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= Resources for learning Albanian = | = Resources for learning Albanian = | ||
== Albanian radio == | |||
* There are various streaming apps available in the app stores, but unfortunately often of low quality software . Yet to find one where everything is well thought out and everything works as it should. | |||
* [http://www.liveonlineradio.net/albania/ Live Online Radio] is a radio streaming service for the web. It has one of the largest selections of Albanian radios. | |||
== Albanian TV == | |||
* https://albanian.tv/ offers streaming of many of the popular Albanian TV channels. It often works but occasionally the streams have trouble playing out without intermittent interruptions. | |||
== Books == | == Books == | ||
* [http://www.routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/colloquial/language/albanian.php Colloquial Albanian] (2012) is an excellent book for anglophones by Linda Mëniku and Hector Campos. It is concise and well organized. The learning curve gets steeper towards the end. [[w:Routledge|Routledge]], the publisher has kindly made audio for all text passages downloadable for free from the book's homepage. | * [http://www.routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/colloquial/language/albanian.php Colloquial Albanian] (2012) is an excellent book for anglophones by Linda Mëniku and Hector Campos. It is concise and well organized. The learning curve gets steeper towards the end. [[w:Routledge|Routledge]], the publisher has kindly made audio for all text passages downloadable for free from the book's homepage. | ||
* [https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/4703.htm Discovering Albanian 1] (2011) is also by Linda Mëniku and Hector Campos and it consists of a textbook and workbook. As of 2018 there is no Discovering Albanian 2. The audio for the textbook can be accessed only via 2 CD's. Who has CD-players these days? Let's hope The University of Wisconsin Press wakes up and provides streaming and download at no extra charge. | * [https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/4703.htm Discovering Albanian 1] (2011) is also by Linda Mëniku and Hector Campos and it consists of a textbook and workbook. As of 2018 there is no Discovering Albanian 2. The audio for the textbook can be accessed only via 2 CD's. Who has CD-players these days? Let's hope The University of Wisconsin Press wakes up and provides streaming and download at no extra charge. | ||
== Wiki literature == | |||
* [[wikibooks:sq:Faqja Kryesore|Wikibooks.org, Albanian version]] may be useful after you have gained the basics. Reading wikibooks of subjects and fields you already know may fast-forward your ability to read some text. | |||
== Online texts == | == Online texts == | ||
* [https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/DLI/Albanian/Volume%2001.pdf Foreign Services Institute (FSI) (1965) .pdf book on Albanian]. From this I can recommend the history introduction of this text aimed mostly for US armed forces personel though naturally the FSI's work helps also non-military government workers to gain knowledge too. Albanian language has changed so much since 1965 that this cannot really be used to learn contemporary albanian but the intro is good if you are a history and culture puff. | * [https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/DLI/Albanian/Volume%2001.pdf Foreign Services Institute (FSI) (1965) .pdf book on Albanian]. From this I can recommend the history introduction of this text aimed mostly for US armed forces personel though naturally the FSI's work helps also non-military government workers to gain knowledge too. Albanian language has changed so much since 1965 that this cannot really be used to learn contemporary albanian but the intro is good if you are a history and culture puff. | ||
== Learning games == | == Learning games == | ||
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::* '''[https://www.memrise.com/course/388862/no-typing-albanian-menu/ (No typing) Albanian Menu]''' (~110 things to learn). " For people intending to travel to Albania this memrise obviously highly recommendable as we all gotta eat. No typing"-courses are fun because they are faster to play so you also get points faster. | ::* '''[https://www.memrise.com/course/388862/no-typing-albanian-menu/ (No typing) Albanian Menu]''' (~110 things to learn). " For people intending to travel to Albania this memrise obviously highly recommendable as we all gotta eat. No typing"-courses are fun because they are faster to play so you also get points faster. | ||
::* '''[https://www.memrise.com/course/1054595/discovering-albanian/ Discovering Albanian 1]''' (~1800 things to learn) a professional quality memrise based on the vocabulary lists of the book of the same name. This memrise '''contains audio''' in high quality, consistency and precision for practically all words and phrases to be learned. This memrise has over 1800 things to learn so it is the biggest available. The makers of this memrise have used sensible notation: For nouns indefinite and definite singular and indefinite plural are given etc. etc. | ::* '''[https://www.memrise.com/course/1054595/discovering-albanian/ Discovering Albanian 1]''' (~1800 things to learn) a professional quality memrise based on the vocabulary lists of the book of the same name. This memrise '''contains audio''' in high quality, consistency and precision for practically all words and phrases to be learned. This memrise has over 1800 things to learn so it is the biggest available. The makers of this memrise have used sensible notation: For nouns indefinite and definite singular and indefinite plural are given etc. etc. | ||