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Kickstart Your Welsh Today
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Colin Jones
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Colin Jones
About this listen
This short book gives you the basics of Welsh in an effective and efficient way, taking as little time as possible. You can use it if you're a complete beginner, or as a revision aid if you're already on the road to fluency. Or maybe if you just find yourself in a rut, and would like a bit of help moving on.
The idea is simple; by spending around an hour on this book, with breaks in between chapters, you should be able to master a very simple form of Welsh. A simple form that will let you say what you, or anyone else, is doing, has done, or is going to do, including the negative and question forms. The book is broken down into six chapters, each taking around 10 minutes to complete and revise. Each chapter has exercises, together with answers at the back of the book.
The book is written by professional Welsh-to-adults tutor Colin Jones, author of the epic home-study Welsh course Cadw Swn. This book is the distillation of years of teaching Welsh to adults, and should provide an essential introduction to the language.
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- Kim Wilson Owen
- 06-24-18
excellent. very much recommend book and audible
Loved this- very helpful fast easy intro. very much recommend working both in book and audible for pronuciation and spelling. The Welsh accent speaking English is beautiful and the narrator is witty. I personally am having to go through more than once but everyone learns differently and even at that this is an excellent quick resource.
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- Earl Wiskow
- 01-07-21
Excellent crash course
a great book, though at least one sentence seems to be cut short through editing.
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- Midasjohn
- 03-04-21
Superb!
Buy it if you are looking to get into Welsh fast and lazy 😁 - Marvelous!
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- C. J. Mc Collough
- 04-04-24
I enjoy listening again and again
Although I am farther along in my Welsh studies I still enjoy listening to this short book. Colin Jones is funny and introduces the language in an unique way.
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- Andrew
- 11-20-19
Super helpful for those just starting to learn.
I wish every language program would start in exactly this way. The book reviews the basic vocabulary and structure that every first language speaker uses every day.
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