Complete Irish with Two Audio CDs: A Teach Yourself Guide

by Ó Sé, Diarmuid

• ISBN13: 9780071758987
• ISBN10: 0071758984
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2011-03-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

It's easy to teach yourself Irish!

Complete Irish with Two Audio CDs: A Teach Yourself Guide provides you with a clear and comprehensive approach to Irish, so you can progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking, and writing Irish with confidence.

Within each of the 24 thematic chapters, important language structures are introduced through life-like dialogues. You'll learn grammar in a gradual manner so you won't be overwhelmed by this tricky subject. Exercises accompany the texts and reinforce learning in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This program also features current cultural information boxes that reflect recent changes in society. The accompanying audio CDs include audio exercises--performed by native speakers--that reinforce communicative skills.

Features:

• Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author’s many years of experience
• Tests in the book to keep track of your progress

Table of Contents

Introduction

Pronunciation guide

My name is...

I am a teacher

Are you married?

This is...

This is your room

It is fine today

Who does this belong to?

What pastime do you have?

Would you like a cup of tea?

What does this cost?

What did you do?

I haven’t seen you for a while

I have been learning Irish for the past two years

I was born in Cork

Keep going half a mile

His office is upstairs

I’ll meet you at eight

I think the bank is closed

What do you do?

I used to have a lot to do

Key to the exercises

Appendices

Irish-English vocabulary

English-Irish vocabulary

Grammatical index

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