Macedonian: A Course for Beginning and Intermediate Students = [Makedonski Jazik]

This is the first comprehensive teaching grammar of standard Macedonian for English speakers, designed by an experienced teacher to be completed in one year of intensive study. The student who completes the sixteen chapters will have a basic knowledge of Macedonian language as well as an introduction to Macedonian life, culture, history, and literature.

* emphasizes learning language and culture together * all the basics of Macedonian grammar & common vocabulary * lively continuing dialogues of a Macedonian family in Toronto, Canada, and in Skopje, Macedonia * readings from Macedonian literature, folklore, poetry, and history

A CD-ROM will be available next fall with listening comprehension exercises, interactive exercises for self-study, a searchable dictionary, links to the World Wide Web, and photos, music, and video clips that bring alive Macedonia today. It will include: * listening comprehension exercises * interactive exercises for self-study * a searchable dictionary (Macedonian-English/English-Macedonian??) * links to the World Wide Web * photos, music, and video clips that bring alive Macedonia today Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken in the Republic of Macedonia and in regions of the neighboring Balkan countries. There are approximately three million speakers of Macedonian in the Balkans and another million speakers living outside the Balkans in Canada, the United States, Australia and in northern Europe. This textbook has sixteen chapters and complete glossaries in both English and Macedonian. It is aimed at beginning and intermediate students and will take the average student 1-1/2 to 2 years to complete. There is also a CD, sold separately, that complements the text and allows a student to learn on his/her own.