Last time, I wrote about how you absolutely need to focus on building a large vocabulary if you want to be a successful user of Gaelic....

Nowadays, it is common to see/hear people making statements about how you only need to learn 500 (or 50 or 1000 or whatever) words in...

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...

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...

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...

Many people throw around the advice “learn Gaelic the way you learned English” without really thinking through the full implications of...

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...

A new resource for you to use, completely free of charge. Using Gàidhlig na Cagailte We have recently created a new resource designed to...

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...

A lot of people become enthusiastic about the whole process of language-learning when they start to see some progress with their 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...

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...

What is the biggest mistake people make when learning Gaelic? There are several mistakes that we all make when learning languages, and I...

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...

Creating a sense of accountability in your learning We have started a “myths about learning Gaelic” section in this blog now, and you are...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

In the post about acquiring conversational fluency, one of the principles I introduced was the idea of learning one theme at a time. In...