Industry Engagement: Irish for Media

This module aims to prepare learners to work and communicate effectively in Irish at an appropriate standard within a media workplace environment. The module focuses on equipping learners with more specialised vocabulary in Irish pertinent to the film and media sector. Engagement with industry across aspects of Irish language media within the region will be an integral part of this module with a firm experiential focus. The modalities of this engagement will be devised with key stakeholders in the Irish language media industry.

1. Communicate orally at an appropriate standard in basic professional interactions in the target language within a media workplace environment and employ a suitable range of specialised vocabulary on a variety of topics relevant to cinema and video production.

2. Research the output of relevant media companies.

3. Report on the functioning and output of the relevant work site visited.

4. Write short paragraphs and written tasks of an appropriate standard, summaries, emails, CV, and messages in the target language on specialised topics relating to the media workplace environment.

5. Pitch the outline of an idea for a film, documentary or series in the target language at an appropriate level.

6. Interact at an appropriate level with selected media and film content in the target language and discuss aspects of Irish language programming and the cultural context of selected media.

7. Collaborate as a team to prepare questions for onsite interview.