Coffee Break Gaelic - learn Scottish Gaelic on your Coffee Break

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Learn Scottish Gaelic with teacher Susanna and her student Mark. Each lesson is like going for a coffee with your friend who happens to speak Scottish Gaelic and is helping you learn in a relaxed, enjoyable way.

Coffee Break Gaelic is not a simple series of "listen and repeat" audio programmes: in each lesson Susanna explains how the language works, helping Mark - and you - to manipulate the language and use it in practical situations. As a learner Mark asks questions, and makes mistakes, so through Susanna's explanations, corrections and pronunciation tips you'll build your confidence and begin to understand and speak the language.

In the same time it takes you to sit down and enjoy a coffee in your favourite coffee shop, you can make progress with your Gaelic. Our 15-20 minute lessons are perfect to keep you focused and let you develop your confidence in regular sessions.

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Episodes

CBGa 1.10 | End-of-unit review

Join teacher Susanna and learner Mark in Episode 10 of our series for beginners in Gaelic. It’s time to put your learning to the test and review everything we’ve learned in episodes 1-9 so far. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 26, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 10

CBGa 1.09 | Talking about the weather

We're back with a new episode of Coffee Break Gaelic! In this episode we’re focusing on the topic of weather. By the end of the lesson, you’ll be able to describe the weather in Gaelic in both the present tense and the future tense. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 12, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 9

CBGa 1.08 | I don't understand

We're back with teacher Susanna and learner Mark for another episode of Coffee Break Gaelic. In this episode you’ll learn how to cope with not understanding things in Gaelic and how to ask the question “what does that mean?”. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 28, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 8

CBGa 1.07 | Talking about language

Join teacher Susanna, learner Mark and Cultural Correspondent Rae in this latest episode of Coffee Break Gaelic our series for beginners of Gaelic. In this lesson you’ll learn the words for different languages in Gaelic and how to talk about which languages you speak. You'll also find out more about Gaelic in Nova Scotia. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here . Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Jun 14, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 7

CBGa 1.06 | Numbers 1–10

Welcome back to another episode of Coffee Break Gaelic! In this lesson you’ll learn some new vocabulary to talk about your family. We’ll also cover the numbers from zero to ten and the days of the week. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

May 31, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 6

CBGa 1.05 | Introducing your family

Susanna and Mark are back for another episode of Coffee Break Gaelic. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to introduce different members of your family and how to use emphatic pronouns such as esan and ise . You'll also hear about the meaning of some Gaelic surnames from our Cultural Correspondent Rae. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

May 17, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 5

CBGa 1.04 | Where you live

Join teacher Susanna and learner Mark in the fourth lesson of Coffee Break Gaelic. In this episode, we’ll cover city names and Gaelic pronouns, and you’ll be able to talk about where you live. We’ll also hear from our Cultural Correspondent Rae who’ll tell us more about the Gaelic language and where it is spoken. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

May 03, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 4

CBGa 1.03 | Where you're from

Welcome back to the next episode of Coffee Break Gaelic! In this episode you will learn how to talk about where you are from. We’ll also cover the names for different countries in Gaelic and take a closer look at the verb “to be”. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 19, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 3

CBGa 1.02 | Introducing yourself

Join teacher Susanna and learner Mark for Episode 2 of Coffee Break Gaelic. In this lesson, you’ll learn greetings for different times of day, how to introduce yourself and how to ask the question “what is your name?”. In this episode you'll also meet our Cultural Correspondent Rae, who will tell you how to address people in Gaelic. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here . Hosted on Aca...

Apr 05, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 2

CBGa 1.01 | Meeting people

Ready to learn Gaelic on your coffee break? Welcome to our first episode of Coffee Break Gaelic, in this episode teacher Susanna and learner Mark will introduce some simple greetings. You’ll also learn how to ask “how are you?” and some different ways of answering this question. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 22, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Introducing Coffee Break Gaelic

In this short introductory episode of Coffee Break Gaelic, teacher Susanna and learner Mark explain what's to come over the course of the series. We learn about Susanna's Gaelic-speaking background and Mark's experience of learning languages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 15, 2023•3 min

Coffee Break Gaelic - Coming Soon

Welcome to Coffee Break Gaelic, a language learning podcast aimed at complete beginners of Gaelic! In each episode of Coffee Break Gaelic you will learn useful words and phrases that will help you use Scottish Gaelic confidently, wherever you are traveling to in Gaelic speaking areas. Teacher Susanna and learner Mark will be covering topics such as learning how to introduce yourself, greeting people, talking about where you live, how to talk about your family and much more. Learn how to use the ...

Mar 07, 2023•2 min

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