Member Scholarships
ACGA Member Scholarships
2010 ACGA MEMBER SCHOLARSHIPS COMPETITION. This year's competition will begin on February 1. Materials for the 2010 competition will be available for download February 1 using the "scholarship competition materials" link to the left.
Each year ACGA awards Gaelic study scholarships to three members. The competition is structured so as to give everyone a chance to compete, with a category for those who’ve just begun to learn Gaelic, one for those at an intermediate stage of learning, and one for the more advanced learners.
The competition consists of written and aural/oral translation exercises, and following the competition, your submissions will be returned to you with comments and suggestions from the adjudicator, an experienced Gaelic teacher.
Of course not everyone who competes wins a scholarship, but each year we hear from competitors how much they learned just from working on the exercises and how helpful the adjudicator's corrections and comments were.
Competition Levels
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Awards
Scholarships will be awarded in the following amounts:
- Beginner: $300
- Intermediate: $400
- Advanced: $600
Beginner and Intermediate awards must be used for ACGA sponsored events of the winners’ choice, such as the 2010 Grandfather Mountain Gaelic Song and Language Week, the 2010 Immersion Weekend, or the 2010 U.S. National Mòd. The advanced award may be used for a combination of ACGA sponsored events or for another approved Gaelic short course, distance learning course or tutor.
Event fees will be paid directly to event organizers, not to the award winners. Any money left after fees are paid will be used to reimburse travel expenses of the award winner, based on receipts submitted to the ACGA scholarship committee.
For more information on Gaelic learning events look under both "events" and "links" on this web site.
Eligibility
ACGA members in good standing (i.e., dues paid as of February 1, 2010) are eligible for these scholarships. Previous winners can only compete at a higher level than that which they have won. Previous winners may audit the level at which they have won. Members of the Board of Directors of ACGA and Scholarship Committee members are not eligible.
Deadlines
On February 1, 2010, you can download your competition materials from the “member scholarships: Competition Materials” page link at the left. If you cannot download text and sound files, you may arrange with Cam MacRae to send the materials to you through the regular post.
Completed materials must be e-mailed to Cam MacRae by March 15, 2010, or returned postmarked by March 15, 2010.
Send all materials to:
or
Cam MacRae
2113 West White St., Apt. 224
Champaign, IL 61821
USA
Awards will be announced on or about April 30, 2010.
Competition Materials
Beginner level
competition materials will consist of two short written passages - one to be translated from English to Gaelic and one from Gaelic to English. In addition selected written materials will be read by the competitor and recorded as an mp3 file (or onto a cassette tape) and returned to the committee with the written materials by the indicated deadline.
Intermediate
level materials will consist of two written passages - one to be translated from English to Gaelic and one from Gaelic to English. Competitors will also receive an mp3 file containing a reading in Gaelic to be translated into English in writing. In addition, selected written materials will be read by the competitor and recorded as an mp3 file (or onto a cassette tape) and returned to the committee with the written materials by the indicated deadline.
Advanced
level materials will consist of two written passages - one to be translated from English to Gaelic and one from Gaelic to English. Competitors will also receive an mp3 file containing a reading in Gaelic to be translated into English in writing. In addition, selected written materials will be read by the competitor and recorded as an mp3 file (or onto a cassette tape) and returned to the committee with the written materials by the indicated deadline.
If you have any questions or just need encouragement to enter the competition, you can reach me at cam.macrae@comcast.net.
In the meantime, èirich air! Have at it!
Cam MacRae
for the Scholarship Committee
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