★ COURSES
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★ IRISH SUMMER COURSES
TEENAGERS
- Gaelcholáiste Cholumba provides courses in Irish for students at the following levels: Ages (12-13), (13-14), (14-15), (16-17) and (Sixth class students starting in First Year in September).
- Gaelcholáiste Cholumba adopts a strict policy with regard to all it’s students speaking “as Gaeilge”.
ORAL IRISH
- Our Irish summer courses provide daily classes in Oral work.
- Our Irish courses for teenagers place significant emphasis on speaking the language every day.
- We incorporate Oral course material from the Junior Certificate Syllabus and the Leaving Certificate Syllabus.
- Our daily Oral Irish classes are very dynamic and interactive.
- In addition we also provide 1:1 Oral Irish sessions with a designated Irish teacher on a daily basis.
- Our emphasis on the spoken word continues into the afternoon when students participate in a wide variety of afternoon activities while continuing to speak “as Gaeilge” in a more informal setting.
- We provide prizes each day to students who have made every effort to improve their Oral Irish skills
AURAL WORK
- Many students find this part of the course difficult.•We work very closely with each student to enable him/her to improve their competency in Aural work. (Teacher Student ratio 1:10)
- We incorporate Aural course material from the Junior Certificate Syllabus and the Leaving Certificate Syllabus.
WRITTEN WORK
- Finally this course teaches students “the golden rules” of Irish grammar.
- All students on our Irish courses improve their written work significantly.
- Students are provided with handouts and the written work they cover is based on past examination papers.
- We emphaize Grammar, Structuring Sentences, Writing Letters, Post-cards, Writing Stories, Scripts and Essays.
- We incorporate Written course material from the Junior Certificate Syllabus and the Leaving Certificate Syllabus.
AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES “as Gaeilge”
- Gaelcholáiste Cholumba provides a wide variety of afternoon activities to suit all tastes.
- The afternoon programme includes Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Rounders, Soccer and Swimming as well as Drama, Singing, Arts and Crafts, Film and Animation.
- Key Learning Outcomes:
▶ Proficiency in speaking Gaeilge in everyday situations
▶ Competency in Aural work and
▶ Enhanced Writing Skills.
Cancellation Policy at Columbus Club
If you cancel by email or text and provide Columbus Club with 3 full days notice before the starting date of your chosen camp, a full refund is made.
Any cancellations made within the last 3 days prior to the starting date of that camp are too late to warrant a refund.
If you cancel by email or text and provide Columbus Club with 3 full days notice before the starting date of your chosen camp, a full refund is made.
Any cancellations made within the last 3 days prior to the starting date of that camp are too late to warrant a refund.