Learning Gàidhlig will help you to improve your existing reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, essential for learning, life and work. You will be able to communicate your thoughts and feelings to other people better, as well as deal with those of other people.
Learning Gàidhlig will also enhance your appreciation and understanding of Scottish culture and heritage.
The increased interest in Gàidhlig recently now means there are more career opportunities for people who can speak it. You could work in the performing arts, teaching, media and writing, or in TV and radio.
Career Pathways
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Arts, Social Sciences and Languages
Teaching and Classroom Support
This is at the discretion of the school/college but you would normally be expected to have attained one of the following:
This course aims to help you to develop advanced critical reading, translating, talking and writing skills in order to understand and use Gaelic language. You will focus on the skills required to understand, analyse, evaluate, translate, create and produce language.
In particular, this course covers:
Course Assessment
The course assessment consists of four components totalling 115 marks:
Component 1 - you will answer questions based on 2 written Gaelic texts, one fiction and one non-fiction.
Component 2 - you will write an essay in Gaelic form from a list of 8 essay titles.
Component 3 - you will translate one non-fiction written English text into written Gaelic.
Component 4 - you will talk for 20 minutes about a chosen topic for the Specialist Study of Language and/or Culture study area.
The question papers are set and externally marked by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA).
The performance component will be assessed by a visiting SQA Assessor, with a recording of the performance marked externally by SQA.
The grade awarded is based on the total marks achieved across course assessment.
The course assessment is graded A-D.
SQA Past Papers Gàidhlig Advanced Higher
SQA Specimen Gàidhlig Advanced Higher Literature and Writing Question Paper
SQA Specimen Gàidhlig Advanced Higher Practical Criticism Question Paper
SQA Specimen Gàidhlig Advanced Higher Translation Question Paper
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