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by Antoaneta Getova (Author), Zhana Zagorova (Editor), Albena Simeonova (Author)
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE ACTIVATOR The Verb Activator of 212 Bulgarian Verbs is the first practical guide to Bulgarian verb forms presented in well organized and easy to understand tables and accompanied with a short overview of Bulgarian grammar. Albena Simeonova and Antonia Getova have created a learnerfriendly reference tool which Bulgarian language learners can use to study conjugation systematically, or browse through whenever you need to check a particular verb form. Whether taking their first steps in the language, or mastering the intricacies of the Bulgarian verb system, they can use the Activator as their road-map to success. WHO IS THE ACTIVATOR DESIGNED FOR This book summarizes authors' practical experience in teaching Bulgarian to foreigners, especially regarding the Bulgarian verb system. This is a practical guide to complex verb forms for English-speaking foreigners interested in mastering the Bulgarian language. A wide range of learners at different levels can benefit from this book: the beginners can look up verb conjugations in the present, for example, while the more advanced learners can check more complex structures, such as conditional and future in the past. Authors hope that their fellow teachers of Bulgarian as a foreign language will also find this book useful as they tried to respond to a need - one that they themselves have felt numerous times - of a practical verb reference guide. The Activator is the first book of this type of conjugated Bulgarian verbs. HOW IS THE ACTIVATOR ORGANIZED The Activator begins with a short theoretical part, where authors provide a one-page model of conju-gated verbs. Then follows an Overview of Bulgarian verb system, wherein authors have purposefully avoided technical jargon. They also offer a table of Approximate English equivalents to verb forms in Bulgarian. The main part of the Activator is an alphabetical presentation of 212 verbs, conjugated in 7 tenses and 3 moods. Each verb is presented on a separate page. Authors have also provided a Bulgarian-English dictionary of 55 cognate verbs - these are verbs that have the same base and meaning as their English counterparts. Then users will find an Index of 106 more verbs, formed out of verbs presented in the Activator, using various prefixes. Each verb is followed by a reference to a page where you can find a conju-gated verb serving as a model. In the Activator users can also find an English-Bulgarian Dictionary of all conjugated verbs, which will help them to check the meaning and the forms of the verb they are looking for.
Author Biography
Albena Simeonova and Antoaneta Getova hold Master degrees in Bulgarian with a minor in English from the St Kliment Ochridski University of Sofia. Albena Simeonova has a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults issued by Cambridge University and had taught English in several well-established English private schools in Sofia before she started working as a Bulgarian language teacher for the American Embassy in Sofia. There she was joined by Antoaneta Getova in 1998, who had before worked as a teacher, journalist and a magazine editor. She founded her own Bulgarian as a second language school in Sofia in 1993, and taught for the Bulgarian Language Program of the US Peace Corps in 1996-1997. The Activator is Albena Simeonova and Antoaneta Getova's second book. They have also co-authored a Bulgarian language Introductory Course (2003) and Bulgarian Language Intermediate Course (2005) for the American Embassy's employees, and a Bulgarian Reader (2007) for Intermediate and Advanced students.
