Unit 13 - An important cultural site in the Highlands
Tursachan Chalanais "The Callanish Standing Stones "
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Listen to the conversation in transcript 1. It starts when Donnchadh (Duncan), a tourist, enters the visitor centre and engages the lady behind the counter Magaidh (Maggie) in conversation:
In this next conversation there are three participants. Donnchadh has gone into the café to order morning tea. He is the only customer there. Magaidh enters and engages both himself and the lady behind the counter (Iseabail) in conversation. This dialogue should give you some ideas about how to break the ice and engage fluent Gaelic-speakers in conversation:
