Free online language tutors?

LiquidChaos66

Im looking to learn Scottish Gaelic... Anyone know of a good online language tutor? I looked online and found a couple "useful phrases" sites but I wanna try to become fluent.

jd50ae

Rosetta Stone..? Saw it advertised on the tube, don't remember the specifics.

LiquidChaos66

Ive been considering the Rosetta Stone program. Anyone have experience with it?

jgibv

"free online" --- probably not for scottish. most of the free sites like duolingo focus on the "bigger" languages i.e. spanish, french, german.
never seen scottish as a choice on any of them.
there's a handful of sites that focus on east asian languages too.

try your local library, they might have some good resources.

Eulogy

I've used an earlier version and it is helpful for learning a language, but Gaelic isn't a very spoken language. If you do learn Gaelic, it might be hard to find someone else who speaks it and not practicing a language is the fastest way to lose the skill.

LiquidChaos66

Eulogy:

I've used an earlier version and it is helpful for learning a language, but Gaelic isn't a very spoken language. If you do learn Gaelic, it might be hard to find someone else who speaks it and not practicing a language is the fastest way to lose the skill.

I might have better luck just developing a Scottish accent then huh? lol I honestly would love to pick up a bunch of phrases to use regularly but really want to learn it in a whole. But like you said who would I speak Gaelic with?

Eulogy

I use to speak French pretty well, but since I have no one to speak it with, its basically gone to rot. If it is a passion of yours to learn Gaelic, you should. Learning a second language has other benefits associated with it, like cognitive function and memory.

LiquidChaos66

Been Watchin some YouTube videos on Gaelic for beginners.... Holy eff. Lol the written vs pronunciation is so completely different! Beautiful language but confusing as crap!

Eulogy

I had started the Rosetta Stone for Japanese and felt the same way.

LiquidChaos66

Found a couple apps for my phone and have learned a few things... One thing ive learned is nothing sounds like it looks AND this is how you say "please" - "Mas e do Thoile E".... that's a lot for please