ELEMENTARY AKKADIAN I

• 3 points

ELEMENTARY ARAMAIC I

• 3 points

ELEMENTARY BENGALI I

Introductory courses to Bengali, a major language of northeast India and Bangladesh.

• Instructor: Dwijen Bhattacharjya
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY BURMESE I

This course aims to train students to achieve basic skills in Burmese. They will develop competency in reading and writing Burmese script. Students will also learn basic spoken Burmese.

• 4 points

ELEMENTARY CANTONESE I

This course introduces students to both the spoken and written Cantonese language, with achieving conversational proficiency being a primary goal. The course emphasizes oral expressions, listening comprehension, and grammar. It is designed to give beginning students a practical command of the language. Upon completion of the course, students can expect to converse in simple sentences, and recognize and write about 350 Chinese characters. Students with passable conversation ability or native speakers from Cantonese-speaking communities should not enroll in this course. Note: This course is part of the language exchange program with New York University (NYU). Classes will be held at NYU.

• 4 points

ELEMENTARY CANTONESE I

This course introduces students to both the spoken and written Cantonese language, with achieving conversational proficiency being a primary goal. The course emphasizes oral expressions, listening comprehension, and grammar. It is designed to give beginning students a practical command of the language. Upon completion of the course, students can expect to converse in simple sentences, and recognize and write about 350 Chinese characters. Students with passable conversation ability or native speakers from Cantonese-speaking communities should not enroll in this course. Note: This course is part of the language exchange program with New York University (NYU). Classes will be held at NYU.

• 4 points

ELEMENTARY FILIPINO I

Introduction to Filipino with an emphasis on mastering basic skills and working vocabulary. Linguistic rules are applied to enable the student to communicate with more competence. Lessons incorporate discussions on history, current events, literature, pop culture, and native values. Includes field trips to Filipino neighborhoods in Queens and Jersey City. Note: This course is part of the language exchange program with New York University (NYU). Classes will be held at NYU.

• 4 points

ELEMENTARY INDONESIAN I

This course offers students an introduction to the basic structures of Bahasa Indonesia, a major language of Indonesia and South East Asia.

• Instructor: Christopher Kaiser
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY IRISH I

This course introduces students to the rudiments of the Irish language, including phonemes and pronunciation, syntactical structure, and verbal conjugations. In addition, a history of the language is provided, as well as a general introduction to Irish culture, including discussions of family and place names. Students are encouraged to begin speaking with basic sentence structures, eventually expanding into more complex verbal conjugations while concentrating on idiomatic expressions. The accumulation of vocabulary is stressed and students are introduced to basic literature in Irish while developing beginning conversational fluency.

• 4 points

ELEMENTARY IRISH I

This course introduces students to the rudiments of the Irish language, including phonemes and pronunciation, syntactical structure, and verbal conjugations. In addition, a history of the language is provided, as well as a general introduction to Irish culture, including discussions of family and place names. Students are encouraged to begin speaking with basic sentence structures, eventually expanding into more complex verbal conjugations while concentrating on idiomatic expressions. The accumulation of vocabulary is stressed and students are introduced to basic literature in Irish while developing beginning conversational fluency.

• 4 points

ELEMENTARY KHMER I

This course is designed to bring students with no background to a point where they can perform most basic linguistic functions in Khmer, including greetings, likes/dislikes, telling about yourself, describing places and situations, all in appropriate time frames. The class uses a highly interactive classroom style, supplemented by extensive use of video - both prepared and student-produced - and other computer-assisted tools. Please note this course is offered by videoconferencing from Cornell as part of the Shared Course Initiative.

• 4 points

ELEMENTARY HAITIAN KREYOL I

This course introduces students to the language of Haitian Kreyòl, also called Creole, and is intended for students with little or no prior knowledge of the language. Haitian Kreyòl is spoken by Haiti’s population of nine million and by about one million Haitians in the U.S. Including over 190,000 in the New York City area. In fact, New York City has the second largest population of Kreyòl Speakers after Port--au--Prince, Haiti’s capital. Through this course, you will develop introductory speaking, reading, and writing skills. We use a communicative approach, balanced with grammatical and phonetic techniques. Classroom and textbook materials are complemented by work with film, radio, and especially music (konpa, rasin, twoubadou, rap, raga, levanjil, vodou tradisyonèl, etc.), as well as with visits to city museums and institutions related to Haiti. Note: This course is part of the language exchange program with New York University (NYU). Classes will be held at NYU.

• 4 points

Elementary Nepali I

This course is intended for beginners of the Nepali language. The emphasis is given on basic grammar, speaking, and comprehension skills, using culturally appropriate materials and texts. Devanagari script for reading and writing is also introduced.

• Instructor: Hom Acharya
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• 4 points

Elementary Old Irish I

This course is an introduction to the grammar of the Old Irish language as it is attested in contemporary documents from the 8th and 9th centuries CE and as it is reflected in later manuscripts. Old Irish has a number of unusual features for a western Indo-European language including such oddities as verb-initial word order, initial mutations, conjugated prepositions, accentually conditioned allomorphies. These features are much easier to acquire with some knowledge of where they came from and how they relate to cognate features in more familiar European languages like Latin. In this course we will combine instruction in the synchronic grammar of the language (learning paradigms, memorizing vocabulary, internalizing syntactic rules) with some degree of historical explanation. But in addition to its interesting grammar, Old Irish is also the vehicle for one of the earliest vernacular literatures of Western Europe. Authors writing in Old Irish produced a distinct literary tradition of great interest to students of Medieval Europe. In this class we will start to read some of this literature, both prose and poetry as well as selections from the Old Irish glosses.

• 4 points

ELEMENTARY PUNJABI I

Introduction to Punjabi, a major language of northern India and Pakistan. Beginning with the study of the Gurmukhi script, the course offers an intensive study of the speaking, reading, and writing of the language.

• Instructor: Sandeep Singh
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY QUECHUA I

Quechua is the most important and most widely-distributed indigenous language in South America, with over 10 million speakers living from the high mountains to the tropical lowlands in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Those who speak it call the language runa simi or runa shimi, human speech. It was the principal language of the Inca empire and the key language of cultural interaction during the colonial era. Quechua has remained central to indigenous peoples efforts to preserve their cultural autonomy. It has gained greater force in recent years, during which indigenous movements have swept Quechua speakers into national politics, where they have succeeded in transforming constitutions to recognize cultural diversity, making Quechua an official language of state, and successfully promoting schooling in the language. Students who satisfactorily complete Elementary Quechua I and II will be well-prepared for intensive summer study at one of many summer study abroad programs in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia that will put them in closer contact with the indigenous world.

• 4 points

ELEMENTARY SINHALA I

This course is designed to bring students with no background to a point where they can perform most basic linguistic functions in Sinhala, including greetings, likes/dislikes, telling about yourself, describing places and situations, all in appropriate time frames. The class uses a highly interactive classroom style, supplemented by extensive use of video - both prepared and student-produced - and other computer-assisted tools. Please note this course is offered by videoconferencing from Cornell as part of the Shared Course Initiative.

• Instructor: Bandara Herath
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• 4 points

ELEMENTARY TELUGU I

• 4 points

ELEMENTARY YORUBA I

This course is designed to bring students with no background to a point where they can perform most basic linguistic functions in Yoruba, including greetings, likes/dislikes, telling about yourself, describing places and situations, all in appropriate time frames. The class uses a highly interactive classroom style, supplemented by extensive use of video - both prepared and student-produced - and other computer-assisted tools. Please note this course is offered by videoconferencing from Cornell as part of the Shared Course Initiative.

• 4 points

ELEMENTARY ZULU I

Introduces students to the basic structures of Zulu, a Bantu language spoken in South Africa, especially in the Zululand area of KwaZulu/Natal province.

• Instructor: Nandipa Sipengane
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• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE TELUGU I

• Instructor: Shiva Sai Ram Urella
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• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE BENGALI I

Prerequisites: BENG UN1101 and BENG UN1102 or the instructor's permission. Further develops a student's knowledge of Bengali, a major language of northeast India and Bangladesh.

• Instructor: Dwijen Bhattacharjya
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• 4 points

Intermediate Burmese

This course is for students who have taken first-year Burmese or learned some Burmese elsewhere and know how to read and write Burmese script. Students will continue learning all major aspects of the language at the intermediate level, including the reading and understanding of formal-style texts. In spoken Burmese, students will practice communicating at the increasingly complicated and practically useful level. Some of the assignments are completed online using interactive video and audio materials.

• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE CANTONESE I

Prerequisites: (CANT W1101 and CANT UN1102) CANT W1101-W1102 or the instructor's permission. This course further continues the study of the Cantonese language. Emphasis is on linguistic rules to enable students to communicate with more competence. The lessons will not only focus on language, but also incorporate discussions on history, current events, literature, popular culture, and native values. Includes field trips to Chinatown and other Cantonese-speaking neighborhoods. Note: This course is part of the language exchange program with New York University (NYU). Classes will be held at NYU.

• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE FILIPINO I

Prerequisites: FILI W1101-W1102 or the instructor's permission. Emphasis is placed on the linguistic rules to enable students to communicate with more competence. The lessons will not only focus on language but also will use a holistic approach and incorporate discussions on history, current events, literature, pop culture, and native values. Note: This course is part of the language exchange program with New York University (NYU). Classes will be held at NYU.

• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE INDONESIAN I

Prerequisites: INDO W1101-W1102 or the instructor's permission. This course further develops a student's knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia, a major language of Indonesia and South East Asia.

• Instructor: Christopher Kaiser
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• 4 points

Intermediate Khmer I

This course focuses on learning Khmer (the national language of Cambodia) for students who have completed Elementary Khmer II.  Students will be able to communicate in every day conversation using complex questions/answers.  The course focuses on reading, writing, speaking, and listening to Khmer words, long sentences, and texts.  The course is also emphasized on grammar, sentence structure and their use in the right context. This course is applied to persons who want to continue to learn Khmer and want to pursue the language study in the future.

• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE HAITIAN KREYOL I

Intermediate Haitian Creole I is intended to continue the material covered in Elementary Haitian
Creole I and II. It is intended for students who already have a strong comprehension of the
grammar, sounds, and vocabulary of Haitian Creole. The course is taught primarily in Haitian
Creole. Students are guided to a more advanced level of the Haitian Creole language to further
develop speaking, reading, writing, and listening comprehension skills. A communicative
approach is used and class materials are complemented by work with film, radio, and music
(konpa, rasin, twoubadou, rap, raga, levanjil, vodou tradisyonèl, etc.), as well as with visits to city
museums and other cultural institutions.

• 4 points

Intermediate Nepali I

Intermediate instruction in spoken grammar and verbal comprehension skills, with special attention to developing technical vocabularies and other verbal skills appropriate to students' professional fields.

• Instructor: Hom Acharya
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• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE PUNJABI I

Prerequisites: PUNJ W1101-W1102 or the instructor's permission. Further develops a student's writing, reading, and oral skills in Punjabi, a major language of northern India and Pakistan.

• Instructor: Sandeep Singh
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• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE QUECHUA I

Prerequisites: QUCH W1101-W1102 or the instructors permission. Quechua is the most important and most widely-distributed indigenous language in South America, with over 10 million speakers living from the high mountains to the tropical lowlands in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Those who speak it call the language runa simi or runa shimi, human speech. It was the principal language of the Inca empire and the key language of cultural interaction during the colonial era. Quechua has remained central to indigenous peoples efforts to preserve their cultural autonomy. It has gained greater force in recent years, during which indigenous movements have swept Quechua speakers into national politics, where they have succeeded in transforming constitutions to recognize cultural diversity, making Quechua an official language of state, and successfully promoting schooling in the language. Students who satisfactorily complete Elementary Quechua I and II will be well-prepared for intensive summer study at one of many summer study abroad programs in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia that will put them in closer contact with the indigenous world.

• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE SINHALA I

Prerequisites: SINH W1101-1102 or the instructor's permission. In this course, learners will continue practicing all four language skills through every day dialogues, writing letters, and describing basic situations. In addition, they will be introduced to Sinhala literature and learn how to read and comprehend basic Sinhala texts, such as newspaper articles. Finally, they will be introduced to current affairs as well as social, artistic, and cultural events and issues in Sri Lanka. The class uses a highly interactive classroom style supplemented by extensive use of video - both prepared and student-produced - and other computer-assisted tools. Please note this course is offered by videoconferencing from Cornell as part of the Shared Course Initiative.

• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE YORUBA I

Prerequisites: YORU W1101-W1102 or the instructor's permission. In this course, learners will continue practicing all four language skills through every day dialogues, writing letters, and describing basic situations. In addition, they will be introduced to Yoruba literature and learn how to read and comprehend basic Yoruba texts, such as newspaper articles. Finally, they will be introduced to current affairs as well as social, artistic and, cultural events and issues in Nigeria. The class uses a highly interactive classroom style, supplemented by extensive use of video - both prepared and student-produced - and other computer-assisted tools. Please note this course is offered by videoconferencing from Cornell as part of the Shared Course Initiative.

• 4 points

INTERMEDIATE ZULU I

Prerequisites: ZULU W1201-W1202 or the instructor's permission. Provides students with an in-depth review of the essentials of the Zulu grammar. Students are also able to practice their language skills in conversation.

• Instructor: Nandipa Sipengane
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• 4 points

ADVANCED BENGALI I

• 3 points

ADVANCED BURMESE

• 3 points

ADV ANCIENT EGYPTIAN I

• 4 points

ADVANCED INDONESIAN I

This course offers students the opportunity to practice advanced structures of Bahasa Indonesia, a major language of Indonesia and South East Asia. This course is offered by videoconferencing from Cornell as part of the Shared Course Initiative.

• 3 points

Literary Sinhala I

This one-semester course introduces the distinctive grammatical forms and vocabulary used in Literary Sinhala. While focused particularly on the development of reading skills, the course also introduces students to Literary Sinhala composition, builds students’ listening comprehension of semi-literary Sinhala forms (such as those used in radio and TV news), and guides students in incorporating elements of the literary register of Sinhala in their spoken production.

• 3 points

ADVANCED ZULU I

Prerequisites: ZULU W1201-W1202 or the instructor's permission. This course allows students to practice adanced structures of the Zulu language. Please note this course is offered by videoconference from Yale through the Shared Course Initiative.

• Instructor: Nandipa Sipengane
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• 3 points

SUPERVISED READINGS I

YORUBA LANG ACROSS CURRICULUM

• 2 points

SUPERVISED READINGS I

The goals are to increase competency in advanced Sinhala, enhance communicative skills,

improve reading skills of classical texts, deepen knowledge of Sinhala written grammar, and

introduce advanced vocabulary, expressions, and terminology of Sinhala culture. Besides the

regular practice of reading, writing, dialogues, discussions, occasional quizzes, and homework,

students will engage in various classroom activities and assignments, such as in-class

presentations.

• 1-4 points

SUPERVISED READINGS I

• Instructor: Nandipa Sipengane
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• 1 points

ELEMENTARY UGARITIC I

• 3 points