Colloquial Breton (Colloquial Series (Book Only)): The Complete Course for Beginners

by Ian Press (Contributor), Herve Ar Bihan (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2015

  $100.74

  Colloquial Breton: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Breton as it is written and spoken today.

  Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Breton in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

  Colloquial Breton is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.

  Key features include:

  A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

  Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar

  An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises

  Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations

  Helpful cultural points

  An overview of the sounds of Breton

  Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Breton is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Breton.

  Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.