Gent Suli Dec 4, 2018:

The literal translation for "këndim" is to sing or singing. However, I remember in my elementary school, many years ago, we used it for the "reading" book/class.

"shqipton" means "to pronounce" and most likely in the sense "to articulate, or speak".
A translation of the whole sentence - somewhat verbatim - would be:
"Reading and literary reading means reading a paragraph or fragment/passage out loud and pronouncing/articulating it"

larserik (asker) Nov 22, 2018:

Explanation arrived Client wrote: "Kendim dhe lexim letrar,do te thot kur lexon nje paragraf ose fragment me ze dhe e shqipton ate".
The last part puzzles me a bit, but the main thing seems to be "reading literary texts aloud". My guess is that "shqipton" indicates that the aim is training the pupils in pronouncing according to Standard Albanian. Just a little confusing that I never saw this before, and also that the client lived in southern Albania where the difference between everyday spoken language and Standard Albanian is not as big as in the north.

larserik (asker) Nov 22, 2018:

The client... just answered "that's how they call it in Albania". I was not quite happy with this answer and I asked for an explanation. If somebody has a suggestion, it would be much appreciated.

larserik (asker) Nov 21, 2018:

Thanks Elvana Maybe you're right, I will check with the client, hoping she remembers after 15 years. -- Meanwhile, you don't think it could be "Literary reading aloud and silently"?