Progressive Gaelic 1: A complete Academic course in Gaelic for Beginners

by Moray Watson

This is the first volume in a series of textbooks designed to take the academically-minded student from beginner (or near-beginner) level to a stage where he/she has all the tools to achieve fluency. Attaining actual fluency will still depend on the student's own investment, in both time and energy. There will be five volumes in the series, with volumes 2, 3 and 4 due to be published in 2012 and 2013. A series of CDs to accompany the course will also be published in 2013. Answer files for the exercises in the book are available on the book's website: http: //www.progressivegaelic.com. Progressive Gaelic is designed to support lessons with a qualified teacher, and is not a stand-alone or teach-yourself course. The material in this first volume is equivalent to the first half of Level 1 in the beginners' Gaelic course at the University of Aberdee

206 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Moray Watson is Professor of Gaelic and Translation at the University of Aberdeen. Director of Ionad Eoghainn MhicLachlainn: The National Centre for Gaelic Translation, his publications include The Edinburgh Companion to the Gaelic Language (2010), An Introduction to Gaelic Fiction (2011) and textbooks and pedagogical materials for Gaelic. He edited Iain Crichton Smith's Gaelic poetry (2013) and short stories (2023) - both Donald Meek prize nominations, the former winning. His translations from various languages into Gaelic include Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2012), The Hobbit (2024) and The Time Machine (2024).

Reviews

[Emilie Eple · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good tool that I used during my 'Gaelic for Beginners 1A' course at Aberdeen University. Usable for future reference with the language; and easy to follow as well as for looking up more specific areas.