Colloquial irish: the complete course for beginners The Complete Course for Beginners colloquial Series

Specially written by experienced teachers, this easy to use and completely up-to-date course provides a step-by-step approach to spoken and written Irish with no prior knowledge of the language required.

What makes Colloquial Irish your best choice in personal language learning?

• emphasis on the language of East Connemara, with a clear pronunciation guide and an appendix on dialectal differences within Irish
• stimulating exercises with lively illustrations
• effective combination of language points, dialogues and cultural information
• Irish/English and English/Irish word lists.

By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Irish in a broad range of everyday situations.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

1. Ag cur aithne ar dhaoine – Getting to Know People   2. Ag caint fút féin – Talking about Yourself   3. Ag caint faoin teaghlach – Talking about the Family   4. Ag lorg eolais faoi lóistín – Seeking Information about Lodgings   5. Ag caint faoi chaithimh aimsire – Speaking about Pastimes   6. Ag cur síos ar imeachtaí an lae – Describing Events of the Day   7. Ag caint faoi na scileanna atá agat – Talking About the Skills that you Have   8. Ag cur síos ar chúrsaí oibre – Describing Employment Situations   9. Bia, Deoch agus Ceol – Food, Drink and Music   10. Sláinte – Health   11. Éadaí agus siopadóireacht – Clothes and Shopping   12. Laethanta saoire agus taisteal – Vacation and Travel   13. Orduithe – Orders   14. Ag déanamh socruithe – Making Arrangements.

Thomas Ihde is currently director of the Institute for Irish-American Studies at Lehman College, CUNY, New York. His current research focuses on Irish language materials development and bilingual acquisition. His previous publications include a book on the Irish Language (1994, Bergin and Garvey).

Maire Ni Neachtain, a native Irish speaker from West Galway, teaches language, literature and linguistics at the Department of Irish, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Dr Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew currently teaches Irish at the University of Pennsylvania, and was previously President of the North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers.

John Gillen, a research fellow at the Institute for Irish-American Studies, has taught Modern Irish and Old Irish for the New York Gaelic Society, and currently works at Hostos Community College, CUNY.