Cramlap: Questionnaire 1

Questionnaire 1

CRAMLAP – Celtic, Regional and Minority Languages Abroad Project

Questionnaire 1

Institutional Details

	Name of Institution
	Department
	Website of Department
	Name of Respondent
	Contact Name
	Email Address

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CRAMLAP
NICILT
Graduate School of Education
69-71 University Street
Belfast
BT7 1HL
Northern Ireland
Email: e.mckendry@qub.ac.uk

Section 1 : Provision/Staff

Q1	Does your institution have one or more designated departments for Celtic languages (e.g. Dept. of Celtic Studies, Dept. of Breton, Dept. of Modern Irish, Dept. of Old Irish, etc.)?

	Yes	No

Q2	If there is not a designated department of Celtic in your institution, are Celtic languages taught within:

	Department of English	Yes No
	Department of French	Yes No
	Department of Linguistics	Yes No
	If other (please specify)

Q3	Which Celtic Languages are taught at your institution?

	Language	Taught	Language only	Lang. and Literature	Ab initio
A	Modern Breton	Yes or No
	Earlier Breton	Yes or No
B	Cornish	Yes or No
C	Modern Irish	Yes or No
	Earlier Irish	Yes or No
D	Manx	Yes or No
E	Scottish Gaelic	Yes or No
F	Modern Welsh	Yes or No
	Earlier Welsh	Yes or No
G	Other (e.g. Continental Celtic)	Yes or No
H	Cultural Studies/Area Studies/ Civilisation Course	Yes or No

*For present purposes the designation 'earlier' refers to pre-20th century stages
of a language, e.g.Old Breton, Old Irish, Middle Irish, etc.

	Any additional information?

Q4	*Does the methodology adopted for ab initio* teaching aim primarily to achieve**

		Communicative competence	Yes No
		Text/grammar competence	Yes No
		Philological competence	Yes No
		Other (please specify)

Q5	What is the staff provision for Celtic?

	Staff	Number
	Full Professors
	Associate Professors
	Full-time Lecturers
	Part-time/Hourly-paid Lecturers
	Foreign Lecturers*

* 'foreign' designates a speaker of a non-territorial Celtic language who comes from the country in
which the language is spoken. Such speakers may be employed on a short-term contract.

Q6	*Are ab initio* teachers primarily involved in teaching:**

	Modern language
	Earlier language
	Both

Q7	How many students are enrolled on each course?

	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02
Irish
Welsh
Other (please specify)

Q8	To which level is it possible to study the language(s)?

Language		Minor element of degree	Full undergrad. degree level	Post grad. master's level	Doctoral level
A	Modern Breton
	Earlier Breton
B	Cornish
C	Modern Irish
	Earlier Irish
D	Manx
E	Scottish Gaelic
F	Modern Welsh
	Earlier Welsh
G	Other(e.g. Continental Celtic)

	Any additional information?

Q9	Are Celtic languages available as a non-degree/optional course?

	Institution-wide language programme
	Language Centre
	Open-learning centre
	Extra-mural
	Other (please specify)

Q10

Does your institution have a Socrates-Erasmus student mobility programme for Celtic?

Q11

Has your institution been involved in any European projects for Celtic?

Section 2: Research

Q12

What are the main research interests in your department/institution ?

	Linguistics (specify areas)
	Literature (specify areas)
	Other (please specify)

Q13

Does your Department publish any journal or newsletter related to Celtic studies?

		Yes No
	If yes, please specify

This is the end of the questionnaire, thank you for taking the time to fill it in.