CLUB IRISE
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig’s Club Irise was set up for anyone with an interest in Gaelic Medium Education or immersion education at all levels – from pre-school, primary, secondary or university – and who seek opportunities to engage in further professional learning.
At each session, a lecturer from Sabhal Mòr Ostaig or other educational expert delivers a short presentation (approximately 20 minutes) on papers from research literature related to immersion education. That research is then discussed in the context of Gaelic Medium Education. Below are the recordings from previous years.
CLUB IRISE 2023
We are running a series of four online seminars between February and May 2023.
2023 DATES
Thursday, 23 February 2023
Thursday, 23 March 2023
Thursday, 20 April 2023
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Tickets are free, and all sessions begin at 7.30pm. To book your place, click on the Eventbrite button below.
SESSION INFORMATION
Series 3, Session 1 – 23 February 2023, 7.30pm
Paper:
Piers Messum and Roslyn Young. 2021. “Teaching students to pronounce English: a motor skill approach in the classroom.”
Lecturer:
Dr Tim Armstrong, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Series 3, Session 2 – 23 March 2023, 7.30pm
Lecturer:
Iain Taylor
Series 3, Session 3 – 20 April 2023, 7.30pm
Paper:
Met, M (2009) Paying Attention to Language: Literacy, Language and Academic Achievement. In T. W. Fortune and D. J. Tedick (eds.). Pathways to Multilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, 49-71.
Lecturer:
Dr Mary Andrew
Series 3, Session 4 – 18 May 2023, 7.30pm
Paper:
“Going For A Song: Supporting Language Acquisition in Gaelic 0-3 Groups”
Lecturer:
Lisa MacDonald