LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTER

ARABIC

375.115

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BEGINNING ARABIC (4.5) Tahrawi/ Sakaji Limit 18 per section     Introductory course in speaking, listening, reading, and writing Modern Standard Arabic.  Presents basic grammatical structures and a basic vocabulary.  Through oral-aural drill in classroom, tapes in Language Laboratory, and reading/writing exercises, students attain a basic level of competence on which they can build in subsequent years of study.  Note: Section 2 is for students who have a significant ability to understand and speak standard Arabic.  Course will continue to focus on reading, writing, and grammar.  
No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 03 added 09/09/05

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03

MTWThF 10

TTh 4-6:15pm

MTWThF 9

375.215 (H)

INTERMEDIATE ARABIC (4) Tahrawi Limit 15   Prereq: 375.115-116 or equivalent   Perm. Req'd.     Designed to bring students up to competency level required for third/fourth year Arabic.  Students will consolidate and expand their mastery of the four basic skills acquired in 375.115-116.  More authentic material--written, audio, and visual--will be used, and culture will be further expanded on as a fifth skill.

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MTWTh 11

375.301 (H)

ADVANCED ARABIC (3) Tahrawi Hamad    Limit 15 Prereq: 375.216 or equivalent   Perm. Req'd.
Designed to enhance students' ability to read, discuss, and write about various topics covered in traditional and contemporary Arabic texts. 

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MTW 1Th
MW 1-2:30

375.501

INDEPENDENT STUDY - ARABIC  Tahrawi Course added 09/15/05

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TBA

CHINESE

373.111

ACCELERATED BEGINNING CHINESE (3.5) Hsieh   Prereq: Existing demonstrable skills in spoken Chinese   Lab Req'd.
For students who have significant, previously acquired ability to understand and speak Modern Standard Chinese.  Course focuses on reading and writing.  Teaching materials are the same as used in 373.115-116; however, both traditional and simplified versions of written Chinese characters are used.  
No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

Sec. 02 added 04/15/05

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02

MWTh 1

MWTh 2

373.115

BEGINNING CHINESE (4.5) Lievens/Matthews Feng/ Hsieh Limit 15 per section     Introductory course in Modern Standard Chinese. Goals: mastery of elements of pronunciation and control of basic vocabulary of 800-900 words and most basic grammatical patterns.  Students work first with Pin-Yin system, then with simplified version of written Chinese characters.  Note:  Student with existing demonstrable skills in spoken Chinese should take 373.111-112.

No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

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 02

03

MTWThF 12

MTWThF 11 2

MTWThF 1 3

373.211 (H)

ACCELERATED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (3.5) Lievens   Limit 15   Lab Req'd.     For students who possess native-like abilities in comprehension and speaking.  The course focuses on reading and writing.  Students will work with either simplified or traditional characters. 

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MTW 10

373.215 (H)

INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (4.5) Feng Lievens  Limit 15 per section     Consolidation of the foundation that students have laid in their first year of study and continued drill and practice in the spoken language, with continued expansion of reading and writing vocabulary and sentence patterns.  Students will work with both simplified and traditional characters.  Note:  Students who have native-like abilities in comprehension and speaking should take 373.211-212. 

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02

MTW 11
Th 10:30-11:45
MTWThF 11

MTW 12
Th 12-1:15
MTWThF 12

373.311 (H)
             (W)

CLASSICAL CHINESE LITERATURE: PASSIONS OF ANCIENT CHINA HEROES AND HEROINES IN CLASSICAL CHINESE NOVELS (3) Matthews Feng  Limit 50  Course focuses on love, war, and rectitude in the classical literary era. Course examines the portrayal of male and female characters in traditional Chinese novels that are still popular today.  Taught in English

Cross-listed with Women,Gender, and Sexuality

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373.315 (H)

UPPER INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (3.5) Hsieh Chi/    Prereq: 373.216 or equivalent
This two-semester course consolidates and further expands students' knowledge of grammar and vocabulary and further develops reading ability through work with textbook material and selected modern essays and short stories. Class discussions will be in Chinese insofar as feasible, and written assignments will be given. 

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02

TTh 3-4:15
MW 2-3:30

MW 3-4:15
2-3:30

373.415 (H)

ADVANCED CHINESE (3) Feng Chi   Prereq: 373.315   Limit 15     Readings in modern Chinese prose, including outstanding examples of literature, newspaper articles, etc.  Students should understand most of the readings with the aid of a dictionary, so that class discussion need not focus primarily on detailed explanations of grammar.  Discussion, to be conducted in Chinese, will concentrate on the cultural significance of the readings' content.

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MW 4:15-5:30pm
3:30-5pm

373.501

INDEPENDENT STUDY-CHINESE (3) Feng   Course added 09/16/05

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TBA

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

370.600

ORAL SKILLS FOR INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANTS Shiffman Limit 12    Perm. Req'd.    No Auditors Open to Graduate students only
Through a variety of communicative activities, prospective international teaching assistants work to improve fluency, accuracy, and intelligibility in speaking and increase listening comprehension for the classroom.

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02

MTW 9

MTW 10

370.601

COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES IN THE AMERICAN CLASSROOM  Shiffman  Limit 10    Perm. Req'd.    No Auditors

Open to Graduate students only
Prospective international teaching assistants work to improve their English language skills while familiarizing themselves with the culture of the American classroom and effective teaching strategies.  Students are videotaped practice teaching.

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MTW 1

HINDI

381.101

BEGINNING HINDI (3) Saini
Limit 15 per section   Lab Req’d.  
 Course focuses on acquisition of additional vocabulary and grammatical structures in culturally authentic contexts, listening, speaking, reading, and writing comprehension. Note: Section 2 is for students who have a significant ability to understand and speak standard Hindi.  Course will continue to focus on reading, writing, and grammar.

No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory 

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02

TTh 3:35-5

TTh 2-3:15

381.201 (H)

INTERMEDIATE HINDI I (3) Ahluwalia Limit 18     Course provides refinement of basic language skills in cultural context.  Emphasis will be on expansion of vocabulary and grammatical structures and further development of communicative skills.

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MW 3:35-5

381.301 (H)

ADVANCED HINDI I (3) Saini Prereq: 381.201-202     Promotes the active use of Hindi in culturally authentic contexts.  Development of fluency in oral and written communication is emphasized.

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MW 5-6:15pm

381.503 (H)

INDEPENDENT STUDY (3) Saini Course added 10/11/05    

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TBA

JAPANESE

378.101

SLOW-PACED BEGINNING JAPANESE (3) Nakao   Limit 15    Part one of a four-semester introductory course for students who want to study Beginning Japanese at a slower pace attending three classes rather than five classes per week.  Lab required.

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WThF 1

378.103 (H)

SLOW-PACED BEGINNING JAPANESE II (3) Katagiri  Limit 15   Prereq: 378.101-102 or 378.115     Part three of a four-semester introductory course for students who want to study Beginning Japanese at a slower pace attending three classes rather than five classes per week.  Lab required.

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M W 2-3:15, F 3-4:15

378.115 

BEGINNING JAPANESE (4.5) Zon/Katagiri  Limit 15 per section (Those who have conflict on Thurs. or Fri. due to lab work may attend a different section )
Goals of the course are mastery of pronunciation, basic grammar and vocabulary.  Chinese characters, or Kanji, will be introduced.  In addition to written exercises and tests, oral-aural drill in class and work in the language laboratory are important.  No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory

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02

03

MTWThF 11

MTWThF 12

MTWThF 2

378.215 (H)

INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE (4.5) Katagiri Limit 15 per section   Prereq: 378.116 or equivalent     Training in spoken and written language, increasing their knowledge of more complex patterns. At completion, students will have a working knowledge of about 250 Kanji.

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02

MTWThF 11

MTWThF 12

378.311 (H)

JAPANESE CONVERSATION (2.5) Katagiri    Prereq: 378.216 or equivalent    Limit 15     Advanced training in spoken Japanese, at the completion of Intermediate Japanese, available to those with equivalent proficiency. Students will develop more interactive skills, using authentic audio/video materials. No reading/writing instructions.

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M 10, W 12
M 10,
Th 3

378.315 (H)

UPPER INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE (3.5) Zon    Prereq: 378.216   Limit 15   Lab Req'd.   Emphasis shifts toward reading, while development of oral-aural skills also continues apace.  The course presents graded readings in expository prose and requires students to expand their knowledge of Kanji, grammar, and both spoken and written vocabulary.

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TW10
Th 10:30-11:20

378.415 (H)

ADVANCED JAPANESE (3.5) Nakao Prereq: 378.316 or equivalent   Lab Req'd.   Limit 15     By using four skills in participatory activities (reading, presentation, and discussion), students will develop reading skills in modern Japanese and deepen and enhance their knowledge on Kanji and Japanese culture.

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M 12-1:15, Th 9-10:15
M 12-1:15 2,
F 2

KISWAHILI

379.151

BEGINNING KISWAHILI (3) Maina
Limit 15     This introductory course focuses on vocabulary and presents some of the basic grammatical, phonological, and sociological elements of the Kiswahili language.  Students are exposed to different facets of the cultures of eastern Africa (especially Tanzanian and Kenyan).

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MW 4-5:30

379.251 (H)

INTERMEDIATE KISWAHILI II (3) Maina 
Limit 15     Prereq: 379.151-152     This course places emphasis on conversational skills as well as reading, writing and skills. It includes analyses of the culture, history and socio aspects of this linguistic group. Resources in the Language Lab are incorporated in the course.

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MW 2-3:30

KOREAN

380.101

ELEMENTS OF KOREAN I (3) Kang Limit 18   Focuses on improving speaking fluency to Limited Proficiency so that one can handle simple daily conversations with confidence. It provides basic high-frequency structures and covers Korean holidays.  
No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory   

Sec. 01

MTW 10

380.201 (H)

INTERMEDIATE KOREAN READING AND WRITING (3) Kang  Prereq: Existing demonstrable skills in spoken Korean   Limit 18     Aims for improving writing skills with correct spelling. Reading materials of Korean people, places, and societies will enhance cultural understanding and awareness, including discussion on family tree.

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MTW 11

380.301 (H)

ADVANCED KOREAN I (3) Kang   Limit 15
Emphasizes reading literacy in classic and modern Korean prose.  By reading Korean newspapers and professional articles in one's major, it enables one to be well-versed and truly literate.

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MTW 1

300.385 171 (H)

PREMODERN KOREAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION (3) Rhee   Limit 20
Cross-listed with the Humanities Center

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Th 1-3:30

PERSIAN

382.101

BEGINNING PERSIAN (3) Shahegh Limit 18    The basic modern Persian enables students to learn the Persian alphabet, phonology, morphology, and the basic syntax.  Students will also learn reading, writing, and translating basic sentences.  Course taught in Persian

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MW 4-5:30

RUSSIAN

377.131

ELEMENTS OF RUSSIAN I (4) Samilenko/ Czeczulin     Designed to give student a firm foundation in the language, with special emphasis on the development of vocabulary, basic reading, and conversational skills.

(Section 02 taught at Goucher College)

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Sec. 02

MTWF 11

TTh 9-10:40
MTWF 12:30

377.208 (H)

INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN (4) Czeczulin Prereq. 377.132
Intensive oral work; continued emphasis on grammar and reading comprehension.

(Section 02 taught at Goucher)

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Sec. 02

MTWF 12 9

MTWF 1:30

377.211 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN LITERATURE I (3) Samilenko Prereq: 377.135     A survey of the important periods of Russian literature from the advent of Christianity to the Russian Revolution.  Genres include skazki, byliny, short prose works of the 18th century the poetry of Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev.  All readings are adapted to the intermediate level.

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MWF 10

377.269 (H)

THE RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE (3) Czeczulin
A survey course of Russian oral and subsequent written tradition using multimedia and presented against the background of the Indo-European tradition.  Taught in English Taught at Goucher College

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MWF 10:30

377.395 (H)

SEMINAR I: THE SUPERFLUOUS MAN (3) Samilenko     Rotating topics in 20th century prose, poetry, drama, or film. 

Sec. 01

MWF 12

377.501

INDEPENDENT STUDY-RUSSIAN Samilemko