Are there any known good text/workbook/cd sets for learning Irish? I do prefer CD over cassette.
(Edited to clarify subject line.)
[ This Message was edited by: avanutria on 2002-09-03 16:06 ]
I don’t know of any personally, but here are a few websites that look like they have some good places to go:
http://www.lincolnu.edu/~focal/
(Under the link, “Resources for Beginners”.)
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/gaeilge/gaelic.html
http://www.ceantar.org/Lessons/
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/learn/Gaelic-Irish.asp
http://erinsweb.com/gae_index.html
http://languagenetwork.tripod.com/gaelic_irish_welsh.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/blas/learners_main.shtml
Check out:
There might be something in this set that would be of benefit to you. Looked at it in a local music store last week. Be sure and click on the ‘Contents’ button at this page.
[ This Message was edited by: CDon on 2002-09-03 17:21 ]
A chara,
It’s good to hear that there is an interest in learning the Irish language. The language and the music of Ireland live off each other. I’d imagine that every learner of Irish has a particular course that has really helped, but it is very much a matter of taste and preference. What do you want to achieve in your Irish studies? Do you want to speak, read and write the language or maybe only one of these? What dialect do you want to concentrate on? This is especially important in speaking the language. I’m from Ulster and so I have an Ulster bias and in my opinion the best conversational course is in fact an Ulster dialect one. It’s called “Now You’re Talking” and is published by Gael Media. Only cassettes are available I’m afraid, but there are many of them and they are full of excellent everyday material. I can thoroughly recommend the course. The BBC Northern Ireland blas link, listed in the above message would go well with this material and I would recommend it as well. I hope all this is helpful.
Ádh mór ort!
Hello Sean -
I’m hoping to spend a great deal of time in Ireland next year, either working near Dublin or taking classes in an undetermined location. I don’t know what dialect to look at, or even what ones there are. I would like to primarily read enough to get around, then speak enough to converse with others, then write the language, but all of the above would be great. I’m willing to put in a great deal of time but the learning materials need to be able to hold on to my attention. I’m primarily a visual learner so I think I will struggle with correlating the spelling and pronounciation.
A chara,
You’ll have no problem at all finding Irish language classes in the Dublin area. You’ll make much better progress in a class with other learners and when you pick up a bit of Irish you can then make the most of a trip out to the wild west and hear the language spoken in the Gaeltacht.
That’s what I’d love to do, but I figured I could get a start on it this year 