Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series (Book Only)) - Brossura

Ihde, Thomas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1138958441 ISBN 13: 9781138958449

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2015

Riassunto

Specially written by experienced teachers, this easy to use and completely up-to-date course provides a step-by-step approach to spoken and written Irish with no prior knowledge of the language required.

What makes Colloquial Irish your best choice in personal language learning?

• emphasis on the language of East Connemara, with a clear pronunciation guide and an appendix on dialectal differences within Irish
• stimulating exercises with lively illustrations
• effective combination of language points, dialogues and cultural information
• Irish/English and English/Irish word lists.

By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Irish in a broad range of everyday situations.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Thomas Ihde is currently director of the Institute for Irish-American Studies at Lehman College, CUNY, New York. His current research focuses on Irish language materials development and bilingual acquisition. His previous publications include a book on the Irish Language (1994, Bergin and Garvey).

Maire Ni Neachtain, a native Irish speaker from West Galway, teaches language, literature and linguistics at the Department of Irish, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Dr Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew currently teaches Irish at the University of Pennsylvania, and was previously President of the North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers.

John Gillen, a research fellow at the Institute for Irish-American Studies, has taught Modern Irish and Old Irish for the New York Gaelic Society, and currently works at Hostos Community College, CUNY.

 

 

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1138958441
• ISBN 13: 9781138958449
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 264