Results for SPECLANG

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor

First quarter of a three-quarter beginning sequence. Course emphasizes developing effective communication at a basic level, covering grammatical structures, vocabulary, and sentence patterns through speaking, reading, writing, and listening in everyday situations. Cherokee culture.

First quarter of a three-quarter beginning sequence. Distance learning combined with periodic on-site instruction, conducted primarily in Nahuatl. Course emphasizes developing effective communication at a basic level, covering grammatical structures, vocabulary, and sentence patterns through speaking, reading, writing, and listening in everyday situations. Nahuatl culture.Some knowledge of Spanish is useful.

Distance learning combined with periodic on-site instruction, conducted primarily in Nahuatl. Continuation of SPECLANG 101 sequence integrating language and culture, with emphasis on developing proficiency in oral and written discourse. Targeted functional abilities include socio culturally appropriate language in formal contexts. Prerequisite: Placement Test, SPECLANG101 A,B,C

First quarter of a three-quarter beginning sequence. Course emphasizes developing effective communication at a basic level. Students communicate with short messages on everyday topics. Grammatical structures and vocabulary are introduced through speaking, reading, writing, and listening. Finnish culture.

Focus is on speaking, writing, reading, and listening abilities in Samoan. Interactive approach enables students to express concepts and develop communicative competence at the basic level. Cultural context is an essential part of the course.

This course focuses on speaking, writing, reading, and listening abilities in Inupiaq. Interactive approach enables students to express concepts and develop communicative competence at the basic level. Cultural context is an essential part of the course.

The course is designed to develop reading competence in Classical Tibetan. The emphasis is on vocabulary building, grammar, reading comprehension, and translation of materials pertinent to Tibetan religion, literature, history, and culture.

Continuation of 122C

The course is the first in a three-quarter sequence of first year language courses. No previous knowledge of Khmer is required. It focuses on introducing Khmer in the context of formal and informal communication. The course content is centers on topics of daily life activities and emphasizes descriptions of self and community, short narratives, expression of feelings and simple questions and answers. Khmer culture is an essential part of the course.

This is the first year first quarter course in a three quarter sequence. Speaking, reading, writing, and listening. Authentic materials. Interactive approach with emphasis varying according to student goals. The cultural context in which Dutch is spoken

This is the first year first quarter course in a three quarter sequence. Grammatical structures, vocabulary, and sentence patterns through speaking, reading, writing, and listening. Ukrainian culture.

First quarter of a three-quarter beginning sequence. Distance learning combined with periodic on-site instruction, conducted primarily in Navajo. Course emphasizes developing effective communication at a basic level, covering grammatical structures, vocabulary, and sentence patterns through speaking, reading, writing, and listening in everyday situations.Navajo culture.

Continuation of Speclang 141B. Expands students' proficiency in Armenian language and culture at intermediate level through various texts and multimedia. Students will continue to learn the language with an emphasis on communicative and interactive classroom activities. Prerequisite: Placement Test, or Speclang 141B

First quarter of First year in a three-quarter beginning sequence. Course emphasizes developing effective communication at a basic level, covering grammatical structures, vocabulary, and sentence patterns through speaking, reading, writing, and listening in everyday situations. Filipino culture

Continuation of SPECLANG 144C. Second Year Filipino, First Quarter n a three quarter sequence. The course integrates language and culture with an emphasis on developing proficiency in oral and written discourse. Targeted functional abilities include presentational and socio-culturally appropriate language in formal and informal contexts. Prerequisite: SPECLANG 144C or a placement test

First Year first quarter Vietnamese is the first course in a three quarter sequence. Course emphasizes developing basic level communication skills using daily life topics. Grammatical structures and vocabulary are introduced through interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Vietnamese culture.

Continuation of SPECLANG150C.Second Year first quarter Vietnamese is the first course in a three quarter sequence. The course integrates language and culture with an emphasis on developing proficiency in oral and written discourse. Targeted functional abilities include presentational and socio-culturally appropriate language in formal and informal contexts. Prerequisite: Speclang 150C or placement test.

First Year first quarter Hindi is the first course in a three quarter sequence. Course emphasizes developing basic level communication skills using daily life topics. Grammatical structures and vocabulary are introduced through interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Hindi culture.

Continuation of SPECLANG 152C. Second Year Hindi, First Quarter in a three quarter sequence. The course integrates language and culture with an emphasis on developing proficiency in oral and written discourse. Targeted functional abilities include presentational and socio-culturally appropriate language in formal and informal contexts. Prerequisite SPECLANG152C or placement test.

Grammatical structures, vocabulary, and sentence patterns through speaking, reading, writing, and listening. Punjabi culture.

Grammatical structures, vocabulary, and sentence patterns through speaking, reading, writing, and listening. Tamil culture.

First Year first quarter Czech is the first course in a three quarter sequence. Course emphasizes developing basic level communication skills using daily life topics. Grammatical structures and vocabulary are introduced through interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Czech culture.

Continuation of SPECLANG 164B. Prerequisite; SPECLANG 164B.

First Year First quarter Polish is the first course in a three quarter sequence. Course emphasizes developing basic level communication skills using daily life topics. Grammatical structures and vocabulary are introduced through interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Polish culture.

First Year First quarter Modern Greek is the first course in a three quarter sequence. Course emphasizes developing basic level communication skills using daily life topics. Grammatical structures and vocabulary are introduced through interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Modern Greek culture.

First Year First Quarter Quechua is the first course in a three quarter sequence. Course emphasizes development of basic level communication skills using daily life topics. Grammatical structures and vocabulary are introduced through interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Quechua culture.

Continuation of SPECLANG 174C. Second Year Quechua, First Quarter in a three quarter sequence. The course integrates language and culture with an emphasis on developing proficiency in oral and written discourse. Targeted functional abilities include presentational and socio-culturally appropriate language in formal and informal contexts. Prerequisite SPECLANG174C or placement test

First Year First Quarter American Sign Language is the first course in a three quarter sequence. Course emphasizes development of comprehension and production skills using daily life topics.Focus on cultural awareness necessary for communication. Limited enrollment.

Continuation of SPECLANG 178C. Second Year ASL, First Quarter in a three quarter sequence. The course integrates language and culture with an emphasis on developing proficiency on functional structures, lexical items and history of ASL Socio-culturally appropriate language in formal and informal contexts. Prerequisite SPECLANG178C

Full class in the script, grammar, and vocabulary of the Sanskrit language of ancient India. Also included will be some readings from the Bhagavad Gita. No previous knowledge of Sanskrit required.

First Year first quarter Hawaiian is the first course in a three quarter sequence. Focus on speaking writing and listening while developing students communicative skills in Hawaiian. Interactive approach emphasizing the ability to express concepts related to daily activities within traditional Hawaiian cultural contexts.

Distance learning combined with periodic on-site instruction conducted in Nahuatl. Course focuses on continued development of advanced proficiency in oral and written Nahuatl. Emphasis on functional abilities that integrate language and culture in formal, informal, academic, and professional contexts. Prerequisite- Placement test or SPECLANG 103C.

First Year Urdu will introduce students to the Urdu alphabet (Nastaliq script); to pronunciation and intonation; to basic conversation patterns; and to the elements of spelling, reading, and writing in Urdu. It will cover basic grammar of modern standard Urdu. As part of this course, students will learn popular Urdu songs, watch films and video clips, and become familiar with culture of Urdu speaking people. They will also have exciting opportunities to make their own audio and video recordings to improve their pronunciation, work with Web-based and multi-media materials, and to go on one or more field trips. By the end of year, students will have acquired a basic vocabulary of 800-1000 words, and will be able to generate and interpret several types of simple sentences in simple conversation as well as write in a variety of communication contexts

Focus is on speaking, writing, reading, and listening abilities in Urdu. Interactive approach enables students to express concepts and develop communicative competence at the basic level. Cultural context is an essential part of the course.

Third Year First Quarter Vietnamese is the first course in a three quarter sequence. Focus of the course is on developing communication and presentation skills in Vietnamese using a variety of topics and different contexts. Authentic audio visual material and use of level appropriate pedagogy tools enhance functional linguistic abilities. Culture is an essential part of the course. Prerequisite 151C or placement test

Continuation of SPECLANG 134C. Expands students' proficiency in Haitian Creole language and culture through various texts and multimedia. Students will continue to learn the language with an emphasis on communicative and interactive classroom activities. Prerequisite: Placement Test or SPECLANG 134C.

First Year Lakota First Quarter is the first course in a three quarter sequence. Focus on speaking writing and listening while developing communicative skills in Lakota.Interactive approach emphasizing the ability to express concepts related to daily activities within traditional Lakota cultural contexts.

First Year Romanian First Quarter is the first course in a three quarter sequence. Focus on introducing Romanian in the context of formal and informal communication. Emphasis on topics of daily life activities and descriptions of self and community, short narratives, expression of feelings and simple questions and answers. Romanian culture is an essential part of the course.

Continuation of Speclang 265C. The course is the continuity of three academic years of learning Hungarian or students' ability to prove their proficiency by testing. Learnings will build on the previous quarters, including conversation, writing, reading, and contemporary Hungary's social and cultural issues.

Prerequisite: consent of instructor.- For Grad students only

Prerequisite: consent of instructor.