Customer Reviews

Learn Irish Now! 9.0

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Finding this program was like finding a four leaf clover. Previously, I had tried audiotapes, books, ect. but I learned more from this product in a few nights than from weeks of study with other products. Irish Now concentrates on four areas of language skills, Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing, and Vocabulary & Grammar. The audio features are so incredible that you can check to see if you are pronouncing words correctly. The videos make it possible to follow a conversational dialogue with scenes which help in understanding the context. I was able to gain a vast vocabulary through the games and large amounts of content. I would suggest anyone try Irish Now if you are trying to learn Gaelic.

I wish I had found this sooner. This product is great, it works exactly how it is supposed to. I bought this to obviously learn Gaelic and found that it was very good. It really helped me to develop my language skills in many ways. I found several features that really helped me work with my pronunciation. The audio features are so good that you can hear every word said by a native speaker of Gaelic. For practicing there are a bunch of games that you can play that are really good practice. My favorite feature was the conversation practice because there are so many of them for different situations and I found them quite useful also. All in all, this is a great program for language learning.

I love this product. I really enjoy learning Irish Gaelic through it because it has so much to offer. The games are great, the audio features are so amazing and it is just a well done product in general. I would highly recomend this to anyone looking to learn Irish Gaelic.

Though is has a good library. It does not have a straight forward approach. Nor are you able to take the lessons with you or away from the computer.

I found this program to be too confusing for a beginner. Whole paragraphs of Irish written and spoken by a Gaelic speaker are just too overwhelming for a newcomer to the language. I am sorry that I wasted my money on this program.

This program is great! I had been looking for Gaelic language learning software for some time before I had found this and I am very happy I did. This software has so much to offer for learning Gaelic. I really appreciated the extra online features that expand and support your learning, Transparent Language really goes the extra mile by offering this. Irish Now immerses you into the language with conversation practices that feature video and audio plus you actually speak back with a microphone for the software to analyze your answers. To me this means I can experience an element of realism that makes me almost feel like I'm holding a conversation with someone in Gaelic. The software contains a tremendous amount of the Gaelic Language to learn in many different ways, which will keep you busy for some time. Overall, I couldn't be more happy with this purchase.

It's not bad at all; the new game, Graffiti, is quite addictive.
It's not intended to begin from the scratch, but is a good method to go further, if you have just the basis; it's a pity there's no division in units.

When first learning Gaelic, I've used this program alone, without outside resources, except for an English-Irish Dictionary.
Without even working through the entire program, I was conversational with native speakers (from Ireland) and could communicate the basics. My pronounciation was very good (due to this "Irish Now" program) and native speakers noted that I did not have the usual "foreign" accent when I spoke Gaelic. However, I was told that I was talking like someone's grandmother. So if you are concerned about sounding current, I suggest supplemental material, such as "Colloquial Irish" or other such resources.

This program has a lot of good qualities. The biggest compliments I got after using this program were for knowing rare or unusual words and for my pronounciation and accent. There are many learning methods included in this program including video/audio conversations, crosswords, games, pronounciation practice, reading samples (including excepts from "Angela's Ashes" in the version I have). There is also a HUGE file of grammar. When I printed it out it was several hundred pages long and included simple and advanced grammatical explanations. If I had not used the Grammar Pro that came with Irish Now, then I would not have been able to grasp declension as quickly as I did. I do not remember if the Grammar Pro comes standard or if I got it as a bonus. I first began studying Gaelic several years ago, and this program is what gave me my start.