Teach Yourself Irish Conversation (Unabridged)

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  (Not Yet Rated) Author: Donall Mac Ruairi
Audio Length: 3 hours and 32 min.
Release Date: 11/11/2008
Narrator: Donall Mac Ruairi, Sinead Ni Churnain, Michelle Nic Grianna, Tommy Seoige, Sarah Sherborne
Format: Unabridged

This stand-alone, all-audio course can be used by those who have little or no knowledge of the language, by those who want to learn or brush up basic conversation skills, and by more advanced learners who require extra audio material to complement their current courses.

The ten units or 'conversations' cover the situations you are most likely to find yourself in while on holiday or on business abroad. They are divided into two parts, with a dialogue in each part. The dialogue in Part 2 reuses the vocabulary and phrases from Part 1 in a slightly different context. Both parts start with an introduction to the words and phrases you'll need, followed by the dialogue. Finally it's 'Over to you': you take part in the same dialogues following the English prompts, playing all the roles in turn. So you get lots of opportunity to practise!

Vocabulary and phrases in the first two parts are kept to the basics and are introduced gradually with lots of opportunity to repeat and practise, to improve your confidence in both speaking and understanding. The third part concentrates on helping you improve your understanding, so that you will be able to hold two-way conversations with people who speak very fast or use words and phrases you do not know.

The course comes on three 75-minute parts and has an accompanying 48-page booklet which gives the dialogues and the translations of the dialogues, for those who like to see the written word or want additional practice. The booklet also provides a basic glossary of the words and phrases used.

This is the perfect complement to 'Irish' and 'Irish Grammar' in the 'Teach Yourself' range.