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Preference to sophomores. Cultural and literary highlights. Filmmakers include Kakoyannis, Dassen, Boulmetis, Angelopoulos, and Scorsese; readings from Eugenides, Gage, Kavafis, Kazantzakis, Samarakis, Seferis, and Elytis.

Grammar and readings of Gandhari, a middle-Indic language from Afghanistan. Mostly we will read these newly published early Buddhist texts in Roman script, but will also read from photographs of the original birch-bark fragments in their Kharosthi script. Knowledge of Sanskrit and Pali expected, but not required.

For students of Greek background. Sources include authentic texts, multimedia materials, and Greek media.

Continuation of SPECLANG 215A. Prerequisite: SPECLANG 215A.

Continuation of SPECLANG 215B. Prerequisite: SPECLANG 215A.

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

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

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