Guthan Beaga (Small Voices)
Guthan Beaga is designed to introduce the parents of very young children enrolled in (Scottish) Gaelic Medium education to useful words, phrases, and pronunciation relating to the Scottish Gaelic language. However, it may also be useful for those who are very new to the language and are finding it hard to learn in isolation
- particularly with pronunciation.
This application allows content to be used and managed offline so that parents can make the best of the resource.
Please note that to make use of this application's features you will need to download multimedia content from the web. We recommend that you should only do this when you are connected to the internet by WiFi, as downloading large files over the mobile network can cost you money. Once downloaded, the content will remain on your device and will be available whenever you need it without having to access the internet.
This is the first release of Guthan Beaga for Android, so please bear with us. If you experience any problems with the application on your device then please contact us with your issue before giving negative feedback. We will do our best to fix any problems that you may have and in the process help to support the Gaelic language.
- This application was developed for Bòrd Na Gaidhlig by NHC Online (The North Highland College).
- All content was authored by Anne Frater
- Lews Castle College.
- Songs and rhymes performed by Còisir Òg An Rubha
- Stornoway.
- Application coding by Alastair McColl
- NHC Online (The North Highland College)
This application and all content is Copyright 2014 Bòrd Na Gaidhlig.
www.gaidhlig.org.uk
Category : Education
Reviews (26)
It works well on my old xperia, although videos take up a lot of space. An identical app offering just the audio and words would have been great for low-end devices. It's a good starter for any age, although as far as I can tell it seems to lack basic greetings eg how are you, my name is etc, which should arguably be what you first get to learn, bar any alphabet or numbers. I wondered at first why the phrases were so negative, 'get off the road' etc, before realising the intended audience :)
Terrible nothing works. Even after having downloaded all files. I suspect it would work well if this app was up to date. Seriously disappointed
Good idea but the app doesn't work. It won't recognise / allow downloads of the different units so it can't be used. Seems like other users have the same problem - would be great if someone could fix.
WAS a great introduction to Gaelic. Used it for my toddler, as well as myself. The modules were downloaded onto my phone, but now they list as needing download, but every download fails. The website is gone. Very disappointing. I hope it's temporary. Three stars, as it isn't available any longer. Five when they bring it back.
The app does not work. I have tried to download on multiple machines and when I try to download content it doesn't work. The icon highlights as if it's going to download and doesn't then the icons still stay grey. Really disappointed as I was looking forward to using app with my kids.
I used to have it in another device with Android 4 and worked alright, but now, with Android 6, I cannot download a single file. Think an update would solve this problem. It would worth.
I can't seem to download any of the chapters. I press it. It flickers "download" for about half a second then stops. No issues with other apps so can't be my phone.
Doesn't open the videos. I click to download them and it just does nothing. Really disappointed because I like the website
I have tried to install this app twice. It had not downloaded any content. I would like it to work as there seem to be lots of different themes. This should be great for me to use with my daughter.
doesn't work. grey boxes says it's downloaded and it is not. any help please
Watch the video and repeat the phrase. Great for teaching your child basic Gaelic as they're geared towards parent to child phrases eg. 'Have a sleep with your teddy.' 'Mummy/Daddy loves you.' Would have liked a chapter on greeting people, 'hello', 'how are you?' etc. Would make this a 5* app if that was there. 👍great phrases, easy to follow videos, I'd recommend this app.
Love the idea, but can't get anything downloaded for it to work. Tried the website but came up unknown, wondering if it is no longer supported by the development team?
Doesnt work very disappointed
Really disappointed, wanted this to work
A great idea but the downloads still don't work
Sorry this video cannot be played!
The modules don't download, disappointed.
Doesn't work - the server appears to be down (permanently?).
Using Nexus 6 with latest Android. Components won't download. What am I missing?
Unable to download modules
Doesn't download material
Doesn't work, nothing downloads when you click on it. Seems like it should be good if it worked but as it doesn't work is absolutely pointless, waste of time.
Without question the best introduction to basic Gaelic there is. The AV is great when used in conjunction with the website.
All it would say is download failed
None of the modules would download. Disappointed 😞
Doesn't work, the app opens, I click an icon it shows me greyed out icons, I click one and a pop up says not downloaded yes to download, goes to download screen with green download buttons, click one it flashes for a millisecond and an icon says downloaded, got back button and the icon is no longer greyed out but when I click it it just says not downloaded so can't use it. Any fixes? Cleared cache and also reinstalled and still the same. Any help appreciated thanks.