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Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025

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Ceiliúradh Teanga agus Cultúrtha @Ollscoil na Banríona
Irish Language and Cultural Celebration @Queen’s University

We are delighted to invite you to join us in celebrating SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE 2025!
The events below are open to all QUB students, staff and members of the public, and most events are free to attend.
We have collaborated with An Cumann Gaelach, QFT, Queen’s Students’ Union, Queen’s Radio, An Droichead, Cultúrlann Mac Adam Ó Fiaich and others to bring you a range of Irish language events at Queen’s.
If you would like to attend any of these events, please register via the ‘Registration’ button. Bígí linn!/Join us!

An Mháirt 4ú Márta/Tuesday 4thMarch @2pm Lá na bPancóga/Pancake Tuesday @Sunset Room – Students Union

Join An Cumann Gaelach as they make pancakes ‘as gaeilge’ for Lá na bPancóga!

Registration

An Chéadaoin 5ú Márta/Wednesday 5th March – Maidin Taighde/Research Showcase 10-12 @Cultúrlann Mac Adam Ó Fiaich

Join our students from the Department of Irish & Celtic Studies as they present their latest research findings.

Registration

An Chéadaoin 5ú Márta/Wednesday 5th March – Just Dance…as Gaeilge! 9pm @An Droichead, 20 Cooke St. Belfast.

Join An Cumann Gaelach in the local Irish language and cultural centre, An Droichead, for the dance craze, ‘Just Dance’… as Gaeilge!

Registration

An Déardaoin 6ú Márta/Thursday 6th March – Ciorcal Comhrá le Ceol! 12.30-1.30 @Junction Café

Junction Café is the venue for our monthly Ciorcal Comhrá/Irish language conversation circle, as some of our students from the Irish Traditional Music group showcase their talents!
*Free tea/coffee for all attendees.
Bígí linn!

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An Aoine 7ú Márta/Friday 7th March – Ióga le Sinéad – Yoga with Sinéad 12.30-1.30 @Blue Sky Room – Students’ Union

*places limited!
Yoga Instructor, Sinéad, guides us through a relaxing and revitalising Yoga class ‘as gaeilge’!

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An Satharn 8ú Márta/Saturday 8th March – Rugbaí: Éire v An Fhrainc – 2pm @Wee Bar Queen’s Students’ Union

Enjoy Ireland v France in the Six Nations Rugby and use your ‘cúpla focal’!

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An Domhnach 9ú Márta/Sunday 9th March – Céilí Mór Sheachtain na Gaeilge – 8.30pm @Mandela Hall

Join us in Mandela Hall for our Céilí Mór. Learn traditional Irish Céilí dances, enjoy traditional Irish music and much more!
Please use the link below to book your ticket. There is a cost of £5.00 for this event.

Registration

An Mháirt 11ú Márta/Tuesday 11th March – Ceardlann T-léine/T-shirt workshop 7pm @Auditorium, McClay Library

*places extremely limited!
Join An Cumann Gaelach for a t-shirt printing workshop, where you get to be creative! Bain triail as!
Click the link below to book your place! There is a cost of £6.00 for this event.

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An Chéadaoin 12ú Márta/Wednesday 12th March – Lí Ban 10.00am @QFT

Scoil an Droichid pupils visit us in the QFT for a screening of the Irish language animation sensation, Lí Ban.
*This is a private screening.

An Chéadaoin 12ú Márta / Wednesday 12th March – Rocky Ros Muc- Scannán/Film – QFT@3.30pm

Acclaimed Irish Language film, Rocky Ros Muc, comes to the QFT as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025.
This film is subtitled in English and is rated PG.
Seating is limited, so please book early to secure your place.

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An Aoine 14ú Márta/Friday 14th March – Rith/Run leis An Chumann Gaelach 6pm @Lanyon Building gates

Join An Cumann Gaelach for a fun run…as Gaeilge!
Starting at the front gates of the University at 6pm.

Registration

International Mother Language Day 2025

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Happy International Mother Language Day!

With the International Mother Language Day arriving on Friday 21st February, we are pleased to invite you, QUB students and staff members, especially those who are from different linguistic backgrounds to join in this special Tandem Language Exchange event for the celebration of the richness of our linguistic and cultural assets we bring together to Queen’s.

Date: Wednesday, 19th February, 2025
Time: 15:00-16:30
Venue: TR2, McClay Library

If you have not signed up for the Tandem Language Exchange programme yet, please scan the QR code above or register via the button below.

Sign up for TLE

To learn more about International Mother Language Day, visit the page here.

Celebrating International Students’ Day

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Calling QUB students (and staff members) – Your attendance and engagement make a difference!

This year, the International Students’ Day (17/11) fall on Sunday and we are inviting you to join us in this celebration on Friday 15th November, 2024.

This special TLE event will cover a wide range of topics, from the international student experience to support for intercultural mobility, extending well beyond language learning. Students of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds, whether as individuals or society members, as well as staff, are warmly invited to attend. Light refreshments will be provided on site.

Date: Friday 15th November 2024
Time: 14:00 – 16:00 
Venue: The Auditorium, McClay Library

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Ready, steady, go!

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Happy Friday! What a bustling first week of language courses! We hope you’ve all had a great start to your language learning journey.

For QUB students and staff, don’t forget that if you’re looking for additional or alternative practice opportunities, you can join the Tandem Language Exchange programme to find a language partner.

It’s easy — just sign up, match up, and meet up! Visit TLE page (https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/lc/learning-support/tle/) or scan the QR code in the image for more information and to register. Our next event is scheduled for Friday 18th October, from 1:30 to 2:30 PM at the Auditorium, McClay Library.

Everyone is welcome!

LC course registration and TLE enrolment

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Bye September, Hi October!

What an overwhelming September with all new and returning students and staff on campus for a bustling start of their new academic year! We are also enthused to see a warm response of taking our language courses alongside their study programme and work plan. For those who are keen to sign up for a course but not able to do so yet, please remember to do it via our website before 5 pm, Thursday 3rd October.

Enrol on a Language Centre course

If you are not able to register for a course but would like to be involved in informal language learning and practice, you are welcome to consider signing up for the Tandem Language Exchange (TLE) programme. The TLE platform is an ongoing service that enables one to swap their native languages with each other in order to find language partners on a mutual support basis. It suits those who have signed up for a language course, in particular.

For more details and registration information, please read the TLE page.

Welcome back to Winter Term

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Welcome back to Language Classes and TLE!

The Language Centre 2nd semester classes kick off today Monday 15th and wish all the learners a great start!

Tandem Language Exchange activities restart from this Wednesday 17th January. All Queen’s students and staff members are welcome to attend TLE events throughout the academic year, whether they sign up for the language courses or not.

For those who sign up for both, it can be complementary way to develop your language skills with a potential language partner, with whom you can work with a buddy from another culture for mutual support. For those who are unable to attend a language class, perhaps joining our TLE will be a viable option for you to keep your flame of enthusiasm burn.

Welcome back and enjoy your learning!

TLE & Int’l Students Day

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Happy International Students Day (17/11)!

To celebrate the coming International Students Day, we, The Language Centre and Queen’s International Student Society (QISS), would like to host a special Tandem Language Exchange event and welcome all international and home students to join the celebration. Staff members are also welcome!

Date: Friday 17/11/2023
Time: 13:00-15:00
Venue: Auditorium, The McClay Library

On the day participants will be able to attend information sessions on the TLE programme and QISS activities, greeting and meeting key members from QISS and Student Experience Team, as well as networking with each other for language partnership and friendship development.

Feel free to bring along your QUB colleagues and friends. Tea and coffee with light refreshments will be served.

For more information and registration, scan the QR code above, or visit TLE page. To view other language and cultural events, please visit Cultural Diversity at Queen’s.

Tandem Language Exchange Live

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Calling all students and staff members who are keen to boost language exchanges!

Following the initial Tandem Language Exchange (TLE) meeting last Friday (13/10), the second TLE meeting is set for this Friday (20/10) from 1 pm to 3 pm, at the Auditorium, McClay Library.

All welcome and bring your friends/colleagues along! If you have not registered for the TLE programme yet, please remember to sign up for it before coming to attend, which will facilitate your access onsite.

For more information, click here.

Happy International Friendship Day

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“The International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities.

The resolution places emphasis on involving young people, as future leaders, in community activities that include different cultures and promote international understanding and respect for diversity.”

– UN

At Queen’s, we have seen friendship developing in many ways, one of which is through joining our Tandem Language Exchange (TLE) programme. As Luisa, a German student in exchange of her language for Mandarin Chinese with Lingzhu, said, “What started off as a language partnership soon turned into a real friendship and apart from learning German and Chinese we also go running together and spend time as friends.”

While it is quiet on campus during the summer break, those who are keen to develop their language skills through TLE can still maintain their language partnership onsite or online. The new round of TLE events will begin after the new academic year starts, so enjoy your summer time (and with old friends) and be prepared to look for new language partners starting from October 2023.

To register for TLE, sign up via go.qub.ac.uk/tandemlanguage

Happy UN French Language Day

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Bonjour! Did you know today, the 20th March, is the UN French Language Day? Joyeuse journée de la langue Française !

On this special day, Manon Merle, a French student doing Politics at Queen’s School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, shared with us her experience of coming to study at Queen’s with her language exchange needs.

I am Manon, a French native speaker studying at Queen’s as an Erasmus student. And there are quite a few Erasmus students from France like me studying on campus! We are very eager to get to know you!

In my home university in France I study political science and am going to apply for a master in the ecological transition. I have decided to study abroad in Belfast mostly to improve my skills in English, to discover new people, a new city, a new culture and a new educational system. Many other French students have the same idea as I have, and we hope to contribute to Queen’s as a vibrant French-speaking community. As I hope this experience here to help me with my English, I recently signed up for the Tandem Language Exchange programme. So, I’ll be happy to promote my native language as well as to learn other languages from you!

To learn French (or the other languages) with us Language Centre, visit www.qub.ac.uk/lc (or scan the QR code) and sign up for the classes which will commence week beginning Monday 24 April 2023.

To find a language partner for language exchange, visit Tandem Language Exchange (TLE) programme. The coming TLE session is scheduled on Wed 22 March between 11:00 and 12:00 at the Training Room 2, McClay Library.