Designed to cover beginning college levels of language instruction, Uzbek: An Elementary Textbook provides learners and instructors with a wide selection of materials and task-oriented activities to facilitate the development of language learning. It offers a thematically organized and integrative approach to the Uzbek language and its culture, including a functional approach to grammar, an emphasis on integrated skills development, and the use of authentic materials such as videos filmed in various regions of Uzbekistan.

This volume includes -authentic audio and video materials, available for free on GUPTextbooks.com-an extensive glossary-color illustrations and photographs throughout Topics CoveredThe Uzbek alphabet, greetings and introductions, commands and requests, daily routines, etiquette, weather, family, money, food, clothing, travel, leisure, and medical matters.

Nigora Azimova is a native of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and is a language specialist at the Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region at Indiana University.

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Scope and SequenceAcknowledgementsNotes to the instructor & studentsOrganization of the text

Tom finally arrives in Tashkent.Tom shares information about himself.Tom meets Farrukh’s immediate and extended family.

Review Chapter A

Farrukh shows Tom around the house.Tom learns about and uses city transportation.Tom explores the city of Tashkent.

Review Chapter BIV Contents

Tom meets with his Uzbek language instructor.Tom learns more about university life in Uzbekistan.Tom learns about the language learning experiences of his classmates.

Review Chapter C

Tom gets invited to a wedding party.Tom goes shopping for clothes.Tom learns about Uzbek wedding customs.

Review Chapter D

AppendicesAppendix A: A list of common compound verbsAppendix B: Cyrillic reader & complimentary reading textsAppendix C: Uzbek-English GlossaryIndex