Post by Courier6ix on Mar 2, 2014 21:36:04 GMT -6
Beag Air Bheag. If you are a Gaelic learning and you haven't heard of this site yet, well either I pity you or you haven't actually been studying your Gaelic. This is a website set up by the BBC and is great for an introduction to Gaelic. Gaelic is a harder language to acquire text or learning applications for but this website does a perfect job. It includes real speakers and text.
Next up is the book by Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh and Ian MacAonghuis called Scottish Gaelic in Twelve Weeks. This book is a text book that is wonderful. You can get this book with or without a CD, though I always recommend a CD because having a speaking reference is vital to languages especially one like Gaelic, for roughly 20-30USD on Amazon or eBay. I use this book for teaching as well as used it for learning and still brush through it for touch-ups.
The final thing I recommend is a phone app. I have it on my iPhone though I do not know if it is available on anything else though I should hope so! The app is called uTalk which is short for EuroTalk. This app features well over fifty languages. If you can't find a language to learn on it then you must be trying to learn Klingon or Sindarin I guess! It has a few free trial phrases and games for each language but gets pricey after that, though the app itself is free at least. $9.99 for the "Essentials Pack" and $15.99 (USD for both) for the "Premium Pack". For a few extra dollars, I recommend the Premium. The app covers a TON and includes games to help you remember and keep down your newly learnt words as well as native speakers both male and female. I feel some pronunciations to be a little...different but none the less helpful. Best of luck.
Next up is the book by Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh and Ian MacAonghuis called Scottish Gaelic in Twelve Weeks. This book is a text book that is wonderful. You can get this book with or without a CD, though I always recommend a CD because having a speaking reference is vital to languages especially one like Gaelic, for roughly 20-30USD on Amazon or eBay. I use this book for teaching as well as used it for learning and still brush through it for touch-ups.
The final thing I recommend is a phone app. I have it on my iPhone though I do not know if it is available on anything else though I should hope so! The app is called uTalk which is short for EuroTalk. This app features well over fifty languages. If you can't find a language to learn on it then you must be trying to learn Klingon or Sindarin I guess! It has a few free trial phrases and games for each language but gets pricey after that, though the app itself is free at least. $9.99 for the "Essentials Pack" and $15.99 (USD for both) for the "Premium Pack". For a few extra dollars, I recommend the Premium. The app covers a TON and includes games to help you remember and keep down your newly learnt words as well as native speakers both male and female. I feel some pronunciations to be a little...different but none the less helpful. Best of luck.