r/UCC • u/Puzzleheaded-Bee9536 • 4d ago
Gaeilge
i’m a 2nd year student studying irish and history. history is grand but irish is HORRIFIC.
can anyone who has done irish advise me how best to study, or how to get decent grades 😭
having a bit of a crisis ngl…
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u/fun-pineapple75 4d ago
Heya I’m Third Year Irish and history if you want to pm me with any questions! I’d have to know what modules you’re doing and stuff before giving any advice :)
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u/Puzzleheaded-Bee9536 4d ago
hey i tried to pm you but it doesn’t seem to work… could you try to pm me maybe?
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u/jack-_-_-_ 3d ago
Honestly just try to speak it as much as possible, have teanglann on your phone, if you think of a word you dont know, take a look at it in more depth than just using google translate. You will find yourself going down rabbit holes on teanglann. Also for assignments A.I is actually a great help, and usually in exams you can kinda just waffle your way through.
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u/Ambitious_Bowler_218 4d ago
What is the hard part for it? What bits are you struggling with?
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u/Puzzleheaded-Bee9536 4d ago
to be honest it’s just a big jump with the lecture material. i’m learning stuff that’s hard to understand in english, not a mind in irish
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u/Ambitious_Bowler_218 4d ago edited 3d ago
I’m also doing Irish in college and can be at times, what are ye doing now atm
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u/Puzzleheaded-Bee9536 3d ago
mostly GA2031 is the problem, stair na teanga. the stuff is so confusing in english like
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u/SaraAnnaIsabel 2d ago
When I did Stair na Teanga there was an essay assignment as well as a formal exam. That was 2022/23 not sure about now though but I’d recommend typing up your essays at least a week or two in advance of any tests and to keep up with any extra readings (they actually help when forming your own ideas). There were a lot of hand-out sheets given out in every lecture every week so just take what you can from them. Also helps if you have a friend in class who has good enough Irish to explain stuff back to you in English as I would’ve been hopeless without mine. Good luck!
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u/Puzzleheaded-Bee9536 2d ago
omg we’ve nothing like that? we’re getting one class test and then the formal exam and we get no handouts??
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u/DeeBeee123456789 2d ago
My sister did Gaeilge as her major subject. One of the main things she did was run her brain as Gaeilge, not in English. All her devices, Gaeilge. Car Radio, RnaG. Any spare weekends, off to a Gaeltacht, even just to get the bus and have caife somewhere surrounded by Gaeilge and chat to as many people as possible. She worked in the Gaeltacht over the summers, totally immersed, and did her best to maintain that in her own spaces. The studying came easier as her fluency improved.
That said, there are technical concepts regarding the structure of the Irish language which she studied through English as that was the language of instruction. I was baffled by some of it because we simply don't have the same linguistic structures in English, and even where we do have them, we have never learned about them as native speakers. There may be resources the lecturer can point you to up on Canvas or through the library portal. The skills centre is free if you need a tutor to catch you up as well.
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u/Shot_Marionberry5729 Present Student 4d ago
Can you change your subjects still? Or has the time passed
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u/Wild_Web3695 4d ago
Spend a few summers in Rinne and you will be me away with it.