Computer-Assisted Practice Activities for Irish Language Learners

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Using CAPAILL

Getting started

Background

CAPAILL is an on-line learning package to help Irish-language learners with some previous experience of the language. The aim of the package is to support students in improving their knowledge and understanding of the language by practising selected topics, with the main emphasis on points of grammar, usage and spelling that are known to cause problems.

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Introduction: How to use CAPAILL

Aonad 1:

1.1 Jobs and careers 1.2 Saying what people are 1.3 Answering the copula 1.4 Word order 1.5 Feminine nouns with adjectives 1.6 Plural of nouns ending in í 1.7 Using prepositions with pronouns 1.8 Using prepositions: ar 1.9 Using prepositions: ag

Aonad 2:

2.1 Answering questions with the copula 2.2 Match the copula 2.3 Asking questions with the copula 2.4 Using the article with masculine nouns 2.5 Using the article with feminine nouns 2.6 Aspirating nouns and adjectives? 2.7 Working with nouns and adjectives 2.8 Using forms of ar, le and ag 2.9 Prepositional pronouns

Aonad 3:

3.1 Expressing opinion with le 3.2 The copula: using gur 3.3 Nouns beginning with a vowel 3.4 Nouns beginning with s 3.5 Nouns and adjectives 3.6 Possessive pronouns 3.7 Possessive pronouns in the singular

Aonad 4:

4.1 Copula Revision 4.2 Copula Revision 4.3 Changing tá to is 4.4 Saying where you live 4.5 Describing location using i 'in' 4.6 Tá mé i mo chónaí i… 4.7 Saying where several people live 4.8 Expressing 'our', 'your', 'their'

Aonad 5:

5.1 Naming someone's profession 5.2 Using the copula in identification sentences 5.3 Answering 'yes' to identification questions 5.4 Answering 'no' to identification questions 5.5 Making sentences using the copula 5.6 Addressing people by name

Aonad 6:

6.1 Creating identification questions using the copula 6.2 Answering questions with the copula 6.3 Creating questions using the copula: identification and classification 6.4 The plural of nouns and adjectives 6.5 Using adjectives with plural nouns 6.6 Do you always aspirate after prepositions? 6.7 Which preposition should I use? 6.8 Nouns following prepositions

Aonad 7:

7.1 Answering questions using the copula 7.2 Forming questions using the copula 7.3 The plural of common nouns 7.4 Adjectives following a plural noun 7.5 Nouns after prepositions 7.6 Nouns which begin with a vowel following prepositions 7.7 Nouns after prepositions

Aonad 8:

8.1 The copula: gur v. gurb 8.2 The copula: gur v. gurb 8.3 Preposition + article + noun 8.4 D and t after the article 8.5 Preposition + article + s 8.6 S after possessive adjectives/ preposition + article 8.7 Recognising when the genitive is needed 8.8 Using fourth declension masculine nouns in the genitive

Aonad 9 – Revision:

9.1 Revision of the copula 9.2 Revision of indirect speech - using the copula 9.3 Revision of answering questions using the copula 9.4 Revision of asking questions using the copula 9.5 Revision: initial changes following 'my' etc 9.6 Revision: initial changes following preposition + article 9.7 Revision of initial changes: the preposition <i>i</i>

Aonad 10:

10.1 Masculine and feminine pronouns with the copula 10.2 Masculine and feminine pronouns in copula questions 10.3 Emphasising adjectives using the copula 10.4 The genitive: first declension 10.5 First declension nouns in the genitive singular 10.6 Using adjectives with first declension masculine nouns in the genitive

Aonad 11:

11.1 The copula: repeating the pronoun 11.2 The copula: identification v. categorisation 11.3 Using gur and gurb 11.4 The genitive: second declension nouns 11.5 Second declension nouns in the genitive 11.6 The genitive: using adjectives with feminine nouns 11.7 The genitive singular of feminine words ending in ach 11.8 The genitive singular of feminine adjectives ending in úil

Aonad 12:

12.1 Expressing 'I would like', etc 12.2 Answering questions using the copula in the conditional 12.3 Copula: using gur in the present and conditional 12.4 The genitive: third declension nouns 12.5 The genitive: third declension nouns 12.6 Using syncopated adjectives in the genitive

Aonad 13:

13.1 Using the copula in the conditional 13.2 Using the copula in the conditional and present to answer questions 13.3 Using the copula in the conditional and present to ask questions 13.4 Nouns with weak plurals in the genitive 13.5 Genitive plural: nouns with weak plurals 13.6 Genitive plural: some irregularities 13.7 Genitive plural: adding adjectives to weak plurals 13.8 Genitive plural: using adjectives with nouns with weak plurals 13.9 Using adjectives with the genitive plural of weak nouns

Aonad 14:

14.1 Using the copula in the conditional + 'f'/vowel 14.2 Copula: questions + 'f'/vowel in the conditional 14.3 Copula: gur before 'f' or a vowel in the conditional 14.4 Using adjectives with nouns with a strong plural in the genitive 14.5 Using adjectives with nouns with a strong plural in the genitive 14.6 Using adjectives with nouns with a strong plural in the genitive 14.7 Prepositions that take a genitive

Aonad 15 – Revision:

15.1 Nouns and adjectives: the singular 15.2 Nouns and adjectives: singular and plural 15.3 Nouns and adjectives after prepositions 15.4 Nouns and adjectives after prepositions 15.5 Nouns and adjectives in the genitive 15.6 Nouns and adjectives in the genitive

Aonad 16 – Revision:

16.1 The copula - answering questions 16.2 The copula - asking questions 16.3 The copula - asking questions 16.4 The copula - making statements 16.5 The copula – revision of gur 16.6 The copula with le 16.7 Emphasising adjectives using the copula 16.8 Using the copula 16.9 The copula Top