Speaking Irish: Take your language skills beyond basics
Take a big step toward fluency in Irish

Speaking Irish is a unique opportunity to sharpen your listening and conversational skills in the company of speakers from all corners of Ireland. Filmed on location throughout Ireland, the DVD features authentic, unrehearsed interviews with more than twenty Irish speakers, representing all three regional dialects.

Just put the disc in your DVD player, and your journey begins. Hear Aoife weigh the pros and cons of life in Dublin as opposed to the Irish countryside. Listen to Máirín describe a good friend. Learn about Gaelic games and their place in the community from Donncha. And enjoy animated discussions of other topics like family, education, the environment, the Gaeltacht, and the Irish in America. The companion book provides a transcript of all the interviews, plus extensive exercises and notes on vocabulary, grammar, regional variations, and more.

Download additional classroom activities at mhprofessional.com.

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Speaking Irish: Take your language skills beyond basics
Take a big step toward fluency in Irish

Speaking Irish is a unique opportunity to sharpen your listening and conversational skills in the company of speakers from all corners of Ireland. Filmed on location throughout Ireland, the DVD features authentic, unrehearsed interviews with more than twenty Irish speakers, representing all three regional dialects.

Just put the disc in your DVD player, and your journey begins. Hear Aoife weigh the pros and cons of life in Dublin as opposed to the Irish countryside. Listen to Máirín describe a good friend. Learn about Gaelic games and their place in the community from Donncha. And enjoy animated discussions of other topics like family, education, the environment, the Gaeltacht, and the Irish in America. The companion book provides a transcript of all the interviews, plus extensive exercises and notes on vocabulary, grammar, regional variations, and more.

Download additional classroom activities at mhprofessional.com.

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Speaking Irish: Take your language skills beyond basics

Speaking Irish: Take your language skills beyond basics

Speaking Irish: Take your language skills beyond basics

Speaking Irish: Take your language skills beyond basics

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Take a big step toward fluency in Irish

Speaking Irish is a unique opportunity to sharpen your listening and conversational skills in the company of speakers from all corners of Ireland. Filmed on location throughout Ireland, the DVD features authentic, unrehearsed interviews with more than twenty Irish speakers, representing all three regional dialects.

Just put the disc in your DVD player, and your journey begins. Hear Aoife weigh the pros and cons of life in Dublin as opposed to the Irish countryside. Listen to Máirín describe a good friend. Learn about Gaelic games and their place in the community from Donncha. And enjoy animated discussions of other topics like family, education, the environment, the Gaeltacht, and the Irish in America. The companion book provides a transcript of all the interviews, plus extensive exercises and notes on vocabulary, grammar, regional variations, and more.

Download additional classroom activities at mhprofessional.com.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780071593694
Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date: 01/02/2008
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Siuán Ní Mhaonaigh and Antain Mac Lochlainn are leading authors of Irish language learning materials. Siuán specializes in language testing and teacher training, while Antain develops training materials for English-Irish translators and editors.

Table of Contents

1 Ceantar dúchais/Native place2 An teaghlach/The family3 Obair/Work4 Caitheamh aimsire/Pastimes5 Saol na cathrach/City life6 Ag foghlaim teangacha/Learning languages7 Daoine/People8 Taisteal/Travel9 Cúrsaí spóirt/Sport10 Tuairimí 1/Opinions 111 Oideachas/Education12 An timpeallacht/The environment13 An Ghaeltacht/The Gaeltacht (Irish speaking areas in Ireland)14 Saol na mban/Women15 Scéalta/Stories16 Cultúr/Culture17 Tuairimí 2/Opinions 218 Cuimhní/Memories19 Éire inniu/Ireland today20 Classroom activities
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