Intensive Elementary Macedonian
This course is designed intended to cover all the basic grammatical categories of standard Macedonian, employing a vocabulary of about 1500 words. The primary aim of this course is acquisition of basic communicative competence in Macedonian, which extends beyond the elementary linguistic skills. At the end of this course you will be able not only to speak, read, and write Macedonian, but also to communicate effectively in a Macedonian cultural environment. Pou should expect a balanced input of grammar instruction, conversation, reading, writing, and cultural background information and exercises.
Marija Kusevska is a native Macedonian speaker from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. She completed graduate studies in TESOL at Arizona State University. She is a co-author of the book "Do You Speak Macedonian", the first course book for teaching Macedonian as a foreign language based on communicative principles. She has taught Macedonian in the CLI since 2007.
Instructor details reflect CLI 2009. CLI 2010 data may differ.