Colloquial Welsh: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) - Softcover

King, Gareth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415107830 ISBN 13: 9780415107839

Publisher: Routledge, 1994

Synopsis

Colloquial Welsh provides a step-by-step course in Welsh as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Welsh in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Key features include:

• progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

• structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar

• an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises

• realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios

• useful vocabulary lists throughout the text

• additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Welsh will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Welsh.

Course components:

The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack.

Paperback: 978-0-415-46113-9 (please note this does not include the audio)

CDs : 978-0-415-46128-3

eBook: 978-0-203-42701-9 (please note this does not include the audio, available from www.tandfebooks.com)

MP3s: 978-0-415-47056-8 (available from www.tandfebooks.com)

Pack : 978-0-415-46127-6 (paperback and CDs)

About this title

Review

"Gareth King, an experienced teacher of Welsh to adults, has in the short space of three years published a comprehensive reference grammar of spoken Welsh; a lively, up-to-date introductory language course; and now two further 'grammar-workbooks'. This impressive opus constitutes a solid, much-needed and most welcome contribution to the descriptive grammar literature on modern colloquial Welsh and a considerable achievement....For more than one reason, both the beginner and the professional linguist alike who approaches spoken Welsh with books such as these to hand is a far luckier student than were those of my own generation, and Gareth King is to be thanked....I am sure that for many people these books will have had the effect of putting modern spoken Welsh firmly on the map; let no one underestimate the importance of that." -Alan R. King, LINGUIST "For self-study in particular, "[Colloquial Welsh] is as good an introduction as can be found to the spoken language following modern teaching principles.... it presents an authentic picture of colloquial usage. Serious students will also benefit from the accompanying cassettes which provide a full three hours of listening and practice material. The units of "Colloquial Welsh contain useful comments on salient aspects of Welsh culture, and the dialogues incorporate some typically Welsh humour too." -Alan R. King, LINGUIST

From the Back Cover

COLLOQUIAL WELSH is easy to use and completely up to date!

Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Welsh. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes COLLOQUIAL WELSH your best choice in personal language learning?

• Interactive – lots of exercises for regular practice
• Clear – concise grammar notes
• Practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
• Complete - including answer key and reference section

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

This pack contains the paperback and 120 minutes of audio material, recorded on CDs. These complement the book and will help you with your pronunciation and listening skills.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415107830
• ISBN 13: 9780415107839
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296