August 2021 - 3rd update. A Gàidhlig Gu Leòr padlet with links to slides (pdf) for all the videos is here: https://padlet.com/gaidhligguleor/esgoiln5
March 2020 - 2nd update. Links below added for the 21 lessons posted on YouTube by Gàidhlig Gu Leòr. At the bottom of the list is the video called "How to nail the National 5 Gaelic (Learners) Writing Exam and Assignment". I like this one because it includes a "Grammar Grid".
The Grammar Grid is summary tables for the grammar topics that Gaelic learners should be familiar with if they are taking this exam in Scotland. It is also useful for people outside of Scotland. I made screenshots of each portion of the grid and ask myself whether I can describe each category and its topics, and then write sentences that illustrate each topic. The video also includes information on how the testing works, sample topics for the required writing, and some sentence patterns that are important to know. So the next question is whether I can write whole paragraphs that might be worth high marks if I were in Scotland myself. I haven't gotten that far yet.
September 2019 - There is a new set of Scottish Gaelic videos for learners on YouTube by Gàidhlig Gu Leòr. Gàidhlig Gu Leòr has previously posted short, funny videos on Scottish Gaelic vocabulary and topics. Each of the new videos is about 20-30 minutes long. In each video, the title topic is covered in detail with information for how to talk about the topic, describe yourself, friends, and family, and have short conversations (for example, about the weather). The narration is in English and the Gaelic vocabulary used has an English translation included. The videos include stopping points to answer questions, write a short paragraph about the topic, or translation practice. Follow-up slides with answers are then shown. Keep checking back to the Gàidhlig Gu Leòr main page for new videos as they are posted.
The Grammar Grid is summary tables for the grammar topics that Gaelic learners should be familiar with if they are taking this exam in Scotland. It is also useful for people outside of Scotland. I made screenshots of each portion of the grid and ask myself whether I can describe each category and its topics, and then write sentences that illustrate each topic. The video also includes information on how the testing works, sample topics for the required writing, and some sentence patterns that are important to know. So the next question is whether I can write whole paragraphs that might be worth high marks if I were in Scotland myself. I haven't gotten that far yet.
September 2019 - There is a new set of Scottish Gaelic videos for learners on YouTube by Gàidhlig Gu Leòr. Gàidhlig Gu Leòr has previously posted short, funny videos on Scottish Gaelic vocabulary and topics. Each of the new videos is about 20-30 minutes long. In each video, the title topic is covered in detail with information for how to talk about the topic, describe yourself, friends, and family, and have short conversations (for example, about the weather). The narration is in English and the Gaelic vocabulary used has an English translation included. The videos include stopping points to answer questions, write a short paragraph about the topic, or translation practice. Follow-up slides with answers are then shown. Keep checking back to the Gàidhlig Gu Leòr main page for new videos as they are posted.
Here
are the titles:
eSgoil N5 Lesson 10 - Work
eSgoil N5 Lesson 11 - Skills & Abilities, Directed Writing
eSgoil N5 Lesson 12 - The Verb 1 - Root Orders & Commands
eSgoil N5 Lesson 13 - Regular Past Tense Verb
eSgoil N5 Lesson 14 - Irregular Past Tense Verb
eSgoil N5 Lesson 15 - Regular Future Tense Verb
eSgoil N5 Lesson 16 - Irregular Future Tense Verb
eSgoil N5 Lesson 17 - Health and Feumaidh mi ... ...
eSgoil N5 Lesson 18 - Holidays, Comparatives, Superlatives
eSgoil N5 Lesson 19 - Technology, Direct Object with Verbal Noun
eSgoil N5 Lesson 20 - Perfect Tense, and Preceding Adjectives
eSgoil N5 Lesson 21 - Jobs 2 - nam/nad, If and Conditionals
eSgoil N5 Writing Exam, Assignment, and Grammar Grid
eSgoil N5 Lesson 11 - Skills & Abilities, Directed Writing
eSgoil N5 Lesson 12 - The Verb 1 - Root Orders & Commands
eSgoil N5 Lesson 13 - Regular Past Tense Verb
eSgoil N5 Lesson 14 - Irregular Past Tense Verb
eSgoil N5 Lesson 15 - Regular Future Tense Verb
eSgoil N5 Lesson 16 - Irregular Future Tense Verb
eSgoil N5 Lesson 17 - Health and Feumaidh mi ... ...
eSgoil N5 Lesson 18 - Holidays, Comparatives, Superlatives
eSgoil N5 Lesson 19 - Technology, Direct Object with Verbal Noun
eSgoil N5 Lesson 20 - Perfect Tense, and Preceding Adjectives
eSgoil N5 Lesson 21 - Jobs 2 - nam/nad, If and Conditionals
eSgoil N5 Writing Exam, Assignment, and Grammar Grid
The narrator
makes reference to the Ceumannan books.
These are a set of books used in Gaelic Education in
Scotland. Soundfiles and pdfs for all
the Ceumannan levels are available online on the Storlann website here: https://www.storlann.co.uk/ceumannan/index.html.
For
example, here is the link for the Ceumannan 1 book: https://www.storlann.co.uk/ceumannan/leabhar1/modalan/downloadables/Ceumannan1-combined.pdf
Copies of the first four books can also be purchased from the Gaelic Books Council in Glasgow, Scotland. Search on "ceumannan".
Copies of the first four books can also be purchased from the Gaelic Books Council in Glasgow, Scotland. Search on "ceumannan".
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