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Hev L.
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Irishonary Word of the Day 2/5
February 05, 2013 08:42 PM UTC
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This one should be like way easy lol crann = exasperation If anyone has another way for me to learn the Irish-Gaelic language that doesn't cost or at least doesn't cost much please let me know. These emails are nice but as posted before the emails are kind of confusing and one word a week isn't really going to get me anywhere. Thank you everyone :)
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As a professional English teacher here, I really knew better all along, but I didn't practice for myself what I preached to my students.
My recommendation to you is to immerse yourself as much as you possibly can, using any and every resource you can find.
Also, please be aware that real language learning virtually requires two-way communication. Listening and reading are very important, but they're receptive. Receptivity is vital and the best starting point, but it will take you only so far. Eventually you will have to go beyond the purely receptive and also produce language for somebody else to react to.
Good luck. Foreign language is a bottomless pit, and the worst problem I have is succumbing to despair. Giving up is not an option!
For the major languages there are just TONS of stuff, and a lot of it is free. Even if Gaelic isn't a major language, there must be quite a bit of stuff available. Where did you find the "word of the week" -- maybe there's more where that came from?
Does your husband speak it? Our son (bilingual) is slowly helping his wife learn English, not with a textbook or anything, but simply by speaking it with her at her level and letting her practice on him. She's getting better little by little.
Hang in there!