Good Irish Courses? Recommendations and experiences?

ChumpStain

Hey, I'm trying to go back and repeat my Irish leaving cert because I want to get into primary school teaching as a mature student in a year and a half.

Anyone done this before or even recommend a good place to learn. Just a night/weekend course in dublin and any advice on how to actually re-sit just Irish for the LC would be appreciated. Thanks.

KingLoser

Hey Chump. I think repeating the exam itself can be done by contacting the Government education body and paying the exam fees etc. You should be supplied a number and centre to sit the exam. Although I would ask around in some local secondary schools for advice on this.

Can't help you with the Dublin part I'm afraid, go n'eirí an t-ábh leat!

Múinteoir

Try Gael Linn.

alexanderomahon

Gaelchultur
http://www.gaelchultur.com/index.php?lang=en

Múinteoir

Conradh na Gaeilge as well. They have classes in Dublin city centre.

BoozyBabe

Hi there!

I'm sitting my LC exam in 3 weeks today!!!:eek:

I'm not from Dub, so can't say all the places you'll get to do the course, but I know the institute run one specifically for the LC exam. Pricey though.

There's also one in Crumlin. A lot more reasonalbe priced, if I remem correctly.

There were another few, but I can't remem where.
Some VEC's run them at night too, there should definitely be a few around Dublin.

You have to apply to sit the exam as an external candidate. Can do it online at www.examinations.ie.
Think this is done around nov, deadline was Jan, I think. You've to find your own place to sit the exam, i.e. ring up a school & ask permission from the principal.

TBH, although not good to say it, it's basically a test of your memory! Yes, you've to understand the Q's being asked, but apart from that, it's learn an answer off by heart & then spew it out onto your page.

I wish this wasn't the case, as I really like the language & want to become proficient in it, but that will have to come after my exam.

Hopefully it'll be worth it.

Best of luck

conchubhar1

tá cupla ceann i colaiste na hollscoile baile atha cliath freisin, sa samhradh

theres a couple in ucd aswell, in the summer

uch

Múinteoir wrote: »

Conradh na Gaeilge as well. They have classes in Dublin city centre.

I'd second this, i went back to these about five years ago with no Gaeilge as I was exempt in school through Dyslexia and am now doing a degree in Irish grammer in UCD

conchubhar1

i heard cnag were good


good luck with that- irish grammar is a bitch to master