Ebook: Instant Gaelic

Owen R.C. Instant Gaelic. - Inverness: Clò Chailleann, 1979. - 64 p.Ideally this book is intended for those who have at least a very basic vocabulary and some knowledge of elementary grammar. It is intended to help people make the break-through to the stage where they are beginning to feel at home with reading and speaking Gaelic.
Each Gaelic text should be worked out with the help of the English translation on the facing pages and then reread frequently until it can be read and understood in Gaelic alone.
The drills if practised repeatedly will increase spoken fluency and provide adequate practice in the basic structures of the language.
The texts have been selected to give some idea of what is available in Gaelic. The first text gives the story of Gaelic, then there are two modern tales, two traditional tales, and an extract from a very moving play which should show how valuable plays are for learning to speak the language. There is a splendid poem which echoes the theme of the play and lastly a popular song.
If the whole book is used for frequent study as suggested, reading will become easier and phrases will spring to mind when speaking.