invergowrie arab Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 39 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: Finding it a real slog to get through clothes/pets/weather. You better just plough on. If you can't speak about the weather there is no point speaking Gaelic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomCat Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) I'm not learning Gaelic but if I was to feel overwhelmed in my attempt I'd simply watch the proud Northern Britons at 2.04 to 2.19 to push me on. Edited January 26, 2020 by ThomCat 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Just this evening completed level 2 on the old Duolingo. Thoroughly enjoying it.I've had a few false starts at night school etc but this is excellent for simple stuff I largely knew already and adding new bits in at an easy pace. My maternal grandparents came from Mull and Benbecula and were native speakers. As we spent every summer holiday with them in Lochgilphead there were lots of terms and phrases I knew but had never seen written down! My wife's mother is an Ìleach and speaks it still on the phone to her siblings but is not keen to engage when I tentatively venture a few words which is annoying.My late dad went to night school and passed his Higher, and studied up at the SMO more recently. I wish he was still about to help me push on from here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Just this evening completed level 2 on the old Duolingo. Thoroughly enjoying it. I've had a few false starts at night school etc but this is excellent for simple stuff I largely knew already and adding new bits in at an easy pace. My maternal grandparents came from Mull and Benbecula and were native speakers. As we spent every summer holiday with them in Lochgilphead there were lots of terms and phrases I knew but had never seen written down! My wife's mother is an Ìleach and speaks it still on the phone to her siblings but is not keen to engage when I tentatively venture a few words which is annoying.My late dad went to night school and passed his Higher, and studied up at the SMO more recently. I wish he was still about to help me push on from here. My wee girl’s class have been learning Gaelic at school in the central belt’s Gaelic stronghold otherwise known as Falkirk. I’d love to learn it and wish I had the time to devote to doing so. Glad the wee one is learning though. It should never be allowed to fade away and should be taught everywhere IMO, at least in primary schools. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Get the Duolingo, honestly. You will make progress on 10 minutes a day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Get the Duolingo, honestly. You will make progress on 10 minutes a day. What’s one of them? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 An app for your phone. Website too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 13 hours ago, 8MileBU said: I’d love to learn it and wish I had the time to devote to doing so. Glad the wee one is learning though. It should never be allowed to fade away and should be taught everywhere IMO, at least in primary schools. For some bizarre reason that escapes me, I can remember a couple of parents going mental because my (then) P7 teacher had the audacity to teach a little bit of German in her class. Can only imagine how Gaelic would go down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 An app for your phone. Website too.The website is considerably better than the application (unless it's changed greatly in the last couple of years). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 29 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: 6 hours ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: An app for your phone. Website too. The website is considerably better than the application (unless it's changed greatly in the last couple of years). Well it's got thorough supporting notes which are an excellent resource. I'm happy trundling through the app though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 4 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: 11 hours ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: An app for your phone. Website too. The website is considerably better than the application (unless it's changed greatly in the last couple of years). Aye, the website has loads of extra information the app doesn't have but both are fine. I started teaching a new class tonight and the difference between people who have done a month of duolinguo and complete beginners is night and day. A month of duolinguo is like 6 months in my class. I mean perhaps I'm a shit teacher but we will go with duolinguo being good just now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 A month of duolinguo is like 6 months in my class. I mean perhaps I'm a shit teacher but we will go with duolinguo being good just now.I'd venture that the main difference between your class and Duolingo is that the Duolingo students actually practise every day whereas your students probably do the homework an hour before the lesson then forget about gaelic until the next week.From personal experience of attempts at ten or so languages my best results have been with a combination of daily exposure both spoken and written, vocabulary flashcards and guided grammar correction. Duolingo really is an excellent resource but you need to supplement it with other approaches. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I just noticed that Gaelic is free on glossika (ai.glossika.com). I've never used it but heard very good things about it from a linguist friend of mine. Apparently it's best at getting you from intermediate to advanced, so for anyone who's finished the Duolingo course and is looking for something to push them on further it could be a good shout. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just had a look there and it seems to be only free for a one week trial? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kejan Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 No better time to get cracking on with the Gàidhlig. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kejan Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 For numbers, you'll often hear very competent Gaelic speakers even saying them in English, especially the years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 In order to aid ma Gaelic I've been tuning into BBC Alba when nothing else takes my fancy. It's awesome. It's seriously like Rutland Weekly Television. Dreach Úr* is my favourite show in the world. Some lassie ruining stuff around the house by painting it pink or sellotaping tacky shite onto it. Fuine has some lad turning up at people's houses who show him how to make banana bread or some other basic AF baking but, occasionally, turns up at some wee Hebridean wummin's house who clearly has no time for his questions and just wants to make her tottie scones in peace. There's some programmes on there which are genuinely good watching but it's this mad shite that wouldn't get on any other channel that I've developed an affection for. Also a good barometer of how decent my Gaelic getting when I can understand the basics of what's happening without looking at the subtitles and lets me hear it spoken in a more natural form than the apps. *I know that's the wrong direction for the wee thing above the vowel but I cannae be arsed finding the proper version on the work keyboard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I find Alba do brilliant one off films and mini series. Their regular output is usually pretty guff though. That said I like Air an Lot and fell down a Machair hole for a year, although can't say i necessarily enjoyed it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 On 23/03/2020 at 09:30, MixuFixit said: Finally faced my weather demons and got past it & checkpoint 2 on duolingo. Tha mi toilichte an drasta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistledo Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, MixuFruit said: Duilich a cluintinn https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/02/scots-gaelic-could-die-out-within-a-decade-study-finds It would definitely be good to have more Gaelic speakers, but dead in a decade seems a bit extreme. I listen to a lot of Scottish trad music sang in Gaelic and have met a lot of younger demographic and musicians in the west coast highlands who can speak it fluently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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