Uyghur : an intermediate textbook / Gulnisa Nazarova, Kurban Niyaz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nazarova, Gulnisa, author.

Niyazi, Kuerban (Historian), author.

Language:

English

Uighur

Subjects (All):

Uighur language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English.

Uighur language.

Genre:

Textbooks -- for foreign speakers.

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 544 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2016.

System Details:

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Intel Pentium III, 1.26 GHz or faster; 512 MB RAM; CD drive; speakers or headphones.

Summary:

Uyghur is a Turkic language used by about 8-11 million speakers in the Xinjiang Province of the People's Republic of China. This textbook is for students who have completed elementary level coursework in Uyghur. It provides learners with a wide variety of task-oriented, communicative activities that develop the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) using authentic texts. Topics covered include family, work, school, places of interest, occupations, current events, health problems, and social issues faced by the Uyghur society today. The textbook is designed to provide a visual tour of the Uyghur homeland and is based on the imaginary experiences of John, an American student who receives a scholarship to travel and study in Xinjiang at the university. Following a minimum of 160 hours of intensive language instruction, students should reach the Intermediate High to Advanced-Mid/High proficiency levels on the ACTFL proficiency scale. The book includes Uyghur-English and English-Uyghur glossaries.

Accompanying CD-ROM provides recorded dialogues and authentic video segments filmed throughout central Asia.

Contents:

Preliminary chapter. My Uyghur name is Yalqun

Chapter 1. Uyghur personal names

Chapter 2. The Uyghur family

Chapter 3. Have a safe trip

Chapter 4. The language of food in Xinjiang

Chapter 5. On the hillside of the Tengritagh

Chapter 6. Uyghur traditional occupations

Chapter 7. Campus life in Xinjiang

Chapter 8. Uyghur parties and meshrep

Chapter 9. Health, sports and medicine

Chapter 10. In Uyghur society

Chapter 11. Last trip

Khotan

Chapter 12. Goodbye, Urumchi

Appendix A. Transcripts of listening exercises

Appendix B. Transcripts of video exercises

Appendix C. Uyghur-English.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781626163645

1626163642

OCLC:

937061799