Invaders of the ancient Roman Empire, whose way of life is considered primitive, are known as __________________.
__________________ is the unfair use of someone or some country for personal or national profit.
__________________ were the French people who conquered the island of Ireland in the twelfth century.
Persecution coffin Great Potato Famine clergy
The religious officials who conduct Christian services are referred to as the ______________.
A __________________ is a box or case in which a dead body is placed.
__________________ is the term that describes the refusal to permit people to act and believe as they want to.
The period of great hunger and death in Ireland resulting from the failure of the potato crop, which was the major source of food for the Irish, is termed the __________________.
Starvation decree extinction lack
__________________ entails causing something to be destroyed or done away with.
To be without or to need is to __________________ that which is needed.
To issue an order which must be obeyed is to ___________________ something.
Death from hunger is ______________.
Preview of Sentences
These are some of the sentences you will hear in the lecture:
When the barbarians conquered the continent of Europe, it was Ireland that kept alive culture and learning.
In the twelfth century that is to say in the 1100s the Norman-English conquest of Ireland began.
Throughout the eighteenth century that is, throughout the 1700s the Irish suffered from economic exploitation, political and religious persecution.
In the four years after the potato crop failure, more than one million people died of starvation.
The ships were called "floating coffins" because of the large number of people who died on board during the journey.
The Great Potato Famine occurred in 1847.
English was the language of the politicians, the clergy, and the landlords.
The government decreed that knowledge of the Irish language was required for all elementary school teachers.
By 1949 only 8.2 percent of the teachers lacked a certificate to teach Irish to the school children.
The nεΰr-extinction of a language spoken for more than two thousand years has, perhaps, been slowed down, or even stopped altogether.
B. Listening Activities
Note-Taking Model
Let's get ready to hear a lecture about the Republic of Ireland and the preservation of its national language. While you listen to the lecture, you should be looking at the Note-Taking Model, which is brief, which is in outline form, and which contains only the necessary facts and information contained in the lecture. Notice that the lecture information has been greatly condensed or reduced to its most important, information-carrying words. Of course, after you have listened to the lecture once while looking at the Note-Taking Model, you will be expected to take your own notes on the lecture. For now, just listen and look at the model.
Let's get ready to hear a lecture about the Republic of Ireland and the preservation of its national language. While you listen to the lecture, you should be looking at the Note-Taking Model, which is brief, which is in outline form, and which contains only the necessary facts and information contained in the lecture. Notice that the lecture information has been greatly condensed or reduced to its most important, information-carrying words. Of course, after you have listened to the lecture once while looking at the Note-Taking Model, you will be expected to take your own notes on the lecture. For now, just listen and look at the model.