What's in a name?
Well, I've seen it all now. Gaelic's users have become so self-conscious that they have changed the name of the language not only when...
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Progressive Gaelic
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Progressive Gaelic
- Aug 23, 2022
- 7 min
Are you speaking enough?
We could sum up the answer to this one by saying “probably not”, but then you wouldn’t have anything to read, and you would have clicked...
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Progressive Gaelic
- Jun 23, 2022
- 4 min
Learn a 'Useful' Language
This post is based on one of my favourite pieces of nonsense that we hear every so often: learn a ‘useful’ language. People will trot...
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Progressive Gaelic
- Sep 17, 2021
- 5 min
"Learn Gaelic the Way you Learned English" - myths 3
Many people throw around the advice “learn Gaelic the way you learned English” without really thinking through the full implications of...
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Progressive Gaelic
- Jul 30, 2021
- 5 min
Improve your listening powers
It's almost time for us to release the second episode of Gàidhlig na Cagailte, so it seemed like the opportune moment to hand out some...
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Progressive Gaelic
- Jun 10, 2021
- 6 min
Gàidhlig na Cagailte
A new resource for you to use, completely free of charge. Using Gàidhlig na Cagailte We have recently created a new resource designed to...
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Progressive Gaelic
- May 5, 2021
- 5 min
Why can your teacher/fluent friends never tell you the Gaelic for things?
Do you ever notice that you will ask your Gaelic teacher or your Gaelic-speaking friends for a word and they will shrug or say they can't...
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Progressive Gaelic
- Feb 12, 2021
- 5 min
Can I learn another language at the same time as Gaelic?
A lot of people become enthusiastic about the whole process of language-learning when they start to see some progress with their Gaelic....
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Progressive Gaelic
- Jan 15, 2021
- 6 min
Getting better at pronouncing Gaelic
Before we even get into this one, let’s take a moment to think about why it is so important. As a lifelong language learner, I have often...
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Progressive Gaelic
- Dec 10, 2020
- 6 min
My Gaelic is worthless! - myths 2
I can’t [delete the ones that don’t apply] speak/read/write/understand Gaelic, and therefore my Gaelic is worthless This is a persistent...
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Progressive Gaelic
- Nov 7, 2020
- 6 min
The biggest mistake people make when learning Gaelic
What is the biggest mistake people make when learning Gaelic? There are several mistakes that we all make when learning languages, and I...
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Progressive Gaelic
- Oct 2, 2020
- 7 min
Creating a Sense of Accountability Part 2
How to Create Your Routine How do you create this magical routine that will solve all of your problems? The first thing to do is to think...
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Progressive Gaelic
- Sep 25, 2020
- 4 min
Creating a sense of accountability Part 1
Creating a sense of accountability in your learning We have started a “myths about learning Gaelic” section in this blog now, and you are...
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Aoighean
- Sep 5, 2020
- 4 min
Ùpraid anns a’ ghàrradh: Mì-mhodh, mion-chànain, agus feum air àite tèarainte
Silke Stroh Le sùil d’ inntinn, seall seo: Tha thu aig an taigh. Tha gàrradh brèagha air chùl an taighe agad. Is toigh leat an gàrradh,...
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Progressive Gaelic
- Aug 22, 2020
- 11 min
Things you will hear about learning Gaelic (1)
This is going to be a series of posts about the myths you are likely to hear about learning Gaelic. Unfortunately, there are many, and I...
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Gregor Addison
- Jul 31, 2020
- 4 min
Tupac ann an Glaschu
O chionn greis bha mi a’ rumastarachd am measg CD-an ann am bùth ann an Glaschu nuair a dhlùthaich fear mu dà fhichead bliadhna a dh’aois...
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tashamadigan
- Jul 17, 2020
- 6 min
How does it feel to be someone learning Gaelic?
I think this largely depends where you are based and what life stage you are at, when you start to learn. For example; if you are based...
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Progressive Gaelic
- Jul 1, 2020
- 7 min
Getting conversational theme by theme
In the post about acquiring conversational fluency, one of the principles I introduced was the idea of learning one theme at a time. In...
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Progressive Gaelic
- Jun 26, 2020
- 2 min
Feeling optimistic
This is a brief and unplanned post because I wanted to share with you the enthusiasm I have gained from working with people over the past...
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Gregor Addison
- Jun 19, 2020
- 5 min
"Our need for consolation is insatiable"
Tha a’ ghrian a’ deàrrsadh air meatailt, glas, peant an dath geal no airgead — fiù ‘s peant dubh le gleans air — air a thilgeil air ais...
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