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Hi,

Thought I'd say hello.

I came looking for Gaelic course material for self study and noticed some useful links. I was also hoping to find a community which is also supportive of learners, and it appears I found it

I've been playing with the idea of learning Gaelic since I was an adult, but never got passed what I remember from watching "Dòtaman" as a child, of which almost 100% has been long forgotten.

Now that I live abroad and speak German, I thought I'd go back to my roots and stop playing with the idea and just do it.

A few days ago I ordered "Scottish Gaelic in Twelve Weeks", does anyone have any experience with this course? Was it a good purchase?

Fàilte chridheil ort!

I'm not familiar with the book, so I can't comment on that.

If your German is good enough, I can recommend the book by Michael Klevenhaus. These is also a German-language learners' community.

Tapadh leibh GunChleoc.

Although I am fluent in German, English is my mother tongue, so I think learning Gaelic from a foreign language, which I've only been speaking for 10 years, will confuse me too much

However, my wife is a native German speaker, and also wants to learn Gaelic with me, so this is definitely a good recommendation for her.

Halò agus fàilte!

There is a Skype Beginners course for German learners of Gaelic, using the book Gun Chleoc mentioned , which I see has literally just started - your wife may be interested, even if you aren't:

http://www.schottisch-gaelisch.de/Fernkurs.html

If you have been in Germany for 10 years, you may find you are actually also OK to do it via German, as I (as a Scot who has school German) find the book extremely clear and thorough.

Halò faoileag,

Interesting that you say that you could follow from German. I also had German as a subject in a Scottish School, but I actually didn't learn anything of any use It wasn't until I moved from Scotland that I was forced to learn it.

I think my wife will get this book anyway, so I will have a look through it then. I think I have a fear of learning a foreign language from a foreign language, but we will see

I received the "Scottish Gaelic in Twelve Weeks" book and CDs yesterday, so far I am enjoying this.

I go back to Scotland every year but it's not enough to speak Gaelic in the areas I visit so rarely, so as for the Skype course, this is most certainly something I will do once I have a few weeks of practice and some vocab behind me, and obviously once my wife has ordered the book

Have you also done this Skype course?

You could use the book to help you understand the grammar stuff, but still use a Gaelic - English dictionary