{"id":18,"date":"2018-08-11T13:13:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T13:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vassallolorna.com\/web\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2018-10-08T17:31:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T17:31:58","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/vassallolorna.com\/web\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tour][vc_tta_section title=”Fiction” tab_id=”1534274377349-6a0787d6-3fb9″][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cIL-KTEJJEB TAL-<\/em><\/strong>\u0126<\/em><\/strong>REJJEF\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

KTIEB TA\u2019 LORNA VASSALLO<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\u201cIl-Ktejjeb tal-\u0126rejjef\u201d huwa ktieb ta\u2019 Lorna Vassallo li huwa ma\u0127sub li jqanqal kritika ferm itwal mill-ktieb innifsu. \u0120ewwa l-\u0127rafa ja\u0127bi wkoll il-verita` u sta g\u0127all-qarrej li jifhem l-istorja kollha, partijiet minnha jew xejn. Hija \u0127rafa \u0127elwa li tintlaqa\u2019 tajjeb minn kull tifel u tifla li ser jippruvaw ji\u017cb\u0127u d-di\u017cinji li jakkumpanjaw ir-rakkont m\u0127ejjija b\u2019reqqa liema b\u0127alha mill-artist \u017cg\u0127a\u017cug\u0127 Mark Scicluna. G\u0127alhekk, filwaqt li t-tfal b\u2019le\u0127en ferrie\u0127i jaqraw ir-rakkont fejn \u201cil-pa\u0121\u0121i u l-muskettiera tar-Re ji\u0121bru l-flejjes\u201d, b\u0127ala adulti, min-na\u0127a tag\u0127kom, tiftakru bil-mod il-mod il-problemi tal-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma, il-prezzijiet tal-medicina fl-ispi\u017ceriji, u l-kaxxa ta\u2019 Malta fejn il-flejjes dejjem jonqsu u qatt ma ji\u017cdiedu.<\/p>\n

Dinja monarkika li kumbinazzjoni hija regolata minn sistema demokratika b\u0127al tag\u0127na. Il-ktieb jinbex kemm l-intelli\u0121enza kif ukoll l-imma\u0121inazzjoni tal-qarrej, jisfidalu l-maturita` tieg\u0127u kif ukoll l-g\u0127arfien tal-avvenimenti u l-iskandli politi\u010bi li se\u0127\u0127ew mill-2001 sal-2005. Dawn is-snin kienu erba\u2019 snin ta\u2019 taqlib politiku kbir, fejn wara referendum, Malta g\u0127addiet g\u0127al elezzjoni \u0121enerali, g\u0127al s\u0127ubija s\u0127i\u0127a fl-Unjoni Ewropea, g\u0127all-elezzjonijiet interni ta\u017c-\u017cew\u0121 partiti prin\u010bipali, g\u0127all-bdil fil-presidenza u g\u0127all-ewwel elezzjoni tal-Parlament Ewropew. I\u017cda matul dan i\u017c-\u017cmien kollu l-ekonomija baqg\u0127et sejra dejjem lura. Skandlu wara l-ie\u0127or ixxandru fil-bulettini tal-a\u0127barijiet li lil xi w\u0127ud ixxukkjawhom, i\u017cda o\u0127rajn, frott tal-fidu\u010bja g\u0127amja li kellhom fir-Re \u010ba\u0127duhom ming\u0127ajr ma staqsew l-ebda mistoqsija dwarhom. Kif ji\u0121ri dan kollu fid-dinja, jew a\u0127jar, ir-Renju, tal-G\u017cira \u010b-\u010akejkna? Kif irnexxielha Lorna Vassallo tiddeskrivi elezzjonijiet moderni bi kliem semiti\u010bi u b\u2019sempli\u010bit\u00e0 li fuq il-wi\u010b\u010b tal-istorja ma dda\u0127\u0127allek l-ebda dubju li dik hija sempli\u010bement \u0127rafa?<\/p>\n

U x\u2019se jg\u0127idu t-tfal wara li jaqrawha? Ser tog\u0127\u0121obhom? Min ser ikun il-karattru favorit tag\u0127hom? U fl-inno\u010benza tag\u0127hom lil min ser jikkundannaw ? Lir-\"\"<\/a>Re \u017bemenda ? Lir-Re l-\u0120id ? Jew lill-\u0120eneral Albus ? U min huma dawn it-tlieta fil-politika Maltija? Veru li kien hemm xi se\u0127er marbut mal-kamra tal-flus biex jisparixxihom? Jew dan is-se\u0127er ma kienx \u0127lief sku\u017ca biex il-pa\u0121\u0121i tar-Re ma j\u0127ossux il-kuxjenza tniggi\u017chom u jikkundannaw lir-Re tag\u0127hom stess?<\/p>\n

\u201cIl-Ktejjeb tal-\u0126rejjef\u201dg\u0127alhekk huwa verament \u0127rafa g\u0127al kull eta`. Ammont limitat ta\u2019 kopji minn dan il-ktieb qed jing\u0127ataw b\u2019xejn lil dawk li jattendu l-attivitajiet ta\u2019 Lorna Vassallo g\u0127all-ewwel darba.\u00a0 Jekk tridu tiksbu kopja ta\u2019 dan il-ktieb mod ie\u0127or tistg\u0127u tikkuntattjaw lil Lorna Vassallo jew it-tim tag\u0127ha fuq vassallolorna@gmail.com<\/a> jew www.facebook.com\/lejnmaltaaaa<\/a> jew inkella fuq is-sezzjoni ta\u2019 kuntatt ta\u2019 din il-pa\u0121na elettronika.<\/p>\n

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The ‘Maltese through English<\/i>‘ series by Lorna Vassallo<\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Book 1<\/span><\/strong> (main book \u2013 570 pages) is a 32-Chapter Maltese Language grammar book published in December 2016. Every chapter contains:<\/span>
\n\u2022 dialogues \/ short texts with a vocabulary box showing feminine and plural where necessary<\/span>
\n\u2022 each dialogue \/ text is accompanied by a vocabulary box classifying words into nouns, adjectives, verbs etc. with the feminine and plural of nouns and adjectives given in all cases<\/span>
\n\u2022 comprehensive grammatical and spelling explanations in English (mostly in tables, diagram or bullet format)<\/span>
\n\u2022 A useful usually irregular verb conjugated past, present, imperative at the end of every chapter<\/span>
\nMoreover<\/span>
\n\u2022 All page numbers are written in both numbers and words<\/span>
\n\u2022 Additional basic vocabulary lists by topic are at the end of the book<\/span>
\nThe book covers all Form 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Malta government schools and \u2018O\u2019 level syllabi. Especially recommendable to secondary level Maltese students and ambitious foreigners.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Book 2 & 3\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(127 and 95 pages) of the series published in 2013 were the first Maltese Grammar Exercise book with answers built step by step on the chapters of the first book (1st Edition published December 2012). These allow you to correct yourself \/ your children\u2019s work as much as you want without the need of any teacher\u2019s or native speaker\u2019s help. Book 2 includes all the exercises (including some of the most complex questions of Maltese grammar) and Book 3 contains all the answers and\/or explanations to Book 2.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Book 4<\/strong> <\/span>(352 pages) A comprehensible classification of all groups of Maltese Verbs according to origin, root consonants and stem, tenses, and especially all modifications upon the addition of the direct and indirect object pronoun or both. The verbs chosen as examples were especially chosen to be different from those already used in Book 1 so that there is the least overlap possible. The main part treats the ten Forms of the verb of Semitic origin and the spelling changes required with the attached pronoun. Another first is an explanation of how Italian verbs are passed down to the Maltese language and how their conjugation is different between them and their original counterparts. All conjugations depend heavily on whether the verb starts with a vowel or silent letter, and whether in case of consonants it is an im\/pure consonant. A number of verbs are conjugated in both negative and positive. Definitely the most detailed insight into conjugation of Maltese verbs to date.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Booklet 1<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Fill-In Exercises (96 pages) offers at least five types of exercises for the learner. The student can (i) guess the missing words unaided, or (ii) use the English footnotes on the same page as an aid. Alternatively, s\/he can (iii) use the scrambled answers or (iv) the multiple choice method provided at the end of the book. (v) S\/he can also follow the recordings on the CD or have them read by someone else. It reproduces partly or wholly the reading texts found in some of the Chapters in Book 1 with some key words missing. It also reproduces the Dictations in Part 4 of Book 2 with missing words to fill in. The exercises make it easier for the student to test his\/her abilities at writing the Maltese language, at the same time highlighting problematic words and allowing the learner to focus on the latter. The booklet is also ideal for native speakers who want to test their spelling knowledge. The texts can be used both as preparation as well as revision material related to Book 1 lessons especially in a class situation.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

Audio CD<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>

\"\"(app. 3 hrs 15 mins) This Audio CD is available in PVC Wallet (upon the<\/span><\/p>\n

purchase of all of Book 2, 3 & 4 at once of the series only) as well as in Digipak format. It includes the reading out of all of the 32 reading passages accompanying all chapters of Book 1, the alphabet and other sounds such as consonant couplets, syllables, time expressions as well as the Dictation texts in Book 2 amongst others.<\/span><\/p>\n

By: Lorna Vassallo<\/span><\/p>\n

Format: Set of 5 books & CD.<\/span><\/p>\n

No of pages: Book 1 Revised \u2013 570 pages, Book 2 \u2013 127 pages, Book 3 \u2013 95 pages, Book 4 \u2013 352 pages, Booklet 1 \u2013 96 pages, CD \u2013 3hrs 15 mins.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Short Stories” tab_id=”1534274377359-b69fd252-39bb”][vc_column_text]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tour][vc_tta_section title=”Fiction” tab_id=”1534274377349-6a0787d6-3fb9″][vc_column_text] \u201cIL-KTEJJEB TAL-\u0126REJJEF\u201d KTIEB TA\u2019 LORNA VASSALLO   \u201cIl-Ktejjeb tal-\u0126rejjef\u201d huwa ktieb ta\u2019 Lorna Vassallo li huwa ma\u0127sub li jqanqal kritika ferm itwal mill-ktieb innifsu. \u0120ewwa l-\u0127rafa ja\u0127bi wkoll il-verita` u sta g\u0127all-qarrej li jifhem l-istorja kollha, partijiet minnha jew xejn. Hija \u0127rafa \u0127elwa li tintlaqa\u2019 tajjeb minn kull tifel u tifla li<\/p>\n

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