Are you looking for a complete course in Bulgarian which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Complete Bulgarian will guarantee success! Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course and online. The course is structured in thematic units and the emphasis is placed on communication, so that you effortlessly progress from introducing yourself and dealing with everyday situations, to using the phone and talking about work.
By:
Michael Holman,
Mira Kovatcheva
Imprint: Hachette
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 196mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 34mm
Weight: 342g
ISBN: 9781444106923
ISBN 10: 1444106929
Series: Teach Yourself Complete
Publication Date: 01 August 2011
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active
: Introduction : Alphabet and pronunciation 01: Hello, what's your name? 02: How are you? Do you have a moment? 03: Who are you and what is your job? 04: How much? How many? What's the time? 05: Do you speak English? 06: Would you like to...? 07: How much is...? 08: What can you recommend? 09: How can I help you? 10: What's the weather going to be like? 11: A plan for the coming week 12: Wait, don't order yet! 13: How can we get to the Odessa Hotel? 14: Congratulations! 15: I went to see the doctor 16: If I had been in your place 17: What was she doing? 18: I have already made up my mind 19: Is there anything wrong? 20: We would like to come again! : Key to the exercises : Appendix : Bulgarian-English vocabulary : English-Bulgarian vocabulary : Grammatical index
Dr. Mira Kovatcheva, Associate Professor in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Sofia. Currently lectures on History of English, Languages in Contact, Formation of Slang. Dr Kovatcheva has been teaching Bulgarian as a foreign language since 1989 when on a three-year secondment to Leeds University. Jointly authored (with Professor Michael Holman) Teach Yourself Bulgarian (Hodder & Stoughton, 1993, revised second edition 2003). Since 1994 has conducted the Bulgarian oral examinations for the Test and Examination Services of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Language Group. Regularly teaches Bulgarian as a foreign language to visiting academics under the Fullbright Exchange Program. Recently authored a self-study sourcebook for advanced learners of Bulgarian: Bulgarian: Beyond the First Steps (Prosveta, Sofia 2005). Michael Holman, Emeritus Professor of Russian and Slavonic Studies, University of Leeds. Taught Bulgarian and Russian at Leeds 1966-1999. Has translated from Bulgarian and written on a variety of Bulgarian-related topics. While at Leeds and since taking early retirement has sought to promote Anglo-Bulgarian cultural interchange. For this he was awarded the 'Order of Stara Planina' (First Class) by the Bulgarian Government and an honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Sofia. Jointly authored (with Dr Mira Kovatcheva) Teach Yourself Bulgarian (Hodder & Stoughton, 1993, revised second edition 2003).
