Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to

• discuss the countries and cultures in which Albanian is spoken, including their ethnic make-up, religion, and social structure.
• identify the basic grammatical categories of the Albanian language and be able to benefit from description and correction that use these terms.
• understand with difficulty sentence-length utterances in face-to-face conversations of basic personal background and needs, social conventions and routine tasks, such as getting meals and receiving simple instructions and directions.
• ask and answer questions, initiate and respond to simple statements, and maintain face-to-face conversation with difficulty in a limited number of interactive, task-oriented, and social situations such as introducing self, ordering a meal, asking directions, and making purchases.
• understand main ideas and/or some facts in the simplest messages with social purposes and information for the widest possible audience, such as public announcements and short, straightforward instructions dealing with public life, and basic personal and social needs. Such messages are linguistically noncomplex and have a clear underlying internal structure, for example, chronological sequencing.
• write short messages, postcards, and take down simple notes, such as telephone messages in recombinations of learned vocabulary and structures into simple sentences on very familiar topics.

Midterm examination  20%
(10% demonstration of functional proficiency in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing; 10% grammatical accuracy)

Final examination  30%
(15% demonstration of functional proficiency in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and  writing; 15% grammatical accuracy)

Participation  35%
(25% activities for development of functional proficiency in Albanian, 10% grammar and vocabulary quizzes)

Workbook and other assignments   15%

Total 100%

The UMUC grading policy is based on the following 100 point scale:
A 90-100 points
B 80-89 points
C 70-79 points
D 60-69 points
F below 60

• attend all class sessions and practice in class. CLASS ATTENDANCE is very important due to the nature of language class. However, if you miss a class session it is your responsibility to go over the material covered during the missed session and to do the relevant exercises.
• prepare for each class meeting by reading the grammar and the texts in advance. For reinforcement of material covered during the class students should do the exercises home.
• complete all quizzes. Quizzes are designed to measure grammatical accuracy and comprehension. These quizzes will give you and the instructor an idea how well you have mastered the material covered in a particular chapter and what parts need to be reinforced.
• successfully pass a midterm exam and a final exam covering Chapters 17 through 34.

Sessions 1/2
Course Introduction.
Lesson 17,19
Grammar review: The Cases of the noun in Albanian. Adjectives.
Grammar (new): The Degrees of The Adjective.
Exercises following the units.

Sessions 3/4
Lesson 20(Review Lessons from 10 thru 20).
Lesson 21.
Present Tense of The Reflexive Verbs
Exercises and vocabulary
Quiz 1

Sessions 5/6
Lessons 22 and 23
Grammar: Past Tense of the verbs and The Subjunctive Mood. Present Tense.
Exercises and vocabulary

Session 7/8
Review
Midterm Examination

Sessions 9/10
Lesson 25 and 26
Grammar: Future Tense and The Abbreviated Forms of Personal Pronouns.
Exercises and vocabulary

Sessions 11/12
Lesson 27 and 28.
Grammar: Imperfect Tense and Abbreviated Forms of Personal Pronouns in dative and Accusative.
Exercises and vocabulary

Sessions 13/14
Lesson 30 and 31
Grammar: Imperative, The Participle and Present Perfect

Session 15/16
Review of the entire course content.
Final examination

Paçi Fat