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Pimsleur Irish Quick & Simple Course - Level 1 Lessons 1-8 CD: Learn to Speak and Understand Irish (Gaelic) with Pimsleur Language Programs
The Pimsleur® Method: the easiest, fastest way to learn a new language. Completely portable, easily downloadable, and lots of fun. You’ll be speaking and understanding in no time flat!
This course includes eight lessons of Irish language instruction - 4 hrs of audio-only effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Irish.
The Irish Language
Irish and English are the official languages of Ireland. The three major dialects of Irish are: Connemara (in the west of Ireland and around the city of Galway), Munster (spoken in Counties Kerry and Cork), and Ulster (spoken in County Donegal). Pimsleur's Irish teaches the Munster dialect.
Tech Talk
- CDs are formatted for playing in all CD players, including car players, and users can copy files for use in iTunes or Windows Media Player.
This course includes eight lessons of Irish language instruction - 4 hrs of audio-only effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Irish.
The Irish Language
Irish and English are the official languages of Ireland. The three major dialects of Irish are: Connemara (in the west of Ireland and around the city of Galway), Munster (spoken in Counties Kerry and Cork), and Ulster (spoken in County Donegal). Pimsleur's Irish teaches the Munster dialect.
Tech Talk
- CDs are formatted for playing in all CD players, including car players, and users can copy files for use in iTunes or Windows Media Player.
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First published November 1, 2001
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February 13, 2013
I felt like I needed to listen to the lessons two and three times before it started to stick and I could respond to 80% of the directives. I enjoyed listening to the CDs and speaking, but I do not know how much I will retain since there are not a lot of opportunities to speak Gaelic.
Now on to Swedish, which I might actually use.
Now on to Swedish, which I might actually use.
December 5, 2019
I'm a big fan of Pimsleur, and I use their programs as my first step in learning a new language, which I have done successfully quite a few times now.
That said, this particular one is awful. They have replicated the exact same format as in Spanish, French, German, etc., but I believe it's introducing new phrases and vocab too quickly. I'm having to repeat every lesson 2 or 3 times! The word order and grammatical structure is considerably different in the Gaelic languages than the Germanic and Romance languages, so if anything, it needs to be slower. This is also the first time that I'm google-translating the lessons as I go, because although the pronunciation is quite different to what we'd expect as English speakers, I'm struggling to latch onto the vocab without seeing it. I think for this language, rather than cranking out the same formula, they needed to adapt it to reduce the steep learning curve. (I'm told the Goidelic languages get easier as you go, whereas Spanish - for instance - is easy at the start and then becomes difficult at the advanced level).
That said, this particular one is awful. They have replicated the exact same format as in Spanish, French, German, etc., but I believe it's introducing new phrases and vocab too quickly. I'm having to repeat every lesson 2 or 3 times! The word order and grammatical structure is considerably different in the Gaelic languages than the Germanic and Romance languages, so if anything, it needs to be slower. This is also the first time that I'm google-translating the lessons as I go, because although the pronunciation is quite different to what we'd expect as English speakers, I'm struggling to latch onto the vocab without seeing it. I think for this language, rather than cranking out the same formula, they needed to adapt it to reduce the steep learning curve. (I'm told the Goidelic languages get easier as you go, whereas Spanish - for instance - is easy at the start and then becomes difficult at the advanced level).
May 7, 2012
Get a chance to listen to the DVD-CD's / or another listening device - to hear the dialog.
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