Progressive Gaelic 1

This is the first volume in a series of textbooks designed to take the academically-minded student from beginner (or near-beginner) level to a stage where he/she has all the tools to achieve fluency. Attaining actual fluency will still depend on the student's own investment, in both time and energy. Access the audio files and answers for the exercises website: http://www.progressivegaelic.com. Progressive Gaelic is designed to support lessons with a qualified teacher, and is not a stand-alone or teach-yourself course. The material in this first volume is equivalent to the first half of Level 1 in the beginners' Gaelic course at the University of Aberdeen

Dr Moray Watson is Senior Lecturer and Head of Gaelic at the University of Aberdeen. He has been a university teacher for almost twenty years, at the Northern College, Aberdeen, the National University of Ireland, Galway, the University of the Highlands and Islands, and the University of Aberdeen. His publications include An Introduction to Gaelic Fiction (2011) and The Edinburgh Companion to the Gaelic Language (2010). His most recent book is a translation to Gaelic of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which will be published in 2012. He is currently translating The Hobbit to Gaelic. Progressive Gaelic 1 is the first volume in a planned series of at least five textbooks that will guide beginners towards total fluency in Gaelic.