Learning Outcomes:
1. deploy an extended vocabulary of the major word types
2. identify a wider range of the grammatical categories of Early Irish
3. translate more demanding sentences of adapted Early Irish
Introduction to Early Irish 2 (CCIV30100)
Curricular information is subject to change.
This Course builds on CCIV20110, and uses the same method to extend the student's command of vocabulary, word-forms and sentence-structure. Each unit deals with new vocabulary and a new grammatical concept, which are practised by means of translation of increasingly complex sentences.
About this Module
Student Effort Hours:
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Specified Learning Activities | 26 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
| Lectures | 24 |
| Total | 100 |
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures and grammar exercises.Please note that you must NOT submit contents generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies as part of your assignment, assessment or thesis submitted to this module or degree..
This falls in line with the ‘RED’ category of the College of A&H’s ‘AI traffic light’ system. Further information on the traffic light system is on the College AI Futures website.
Apart from contents directly generated by AI, uses of AI technologies in the following fields are also not permitted in any assignment, assessment or thesis:
Correction: Correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
Translation: Translate passages of text
Citation: Arrange references according to a particular citation style
Improvement: Improve the style and tone of writing
Feedback: Get feedback on drafts
Unpacking: Unpack an assignment prompt to better understand it
Brainstorming: Brainstorm a topic to gather a range of approaches
Planning: Generate a research plan
Structuring: Devise a structure for a piece of writing based on an abstract, introduction, or general ideas
Revision: Revise a piece of writing
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Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:Successful completion of CCIV30070 or equivalent.
Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:CCIV30070 - Introduction to Early Irish 1
Assessment Strategy
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Week 5 | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 25 |
No |
| 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. | Week 10 | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 25 |
No |
| 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. | Week 12, Week 14, Week 15 | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 50 |
No |
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
|---|---|
| Autumn | No |
Feedback Strategy/Strategies
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
How will my Feedback be Delivered?
Written feedback provided post-assessment.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Assoc Professor Fangzhe Qiu | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
| Spring | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 15:00 - 15:50 |
| Spring | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Tues 16:00 - 16:50 |