Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners - Couverture souple

Ihde, Thomas; Neachtain, Maire Ni; Blyn-LaDrew, Roslyn; Gillen, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415381304 ISBN 13 : 9780415381307

Editeur : Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

Specially written by experienced teachers, this easy to use and completely up to date course offers you 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.

This pack contains the book and two 60-minute audio CDs.This audio material has been recorded by native speakers and will help you perfect your pronuncation, listening and speaking skills.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415381304
• ISBN 13: 9780415381307
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible