Online Classes – Autumn & Winter 2026/27
Our latest online autumn and winter classes are listed below and will be delivered via Zoom.
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 will be entitled to student price even if you’re not a student!
TOBAR AN DUALCHAIS: ‘CREATIVE CONNECTIONS’
This four-day online short course led by Dr Mairi McFadyen and Raghnaid Sandilands is for creative people (visual artists, writers, musicians, budding folklorists and creative educators) who want to learn more about Tobar an Dualchais, why the material was collected and by whom, and how and why it is of value today.
05–08 October 2026
09:30 – 15:00
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. As part of the course, participants will gain an understanding of grammar, have opportunities to practise conversation skills, learn new language techniques and relevant vocabulary.
Beginning 19 October 2026
10:00 – 11:30 every Monday for 8 weeks
CONVERSATION CLASS WITH JOHN URQUHART
This class will be taught through the medium of Gaelic and so is suitable for intermediate and fluent speakers. The course will provide a wealth of idioms and vocabulary that will deliver conversational fluency to take students to greater communicative competence.
Beginning 19 October 2026
19:00 – 20:00 every Monday for 8 weeks
CONVERSATION CLASS WITH BRIA MASON
(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. There will be a good opportunity to discuss and use language by talking about everyday topics.
Beginning 19 October 2026
13:00 – 14:30 every Monday for 8 weeks
INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET WITH ROB PAINTER
An excellent opportunity to study enough phonetics so that students can transcribe and pronounce Gaelic words phonetically. This is a great skill to have in order to learn new Gaelic vocabulary, to notice small differences in pronunciation across Gaelic dialects, and to build confidence in speaking Gaelic.
Beginning 19 October 2026
19:00 – 20:30 every Monday for 6 weeks
BRETON – WITH FAÑCH BIHAN-GALLIC
This course will be taught through the medium of Gaelic – please see the Gaelic version of the webpage for further information.
Beginning 20 October 2026
19:00 – 20:30 every Tuesday for 7 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.
Beginning 20 October 2026
19:00 – 20:30 every Tuesday for 8 weeks
GAELIC LEVEL 3
This course is ideal for learners who understand Gaelic at a lower intermediate level and who can hold a conversation using basic structures.
Beginning 21 October 2026
10:00 – 11:30 every Wednesday morning for 8 weeks
GAELIC LEVEL 4
This course is ideal for those have an understanding of the Gaelic language at a lower intermediate level and who can hold a more detailed conversation using basic structures.
GAELIC LEVEL 5
This course is ideal for learners who understand Gaelic at an upper intermediate level and who can hold a conversation using more detailed structures.
Beginning 21 October 2026
19:00 – 20:30 every Wednesday for 8 weeks
CONVERSATION CLASS WITH IAIN HOWIESON
(Advanced)
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 22 October 2026
19:00 – 20:30 every Thursday for 8 weeks
YOGA FOR GAELIC LEARNERS – ON ZOOM
In this gentle exercise class we will practice a mix of yoga and Pilates exercises to strengthen and stretch our body in a healthy way. This class will be bilingual, suitable for Gaelic learners.
Beginning 22 October 2026
08:00 – 08:30 every Thursday Morning for 4 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.
07 November 2026
10:00 – 15:30
JANUARY 2027 ONWARDS
CONVERSATION CLASS WITH JOHN URQUHART
This class will be taught through the medium of Gaelic and so is suitable for intermediate and fluent speakers. The course will provide a wealth of idioms and vocabulary that will deliver conversational fluency to take students to greater communicative competence.
Beginning 18 January 2027
19:00 – 20:00 every Monday for 8 weeks
CONVERSATION CLASS WITH BRIA MASON
(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. There will be a good opportunity to discuss and use language by talking about everyday topics.
Beginning 18 January 2027
13:00 – 14:30 every Monday afternoon for 8 weeks
GAELIC LEVEL 3
This course is ideal for learners who understand Gaelic at a lower intermediate level and who can hold a conversation using basic structures.
Beginning 18 January 2027
10:00 – 11:30 every Monday morning for 8 weeks
GAELIC LEVEL 4
This course is ideal for those have an understanding of the Gaelic language at a lower intermediate level and who can hold a more detailed conversation using basic structures.
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 20 January 2027
10:00 – 11:30 every Wednesday morning for 8 weeks
GAELIC LEVEL 5
This course is ideal for learners who understand Gaelic at an upper intermediate level and who can hold a conversation using more detailed structures.
Beginning 20 January 2027
19:00 – 20:30 every Wednesday 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 20 January 2027
13:00 – 14:30 every Wednesday for 8 weeks
CONVERSATION CLASS WITH IAIN HOWIESON
(Advanced)
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
Beginning 21 January 2027
19:00 – 20:30 every Thursday for 8 weeks
YOGA FOR GAELIC LEARNERS – ON ZOOM
In this gentle exercise class we will practice a mix of yoga and Pilates exercises to strengthen and stretch our body in a healthy way. This class will be bilingual, suitable for Gaelic learners.
Beginning 21 January 2027
08:00 – 08:30 every Thursday morning for 5 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.
23 January 2027
10:00 – 15:30
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.
12 February 2027
10:00 – 15:30
YOGA FOR GAELIC LEARNERS – ON ZOOM
In this gentle exercise class we will practice a mix of yoga and Pilates exercises to strengthen and stretch our body in a healthy way. This class will be bilingual, suitable for Gaelic learners.
Beginning 25 February 2027
08:00 – 08:30 every Thursday morning for 5 weeks
Airson fios air Susbaint a’ Chùrsa aig gach Ìre Gàidhlig, cliog air na ceanglaichean gu h-ìosal:
| Gàidhlig Ìre 1 | Gàidhlig Ìre 2 |
| Gàidhlig Ìre 3 | Gàidhlig Ìre 4 |
| Gàidhlig Ìre 5 | Gàidhlig Ìre 6 |
| Gàidhlig Ìre 7 | Gàidhlig Ìre 8 |
| Gàidhlig Ìre 9 | Gàidhlig Ìre 10 |
| Gaelic Level Equivalences | |