Discovering Albanian I Textbook

Author: Linda Mëniku
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299250830
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
Approximately five million people worldwide speak Albanian. The opening of Albania in the 1990s to broader trading and diplomatic relations with other nations has created a need for better knowledge of the language and culture of this country. This book teaches the student to communicate in everyday situations in the language, with each chapter introducing a new situational context. Students learn to discuss work, vacations, health, and entertainment. Students also learn to practice basic skills such as shopping, ordering tickets, and renting an apartment. Upon completing this textbook, students will be at the A2/B1 level of proficiency on the scale provided by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The textbook includes: • eighteen lessons based on real-life situations, including three review lessons • dialogues to help introduce vocabulary and grammatical structures • comprehension questions and exercises • related readings at the end of each chapter • full translations for all examples discussed in grammar sections • a series of appendixes with numerous charts summarizing main classes of nouns, adjectives, and verbs • an appendix with the solutions to most of the exercises in the book • a glossary with all the words in the dialogs and readings.

Colloquial Albanian

Author: Linda Mëniku
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136888306
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
COLLOQUIAL ALBANIAN is easy to use and completely up to date! Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Albanian. No prior knowledge of the language is required. What makes COLLOQUIAL ALBANIAN your best choice in personal language learning? Interactive – lots of exercises for regular practice Clear – concise grammar notes Practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide Complete – including answer key and reference section By the end of this rewarding course, you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Albanian in a broad range of everyday situations. Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately on CD/MP3 format, or comes included in the great value Colloquials Pack.

Albania

Author: Gillian Gloyer
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 9781841622460
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Written by an insider and Albania enthusiast, the Bradt guide to Albania takes a fresh look at how and where to explore the heritage of this hidden corner of eastern Europe.

Albanian Social and Philosophical Thinking of the ?30s?Neo-Albanianism

Author: Irena Nikaj
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1477281827
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 121

Book Description
Irena Nikaj is clearly one of the best students that I have ever had. That conclusions covers all my years of teaching at the University of Tirana, later at the Institut of Social Studies at the Hague, the netherlands, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from were I received my PhD., at Eastern Michigan University and various other universities in the United States From the very beginning Irena Nikaj has impresed me with her hunger for knowledge, the range of her cultural awareness, her intellectual abilities and her discipline, blending her creativity with her systematic application to her work. And she has lived up to that promise ever since Fatos Tarifa, PhD Director, Institute of Social and Policy Studies European University of Tirana Scientific Secretary, Albanian Academy of Arts and Sciences Former Albanian Ambassador to the Netherlands and the United States Editor-in-Chief, Sociological Analysis and amp; Academe Alternate e-mail addresses: [email protected] Phone: ++355682016022 The monograph titled "Albanian Social and Philosophical Thinking of the '30s (Neo-Albanianism)" has not only theoretical, but also, practical value in the treatment and solution of the many complicated issues that are plaguing Albanian society at present. By introducing an excellent and quite visionary theoretical analysis, this book will preserve its theoretical and practical value even in the future. by Prof. Dr Zyhdi Dervishi Head of Department of Sociology Faculty of Social Science University of Tirana, Albania

Long Life to Your Children!

Author: Marjorie Senechal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
The text includes introductory chapters on Albanian history and customs, as well as several photographic essays that convey a vivid sense of place. The book captures the beauty of the country, the warmth of the people and the rigors of contemporary Albanian life.

Albanian-English, English-Albanian

Author: Ilo Stefanllari
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
ISBN: 9780781804196
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : sq
Pages : 420

Book Description
In its ninth printing, the Albanian Practical Dictionary is expanded and romanized to include 9,000 entries with simple pronunciation and basic grammatical information. Also includes a transliteration guide, a list of abbreviations, geographical names, and idiomatic expressions.

The File on H.

Author: Ismail Kadare
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 161145994X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135

Book Description
In the mid-1930s, two Irish Americans travel to the Albanian highlands with an early model of a marvelous invention, the tape recorder. Their mission? To discover how Homer could have composed works as brilliant and as long as The Iliad and The Odyssey without ever putting pen to paper. The answer, they believe, can be found only in Albania, the last remaining habitat of the oral epic. But immediately upon their arrival, the scholars’ seemingly arcane research excites suspicion and puts them at the center of ethnic strife in the Balkans. Mistaken for foreign spies, they are placed under surveillance and are dogged by gossip and intrigue. It isn’t until a fierce-eyed monk from the Serbian side of the mountains makes his appearance that the scholars glimpse the full political import of their search for the key to the Homeric question.

Eternal Butrint

Author: Richard Hodges
Publisher: Butrint Foundation
ISBN: 9781905680016
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255

Book Description
Located at a crossroads in the Mediterranean, the site of Butrint is a microcosm of changes in the region over the last 3,000 years. Few UNESCO World Heritage Sites command such scientific interest - and few are more richly documented. Set in a marshy landscape between an inland lagoon and the busy straits separating Corfu and Albania, Butrint boasts well-preserved, photogenic remains from most periods. The site has been occupied since at least the 8th century BC, and Virgil recounts how the Trojan exile, Aeneas, landed here before he founded Rome. Subsequent travellers have all recognised an elegiac beauty in the site. This book charts the development and change of Butrint, using the archaeological remains and environment to paint a grand, complex picture worthy of its millennia of history. It is illustrated with exceptional paintings by Grand Tourists like Edward Lear, the magnificent photographs of Luigi Ugolini, the recently discovered archives of the Communist period, and the Butrint Foundation's rich documentation. The book concludes by analysing how tourists are bringing economic hope to Albania as they dicsover the myth of Aeneas in its unspoilt landscape.

Who the Hell Is Albania

Author: E. L. Bono
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781973263548
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 154

Book Description
This book depicts life in Albania between years 2010 to 2017. The episodes are partly fact and partly fiction but were inspired by real events, so that the character of life in Albania remained.

Albanians in Michigan

Author: Frances Trix
Publisher: Discovering the Peoples of Mic
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
The recent influx of Albanian migrants into Michigan is a result of both the nationalist upheavals in the Balkan region as well as the breadth of opportunities that Michigan affords. The diversity of Michigan's people is reflected in the Albanian community itself, as Christians and Muslims strive to maintain religious, ethnic, and linguistic identities in their new communities. Frances Trix explores the ways in which Michigan's Albanian community has forged an unusual cohesiveness and unity, and thus has remained more traditional in its orientation than have large, immigrant Albanian communities in other parts of the United States. These characteristics make the Albanian experience in Michigan unique.