Fall 2024 Scottish Gaelic Classes via Zoom
with Kerrie Kennedy
Subject to sufficient registration, the following classes will be offered
Introduction to Scottish Gaelic / Beginners 1 Scottish Gaelic / Beginners 2+ Scottish Gaelic
Level 3 Scottish Gaelic
Tutorials with Kerrie / Private Classes / About Kerrie
Introduction to Scottish Gaelic - complete beginners
Wednesday evenings via Zoom for 10 weeks from September 25 through November 27, 6:30pm-7:30pm eastern time.
Class is limited to 10 students.
Learn how to pronounce letters in Gaelic (it's quite different from English), how to ask "How are you" and how to reply to that, talk about the weather, and what you are doing. We will practice speaking Gaelic in the class.
A minimum of 6 students must be registered by September 20 for the class to go forward.
Come and join the Gaelic fun!
Cost for 10 x 1 hour classes
$70
$60 for seniors 65 and over
$60 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 or Credit Card. Arrangements can be made to pay by cheque. For more information, or to register, please email:fios@torontogaelic.ca with the email address that you want to use for class, and include the level of class that you want to enrol in.
Beginners 1 Scottish Gaelic
Tuesday evenings via Zoom for 10 weeks beginning September 24 through October 31, 2024, 6:30pm - 7:30pm eastern time.
This class is a continuation of last year's Introduction to Scottish Gaelic class, but you are not Intro students anymore - congratulations!
New students are welcome. The class is limited to 10 students.
We will review how to say that you have something using agam, agad, aig etc. using the present tense "tha" and past tense "bha". We will talk about where you are and what you are doing as we practice Gaelic conversation skills.
Cost for 10 x 1 hour classes:
$75 $60 for seniors 65 and over.
$60 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 or Credit Card. Arrangements can be made to pay by cheque. For more information, or to register, please email:fios@torontogaelic.ca with the email address you want to use for class, and include the level of class that you wish to enrol in.
Beginner 2+ Scottish Gaelic
Thursday evenings via Zoom for 10 weeks from September 19 through November 21, 6:30pm-7:30pm eastern time.
New students are welcome. This class is limited to 10 students.
We started our first irregular verbs last session (chaidh) and we will review/practice this, as well as working on talking about and speaking to, and listening to people. We will continue to work on the future tense of regular verbs, review the past tense of regular verbs, and continue developing our Gaelic conversational skills.
Cost for 10 x one-hour classes:
$75
$60 for seniors 65 and over
$60 students (students will have to show a valid student card when registering)
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 or Credit Card. Arrangements can be made to pay by cheque. For more information, or to register, please email: fios@torontogaelic.ca with the email address you want to use for class, and include the level of class that you wish to enrol in.
Level 3 Scottish Gaelic
Saturday mornings via Zoom beginning September 21 through November 30, 2024, 10:00am - 11:30am eastern (there will be no class October 12 for Thanksgiving weekend).
New students are welcome. We will review and continue with the conditional tense, the relative future tense irregular verbs and Gaelic conversational skills.
Cost for 10 x 1.5 hour classes
$115
$65 for seniors 65 and over
$65 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 or Credit Cards. Arrangements can be made to pay by cheque. For more information, or to register, please email:fios@torontogaelic.ca with the email address you want to use for class, and include the level of class that you wish to enrol in.
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 $45 (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.
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 September 2023 or January 2024 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 September 2025.
Tutorials are 30 minutes in length for $25 (tax included). Contact fios@torontogaelic.ca to arrange a time.
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.