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Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Fall 2021
SC 506 is the first of a two-semester online course designed to introduce you to the languages and culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia (BCMS). This course prepares you for real-life situational discourse (appropriate for beginner-level students) in which you might find yourself when interacting with the target culture.
Course assignments will allow you to work independently, but you can also expect to work with peers on various activities, such as project assignments, or video recording conversations in BCMS. We will have our class twice a week (Mondays and Wednesdays), each time for an hour. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, you will work on your own.
You will develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills by working in the fields of culture, grammar, lexicon, communicative skills and linguistic norms. Together with developing your functional language abilities, you will learn to understand the common beliefs, attitudes and behaviors in the BCMS region. Finally, you will be able to implement such cultural norms in your conversation.
This class does not incorporate the traditional pen-and-paper tests. Instead, it utilizes the performance-based approach. At the end of each unit, you will participate in a task that mimics real-life situational discourse. These unit-final tasks will allow you to communicate in target language: to demonstrate your cultural knowledge of the area, together with functional language abilities.
Textbook units include colorful culturally-relevant images, short videos, audio recordings and interactive vocabulary and grammar activities to be used in or outside of class.
Date & Location:
This course is 100% online and includes live streaming video. Real-time participation is required during scheduled meeting times.
First class day: Wednesday, August 25
Last class day: Monday, December 6
Course Materials
No textbook purchase is required for this course. All readings are available in Canvas.
First Year Czech I Fall 2021
The course is an introduction to Czech language and culture. We will use the Reality Czech online textbook, which focuses heavily on learning through real-life situations. The course meets four days a week with additional assignments to be completed asynchronously. The course places significant emphasis on listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will learn the fundamentals of Czech grammar and a wide range of everyday vocabulary. Videos, music, film and literature will be used in class to practice language skills, as well as expose students to Czech culture.
Date & Location:
This course is 100% online and includes live streaming video. Real-time participation is required during scheduled meeting times.
First class day: Wednesday, August 25
Last class day: Monday, December 6
Ukrainian for Slavic Learners Fall 2021
Description:
This course is an introduction to the Ukrainian language for those who already have a background in one or more Slavic languages. In this course, we will focus on developing basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, as well as covering grammar fundamentals. We will also use the language to explore aspects of Ukrainian culture, media and daily life. We will explore music, film, cartoons and other aspects of popular culture.
There will be synchronous meetings three times per week, which will provide the students an opportunity to work with classmates. Students will work independently as well, and record short video assignments via Flipgrid.
Date & Location:
This course is 100% online and includes live streaming video. Real-time participation is required during scheduled meeting times.
First class day: Wednesday, August 25
Last class day: Monday, December 6
Final exam: Instructor will provide information.
Russian Summer/Fall 2021
RUS 406 – First-Year Russian I
RUS 406 – First-Year Russian I
RUS 407 – First-Year Russian II
RUS 407 – First-Year Russian II