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Speaking Our Language: Guide to Learning Gaelic

by Richard Cox

- a good introduction to Scottish Gaelic consisting of a textbooks, video and audio tapes. Available in four parts suitable for beginners, upper beginners, lower intermediate and upper intermediate levels respectively.

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Buy Series 4 from: Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

The video and audio tapes, and the books are available from:
Comhairle nan Leabhraichean and http://www.celt.com.au/hculture.html

Some parts of the course are also available on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTLngoGxXac

Teach Yourself Gaelic - A Complete Course for Beginners

by Boyd Robertson and Iain Taylor

- a good introduction to written and spoken Scottish Gaelic that includes a course book containing dialogues, grammatical notes, exercises and cultural information, together with a cassette with recordings of some of the dialogues and exercises.

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Colloquial Scottish Gaelic - The Complete Course for Beginners

by Katie Graham and Katherine M. Spadaro

- a good introduction to spoken and written Scottish Gaelic. Includes a course book containing dialogues, grammatical notes, exercises and cultural information, together with two cassettes with recordings of some of the dialogues and exercises. Best for those with a basic knowledge of Scottish Gaelic.

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TeachMe! Gaelic

- a CD-ROM course which helps to learn Gaelic grammar and a wide range of vocabulary. Also includes a book of stories, which you can listen to and read, an audio CD, and an AutoLearn feature.

Buy from: www.linguashop.com

The Essential Gaelic-English Dictionary: A Dictionary for Students and Learners of Scottish Gaelic

by Angus Watson

- an excellent, up-to-date dictionary of Scottish Gaelic. Includes both colloquial and formal vocabulary, illustrative examples, and Scots equivalents of the head words.

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Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary

by Edward Dwelly

- the most comprehensive Gaelic-English available. Also includes a concise Gaelic grammar and numerous illustrations. First published between 1902 and 1911, so it lacks the latest vocabulary, but even so this dictionary is an essential reference for any serious student of Gaelic.

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Gaelic Dictionary: Gaelic-English, English-Gaelic

by Malcolm MacLennan

- a good Scottish Gaelic dictionary which also includes detailed notes on etymology and pronunciation

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Gaelic Dictionary

by Boyd Robertson and Ian MacDonald

- a good English-Scottish Gaelic / Scottish Gaelic-English dictionary.

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Scottish Gaelic-English/English-Scottish Gaelic Dictionary

by R. W. Renton and J. A. MacDonald

- a small, handy dictionary of Scottish Gaelic.

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Hippocrene Children's Illustrated Scottish Gaelic Dictionary: English - Scottish Gaelic/Scottish Gaelic - English

- a small dictionary designed for children containing 500 entries, each accompanied by large illustrations.

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Etymological Dictionary of Scottish-Gaelic

by Alexander MacBain

- includes sketches of both Old Irish and modern Scottish Gaelic, the Ogham Alphabet, sample Ogham inscriptions, word building and about 7000 word entries in the dictionary proper.

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Everyday Gaelic

by Morag MacNeill

- a useful collection of everyday Scottish Gaelic phrases coving such topics as meeting friends, talking about the weather, talking with children and arguing.

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