- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; First Edition edition (22 Dec 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415107830
- ISBN-13: 978-0415107839
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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- #71 in Books > Languages > By Language > Other European Languages > Celtic Languages > Welsh
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"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
-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
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Finding a course on spoken Welsh has been difficult, if not impossible--until now. Complete with all the written grammar work you have come to expect, "Colloquial Welsh," in its two cassettes, takes you through a number of dialect variations making this the first truly "communicative" approach to Welsh.
"This paperback in the Colloquial Language Learning Series is available individually here or as part of a cassette pack. To purchase the book ""and""" the cassettes, please refer to the cassette pack listing for this language.
"This paperback in the Colloquial Language Learning Series is available individually here or as part of a cassette pack. To purchase the book ""and""" the cassettes, please refer to the cassette pack listing for this language.
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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is the first I've seen to present the modern Welsh language as it is actually spoken, rather than attempting a compromise between colloquial patterns and the far more conservative written language. The dialogues are entertaining, practical and idiomatic. The same author's grammar of modern Welsh ties in with it well, for those who want to delve deeper. Combine this with the new (I emphasize new) Teach Yourself Welsh book and you can't go wrong. Some of Mr King's explanations might be controversial with Welsh grammarians, but they make sense and the whole sphere could do with some iconoclasm. He's edited a very good dictionary too in the Oxford University series, and it's the only one I could honestly recommend to a beginner.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am welsh but dont speak welsh, I found this book very helpful and gave lots of sentences that you had to change to welsh but by the time you got to those pages you could do so with some ease and there was space in the book for you to write, but do it in pencil because you can always erase it and practice again.
The only thing I can say about it is that it does deal with the north and south ways of speaking so you have to learn both because you cant tell which is the north and south at the very beginning and I would have liked to learn one first and then maybe go on to learn the other one next.
The only thing I can say about it is that it does deal with the north and south ways of speaking so you have to learn both because you cant tell which is the north and south at the very beginning and I would have liked to learn one first and then maybe go on to learn the other one next.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
This really is colloquial, Welsh just as you hear it. The book covers pronunciation and usage from both North and South Wales, with ample discussion of variations you are likely to encounter.
There is a paperback book and two audio cassettes. They are tightly integrated and you need them both...
Hwyl nawr!
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