Teach Yourself Gaelic: (Teach Yourself Complete Courses)

About the Book

Scottish Gaelic is one of six modern Celtic languages, which, like most other European languages, belong to the Indo-European family of languages. The older versions of the modern Celtic languages were spoken in a large part of Europe at the height of Celtic civilisation.

This book/CD course is designed for anyone who wants to progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking and writing Scottish Gaelic with confidence. 'Teach Yourself Gaelic' consists of 23 thematic units progressing from introducing yourself and talking about everyday topics to reporting events and making suggestions. The emphasis is on communication throughout with important language structures introduced through dialogues on the accompanying recording. There are plenty of exercises to practise the language as it is introduced and cultural information sections give useful advice about the culture of Gaelic-speaking people. There is a special section on spelling and pronunciation at the start of the course.

Table of Contents:
Introduction; Spelling and pronunciation; 01 How are you?; 02 Where are you going?; 03 How old are you?; 04 I like Indian food; 05 What do you want?; 06 What are you doing?; 07 I can't hear you; 08 He is from Mull; 09 Where is the bank?; 10 We went abroad last year; 11 I'll have to go; 12 What do you prefer?; 13 That's better; 14 I'm fed up; 15 We expect to go; 16 Why don't we go to a disco?; 17 I can't say for sure; 18 What did you usually do?; 19 What did she say?; 20 They hope to see you; 21 That would be good; 22 Would you like it?; 23 When was the house built?; Revision; Key to the exercises; Gaelic-English vocabulary; Appendix; Grammatical index.

About the Author :
Iain Taylor taught Gaelic in the Western Isles and Perthshire (1982-87) before working on curriculum materials at Jordanhill College (now Strathclyde University) in Glasgow (1987-91). He has worked as scriptwriter, editor and producer with Scottish Television and independent producers (1991-98) and also worked on publications and course materials for Sabhal M r Ostaig in Skye (1999-now). He is a former setter and marker with Scottish Examinations Board (now SQA) and member of Central Support Group for Gaelic (course materials preparation for Standard Grade Gaelic courses).

Boyd Robertson is Senior Lecturer in Gaelic at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Before joining the University, he was Principal Teacher of Gaelic at Oban High School. He has played a leading part in the development of several courses for learners of Gaelic including the Speaking our Language TV series and the Abair E course for secondary schools. He is currently Chair of The Scottish Qualifications Authority Gaelic Assessment Panel and Vice-Chair of the main Gaelic language promotion agency, Comunn na G idhlig. He has had extensive involvement in European projects on minority language issues for bodies such as the Council of Europe and The European Cultural Foundation.