1. understand the orthography of Early Irish
2. deploy a simple basic vocabulary of nouns, verbs and prepositions
3. identify the basic grammatical terms used in the description of Early Irish
4. translate simple sentences from Early Irish into English
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 26 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Exam (In-person): In-class 30 min closed-book test: 1. translating Old Irish sentences and parsing each word grammatically; 2. identify the dictionary headword of inflected forms. | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 25 |
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Exam (Open Book): 2-hour open-book exam in the form of a Brightspace quiz. Students are given 8 Old Irish sentences adapted from real Old Irish texts. | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Students will receive written feedback on completion of assignment.
Name | Role |
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Dr Roisin McLaughlin | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Fangzhe Qiu | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Joseph Simpson | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |