Winter Online Evening Classes
Online evening classes will begin in October and will be delivered via Zoom.
We hope to add to this online programme over the following months, but if there is a particular online option you would like to see us offer at any time, do please get in touch with us at:
Let us know if you have a Young Scot card, or if you are 26 or under and care experienced (this includes adoption, foster care, care homes or kinship care), as you could get a discount of up to 30% on your course!
DATES AND COURSES
Courses are listed below in order of start date.
GAELIC FOR IRISH SPEAKERS (ADVANCED) WITH RODY GORMAN
This online course is ideally for Irish-speaking students that have completed one of our beginners’ Short Courses at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, or those with a solid grounding in Scottish Gaelic already.
Beginning 21 October 2024
19:30 – 21:00 every Monday for 8 weeks
FIDDLE COURSE WITH CHARLIE MCKERRON
We are delighted to offer an opportunity for our fiddle-playing community to come together online with Charlie Mckerron. With a mixture of tunes, some old and some new, we look forward to bringing you together on-screen from the comfort of your own home. Tunes will be taught by ear, and music will be provided afterwards.
Beginning 29 October 2024
19:30 – 21:00 every Tuesday for 8 weeks
GAELIC SONG WITH CHRISTINE PRIMROSE
Join one of Scotland’s finest Gaelic singers for this online course where you will cover a range of song types, such as lullabies, waulking songs, love songs and puirt-à-beul (mouth music); and themes including homesickness, nostalgia, emigration, sailing and the supernatural.
Beginning 23 October 2024
19:00 – 20:00 every Wednesday for 8 weeks
CONVERSATION CLASS (Intermediate)
These online evening classes are aimed at intermediate learners. With focus on a different subject each week, these classes provide an opportunity to expand vocabulary and explore idiomatic phrases, whilst building confidence in your use of the language.
Beginning 24 October 2024
19:30 – 21:00 every Thursday for 8 weeks
GAELIC LEVEL 1
This course is ideal for complete beginners with no knowledge of Gaelic – i.e. those who have NO previous learning such as Duolingo or local classes.
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Beginning 24 October 2024
19:00 – 20:30 every Thursday for 8 weeks
LANGUAGE ENRICHMENT WITH ALEC BHALTOS MACDONALD
This course is designed for advanced students who would like to enrich their understanding of the Gaelic language, and will concentrate on the vernacular as it is spoken in native communities. This will include proverbs, idiomatic expressions, metaphors and vocabulary, which otherwise might not be encountered in a formal learning environment.
Beginning 28 October 2024
19:30 – 21:00 every Monday for 7 weeks
PLACE NAMES OF SCOTLAND – LEVEL 1
This course offers an opportunity to learn about the relationship between language and place, culture and landscape within a Scottish context. The course will appeal to anyone with an interest in Scottish landscape, language and culture. The course will be taught in English; no knowledge of Gaelic or linguistics is needed.
Beginning 29 October 2024
19:30 – 21:00 every Tuesday for 7 weeks
GAELIC IN THE LANDSCAPE
This one-day, online course is aimed at anyone interested in the Gaelic names found in our landscape, for example hill names and other common features like bealach, allt and eilean, and is especially recommended to mountain guides and outdoor instructors.
08 November 2024
10:00 – 15:30
JANUARY 2025
LANGUAGE ENRICHMENT WITH ALEC BHALTOS MACDONALD
This course is designed for advanced students who would like to enrich their understanding of the Gaelic language, and will concentrate on the vernacular as it is spoken in native communities. This will include proverbs, idiomatic expressions, metaphors and vocabulary, which otherwise might not be encountered in a formal learning environment.
Beginning 13 January 2025
19:30 – 21:00 every Monday for 8 weeks
GAELIC LEVEL 6
This course is ideal for learners who understand Gaelic at an upper intermediate level and who can hold a conversation using more detailed structures. In this level, you will be introduced to:
- past tense structures of regular verbs and irregular verbs in all important forms;
- possession structures;
- more detailed numbering structures;
- and the genitive case with plural nouns.
Beginning 14 January 2025
19:00 – 20:30 every Tuesday for 8 weeks
GAELIC LEVEL 8
This course is ideal for advanced learners who have a strong understanding of Gaelic and are able to communicate well, demonstrating good speaking and writing skills. As part of the course, participants will gain an understanding of grammar, have opportunities to practice conversation skills, learn new language techniques and relevant vocabulary.
Beginning 14 January 2025
19:00 – 20:30 every Tuesday for 8 weeks
PLACE NAMES OF SCOTLAND – LEVEL 2
This course is designed as a continuation of the Summer Short Course or the Level 1 Online Course. Whilst it is not essential to have previously completed the Level 1 course, the material will not be covered, so some prior toponymic knowledge is useful to get the best out of this course. The course will be taught in English; no knowledge of Gaelic or linguistics is needed.
Beginning 14 January 2025
19:30 – 21:00 every Tuesday for 8 weeks
GAELIC LEVEL 2
This course is ideal for those who have recently started learning Gaelic, or who have previously done some Gaelic. In this level, you will be introduced to:
- new prepositions, such as ‘anns’ and ‘às’;
- prepositional pronouns, such as ‘aig’ and ‘ann’;
- and comparative structures.
Beginning 16 January 2025
19:00 – 20:30 every Thursday for 8 weeks
GAELIC IN THE LANDSCAPE
This one-day, online course is aimed at anyone interested in the Gaelic names found in our landscape, for example hill names and other common features like bealach, allt and eilean, and is especially recommended to mountain guides and outdoor instructors.
01 February 2025
10:00 – 15:30
For information on the course content of each Gaelic Level, click on the links below:
Gaelic Level 1 | Gaelic Level 2 |
Gaelic Level 3 | Gaelic Level 4 |
Gaelic Level 5 | Gaelic Level 6 |
Gaelic Level 7 | Gaelic Level 8 |
Gaelic Level 9 | Gaelic Level 10 |
Gaelic Level Equivalences |
Assistance for those who are unfamiliar with the course booking system can be found here.
Help with the UHI system may also be obtained at +44 (0) 1463 279 150 or via helpdesk@uhi.ac.uk .
If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Team on +44 (0)1471 888 246 or by email on sm00cg@uhi.ac.uk.