Albanian Immersion

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Surrounding yourself with Shqip words and sounds and music will be the very best way to learn Albanian. Language immersion courses abroad aren't so popular, it seems, for the Shqip language but we will keep our eyes and ears open and hopefully will soon be able to recommend one or two. Until then, feel free to do your best to immerse yourself where you live, using the following suggestions… for example, use a dictionary to print words like “table”, "door", "window", "kettle", "bed", "chair", "mirror" etc and stick them onto those items around the house. Over time these words will automatically become part of your vocabulary, without even trying to memorize them! You could also in time join some verbs, like eat, open/close, wash, boil, sleep, sit, look, etc so as to associate them with the objects. Try it!

Internet freebies Immerse yourself right away by...

~Listening to the radio abit each day and tune in your ears!

~Keeping up with the news each day!

~Describe the weather each day! What a great site this is for weather-related vocabulary!

~Keeping up with Shqip media!

~Using this search engine in order to find Albanian pages.

~Listening to native music and look for the lyrics to your favorite songs! For example: Here is a song sung by TRIX called Ndarja në errësirë tjeter and here are the lyrics (open the expandable box):

And, you might enjoy this regular feed of updated stories written by bloggers/travelers in Albania.

Help Others Live & Learn

If you've learnt the Shqip language we'd love to hear about any tips you may have. Which Albanian immersion course abroad really helped you learn the language? Or wasn't it a very good experience?

Please e-mail us your finding using the form below. Your shared language learning experiences will save other language learners' time, energy, and money. In fact, that is the the mission of Live & Learn Languages!