Spring 2023 Scottish Gaelic Classes via Zoom
with Kerrie Kennedy
Subject to sufficient registration, the following classes will be offered
Introduction to Scottish Gaelic / Beginner 2 Scottish Gaelic / Level 3 Scottish Gaelic /
Tutorials with Kerrie / Private Classes / About Kerrie
Introduction to Scottish Gaelic
Dip your toes into Gaelic with this Scottish Gaelic starter class designed for absolute beginners. No prior knowledge required.
Tuesday evenings via Zoom from April 11 through May 16, 2023, 6:30pm-7:30pm eastern
Students will learn Scottish Gaelic pronunciation, and how to start a simple conversation by talking about the weather and how you are. Learn your name in Gaelic (or pick a Gaelic name for your Gaelic alter-ego).
Students will be sent a short optional practice exercise each week, for extra practice.
Cost for 6 one-hour classes
$50
$45 for seniors 65 and over
$45 students (students will have to show a valid student card at first class)
Payment for all classes is by InterAc on your online banking site to 
payment@torontogaelic.ca (no password necessary). We regret that we cannot accept payments by PayPal, but see email address below to arrange payment by cheque.For more information, or to register, please email: fios@torontogaelic.ca with the email address you want to use for class. Please note the level of class that you wish to enrol in.
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Beginners 2 Scottish Gaelic
Thursday evenings beginning April 13 through May 18, 2023, 6:30pm - 7:30pm eastern
This is a continuation of the Jan 2023 Beginners 2 class. New students are welcome. Some prior knowledge of the language is required.
Students should have some familiarity with the simple past tense, the future tense of bi (bidh), and how to say that they like something or like to do something in addition to phrases that use orm (hungry, thirsty), agam, possessive pronouns (mo, do etc), and how to use gu bheil and gun robh to link sentences.
This class will work on having simple conversations, while continuing to build general Gaelic skill, possibly adding our first irregular verb in the past tense.
Cost for 6 x one-hour classes
$50
$45 for seniors 65 and over
$45 students (students will have to show a valid student card at first class)
Payment for all classes is by InterAc on your online banking site to payment@torontogaelic.ca (no password necessary). We regret that we cannot accept payments by PayPal, but see email address below to arrange payment by cheque. For more information, or to register, please email: fios@torontogaelic.ca with the email address you want to use for class. Please note the level of class that you wish to enrol in.
Level 3 Scottish Gaelic
Saturday mornings , beginning April 15 through May 20, 2023, 10:00am - 11:30am eastern
New students are welcome. Students should have experience with the prepositional pronouns agam, orm, leam, dhomh and rium, and how to use them, as well as some past tense irregular verbs (deach, chunnaic, rinn. thuirt, chuala, fhuair), the simple past tense of regular verbs, the future tense of regular verbs, possessive pronouns and how they are used when talking about family members or parts of the body, as well as how to talk about liking things and the imperative/command forms.
This class will continue to build base knowledge of Gaelic, more practicing with the definite article of masculine and feminine words, and working on the relative independent future form of bi (bhios). Each of the six spring classes will have a conversation, listening, or sight reading and translation exercise.
Cost for 6 x 1.5 hour classes
$65
$55 for seniors 65 and over
$55 students (students will have to show a valid student card at first class)
Payment for all classes is by InterAc on your online banking site to payment@torontogaelic.ca (no password necessary). We regret that we cannot accept payments by PayPal, but see email address below to arrange payment by cheque. For more information, or to register, please email: fios@torontogaelic.ca with the email address you want to use for class. Please note the level of class that you wish to enrol in.
Tutorials with Kerrie
Students who want to have a private session to review concepts covered in class, work on conversation, or who want to review a concept they will need for a class level can arrange to book a 30 minute tutorial with Kerrie.
Tutorials are only available to students who have registered in TGLA courses for either the Sept 2022, Jan 2023, or Spring 2023 term. Students who have registered in any of these group classes can book a tutorial any time until a new year of classes begin in Sept 2023.
Tutorials are 30 minutes in length for $25 (tax included). Contact fios@torontogaelic.ca to arrange a time.
Private Classes
Kerrie is available for private classes., including classes to work on a specific topic. Private classes are tailored to the needs of each individual student.
Private classes are $40 (tax included) for the first hour (or any part of the first hour) and can be broken into 15 minute additions after that. Please contact fios@torontogaelic.ca for further information or to arrange times.
About Kerrie
Kerrie Kennedy is a former Highland dance teacher and has studied Scottish Gaelic at University of Toronto and the Gaelic College in Cape Breton. She is a past recipient of the Kennedy Society of America Gaelic Scholarship and the An Comunn Gàidhlig Ameireaganach (the American Scottish Gaelic Society) Gaelic Scholarship. She has been teaching Scottish Gaelic group classes for the Toronto Gaelic Learners’ Association, and to private students since 2001.