Colloquial Albanian by Mëniku, Linda; Campos, Héctor;

Rövid leírás:

Colloquial Albanian has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Albanian as it is written and spoken today. This third edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to reflect changes in culture, and also offers new readings and exercises, as well as revised dialogues.

Hosszú leírás:

Colloquial Albanian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by experienced teachers to provide a step-by-step course to Albanian as it is written and spoken today. This third edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to reflect changes in culture and also offers new readings and exercises, as well as revised dialogues.

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 Albanian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. 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, and a bilingual glossary 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 explaining the customs and features of life in Albania


• An overview of the sounds and alphabet of Albanian

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

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download for 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.

Tartalomjegyzék:

Introduction to the Albanian language

Introduction to the Albanian sound system

1 Si jeni?                                                                                                   

How are you?

2 Unë jam anglez, po ju?                                                                          

I am English, and you?

3 Në kafe                                                                                                   

At the coffee shop

4 Suvenire nga Shqipëria                                                                         

Souvenirs from Albania

5 Apartamenti im                                                                                     

My apartment

6 Në dyqan                                                                                               

At the store

7 Në restorant                                                                                           

At the restaurant

8 Pushimet                                                                                                

Vacation

9 Në rrugë                                                                                                 

On the street

10 Interneti                                                                                               

Internet

11 Në kryeqytet

In the capital city

12 Si e kalove fundjavën?                                                                        

How did you spend your weekend?

13 Te mjeku                                                                                              

At the doctor’s office

14 Intervistë për punë                                                                              

Interview for a job

15 Letërsi                                                                                                  

Literature

Appendices

Key to selected exercises

Albanian-English glossary

Grammatical index