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| akprocks Senior Member United States Joined 5291 days ago 178 posts - 258 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 1 of 5 06 August 2011 at 6:56am | IP Logged | ||
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There's a close friend I have that is being put in the hospital for long periods of time. I figure that I should visit him and get him something to do in this tough time. Now he is a die hard Scottish fan and loves to watch movies about Scotland, research Scotland and talk about.. well you get the picture. Consequently I would like to get him something like Teach yourself Gaelic because he has a lot of spare time and I think it would make a good present. Having never studied Gaelic which resources would you recommend?
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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6016 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 2 of 5 07 August 2011 at 9:23am | IP Logged | ||
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Teach Yourself Gaelic's probably the most popular one out there at the moment (certainly more popular than Colloquial). I would recommend Scottish Gaelic in 12 Weeks if it wasn't for the fact that there's no audio to accompany the book, so it's not suitable for use as a single source.
I wouldn't bother with Speaking Our Language, because it's very bitty, long, and in the end quite expensive. Ronald Black's Cothrom Ionnsachaidh got a lot of attention a few years ago, but I think a lot of people find it quite dry. Edited by Cainntear on 07 August 2011 at 9:24am 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6299 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 3 of 5 12 October 2011 at 3:36am | IP Logged | ||
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I ran across reference to a book called An Leabhar Mòr that is available for sale at a well known on-line bookstore
that is/was a sponsor of this site. Not for beginners I would imagine but something to aspire to. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6914 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 5 12 October 2011 at 8:50am | IP Logged | ||
I recognize this title from the bookshelf for interlibrary loans some weeks ago. You say no audio - what about this? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scottish-Gaelic-Twelve-Weeks-audio/d p/1841586447 (For the record, I can't remember if the reserved book had an accompanying CD - maybe it's a fairly new addition?) Edited by jeff_lindqvist on 12 October 2011 at 8:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Chris Heptaglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7126 days ago 287 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Indonesian, French, Malay, Japanese, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Korean, Mongolian | Message 5 of 5 12 October 2011 at 2:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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I just posted the following on the other Scottish Gaelic thread:
There are plenty of courses available on Amazon. Look at these: http://www.amazon.com/Colloquial-Scottish-Gaelic-Complete-Be ginners/dp/0415206774 http://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Gaelic-Hippocrene-Language/d p/0781807263/ref=pd_sim_b6 http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Gaelic-CD-Morag-MacNeill/dp/1 841583707/ref=pd_sim_b2 http://www.amazon.com/EuroTalk-Interactive-Learn-Scots-Gaeli c/dp/B00117UWOK/ref=pd_sim_b5 http://www.amazon.com/Scottish-Gaelic-Twelve-Weeks-Audio/dp/ 1841586447/ref=pd_sim_sw7 Even Hugo does one! http://www.amazon.com/Hugo-Three-Months-Scottish-Gaelic/dp/0 852853696/ref=pd_sim_b19 Seriously, I am a great fan of Hugo's courses, so if the ones I have are anything to go by, this is well worth a purchase. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Talk-More-Scots-Gaelic-Interactive/d p/1846068673/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1318422947&sr=8-12 How about the 'Speaking Our Language' series? You might be surprised where these things turn up: http://www.celt.com.au/hculture.html There is LOADS of stuff out there! http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/help/learn_gaelic.jsp There's a distance learning course quoted on the page above: Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Also, check out Edinburgh's Telford University, because I think they might provide online courses (leading to certification). I don't know what this is like, but it may be worth a look: http://www.ulpan.co.uk/u/ 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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