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A-Level Irish / Gaeilge (CCEA) — the sole provider; an MFL-shaped qualification for Northern Ireland with four themes, four skills, a research project and prescribed texts.
Overview
A-Level Irish / Gaeilge (CCEA) — the sole provider; an MFL-shaped qualification for Northern Ireland with four themes, four skills, a research project and prescribed texts.
Complete topic map
Every topic recorded for this subject in the curriculum is reproduced below in its full hierarchy. The descriptions reflect the mapped scope without implying additional exam rules.
The assessment objectives and the six-unit AS and A2 architecture: speaking, listening, reading, writing, translation and research.
The Grammar and Structures List: verbal forms, the copula, prepositions, the genitive and relative clauses.
Family structures, roles, intergenerational issues, and peer and family influences.
Well-being and risk-taking, hobbies, arts, film and fashion, social media, and holidays and festivals.
Inferring meaning from authentic audio and answering in Irish and English.
Reading comprehension with two-way translation and summary.
Study of one AS prescribed work (a film or literary text) for an extended essay in Irish.
A prepared presentation on an Irish-speaking community with general conversation.
Work, education and employment, career aspirations, democracy, citizenship and societal attitudes.
Equality and discrimination, poverty, immigration and emigration, multicultural identity, conflict and sustainability.
Research on a cultural aspect, a twentieth-century period, or a region of an Irish-speaking community, presented orally.
Discussion of the research project with higher-level general conversation.
Critical study of one A2 prescribed work: an anthology, a novel, or prescribed poets.
Developing arguments, analysing character and theme, and writing accurate Irish.
Where this subject applies
These pathways and regions are explicitly connected to the subject in the curriculum.
AS-Level
Advanced Subsidiary — the first year of A-Level study (standalone or first half of the full A-Level).
A-Level (A2)
The full Advanced Level — AS content plus the second-year A2 content.
Official sources
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