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LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTER |
ARABIC |
375.115 |
BEGINNING ARABIC (4.5) Secs. 1&2: Abdallah / Sec. 3: Tahrawi 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 No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory |
Sec. 01
02
03
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MTWThF 9
MTWThF 10
MTWThF 11 |
375.215 (H) |
INTERMEDIATE ARABIC (4) Abdallah Limit 18 per section 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. |
Sec. 01
02 |
MTWTh 1
MTWTh 12 |
375.301 (H) |
ADVANCED ARABIC (3) Tahrawi
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. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 1 |
375.401 (H) |
UPPER ADVANCED ARABIC (3) Tahrawi Limit 18 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. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 12 |
CHINESE |
373.111 |
ACCELERATED BEGINNING CHINESE (3.5) Hsieh Limit 17 per section 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
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec. 01
02 |
MWF 12
MWF 1 |
373.115 |
BEGINNING CHINESE (4.5) Lievens
Limit 17 per section This course is designed primarily for students who have no prior exposure to Chinese. The objective of the course is to help students build a solid foundation of the four basic skills---listening, speaking, reading, and writing in an interactive and communicative learning environment. The emphasis is on correct pronunciation, accurate tones and mastery of basic grammatical structures. Note: Students with existing demonstrable skills in spoken Chinese should take 373.111-112.
No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec. 01
02
03
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MTWThF 10
MTWThF 11
MTWThF 12 |
373.211 (H) |
ACCELERATED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (3.5) Feng Sec. 01/Limit 30 17 Sec.02/Limit 17 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.
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec. 01
02
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TTh 2-3:15
TTh 12:30-1:45 |
373.215 (H) |
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (4.5) Matthews Feng Limit 17 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. Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec. 01
02
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MTW 11, Th 10:30-11:45
MTW 12, Th 12-1:15 |
373.303 (H) |
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY (3) Hsieh Limit 25 This is an introductory course on Chinese brush writing. Knowledge of the Chinese language is useful but not essential. You will hear lectures on history, theory and techniques of brush writing plus aspects of Chinese culture associated with characters used. Remaining time will be used for hands-on practice. Taught in English
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec. 01 |
F 2-4:30 |
373.311 (H) |
CHINESE LITERATURE: PASSIONS OF ANCIENT CHINA (3) Matthews Limit 50
Course focuses on love, ware, and rectitude in the classic literary era. Taught in English.Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec. 01 |
T 2-4:30 |
373.315 (H) |
UPPER INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (3.5) Hsieh/Feng Limit 17 per section 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.
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec. 01
02
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MW 2-3:15
MW 2-3:15 |
373.415 (H) |
ADVANCED CHINESE (3) Feng
Prereq: 373.315 Limit 25 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.
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec. 01 |
MW 4:15-5:30pm |
373.451 (H) |
SELECTED READINGS IN MODERN CHINESE FICTION AND SHORT STORIES (3) Lievens Prereq: Completion of 4 years of Chinese language or Equiv. Limit 17 This is an advanced reading course devoted primarily to reading literature and fiction in Chinese by some of the most insightful writers of modern China. The main purposes of this course are to enlarge students' vocabulary, to improve students' reading comprehension, to maintain students' conversation skills though class discussion, to increase students' understanding of culture and the society of China, and to enhance students' writing ability through composition assignment and writing the project.
Course added 9/24/07 |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE |
370.600 |
ORAL SKILLS FOR INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANTS Shiffman
Limit 12 per section 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. |
Sec. 01
02 |
MTW 10
MTW 12 |
370.601 |
COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES IN THE AMERICAN CLASSROOM Shiffman Limit 10 Perm. Req'd. No Auditors
Open to Arts and Science and Engineering 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. |
Sec. 01 |
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. No Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory
Sec. 02 canceled 9/12/07 |
Sec. 01
02
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MW 2-3:15
MW 3:35-5pm
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381.201 (H) |
INTERMEDIATE HINDI I (3) Saini Datla Rana
Limit 18 Prereq: 381.101-102 Drawing upon Indian epics, history, fables, and folk tales the course placed language training in its socio-cultural ethos while imparting instruction for speaking, writing and comprehending Hindi. At the completion of the course, students will be well equipped to initiate, sustain, and close an every day conversation; write letters and short compositions; read, with full understanding, simple texts dealing with personal and social needs; grasp the main ideas and information from commonly used audio-visual materials. |
Sec. 01 |
MW 4:30-5:45pm 5-6:15pm |
381.301 (H)
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ADVANCED HINDI (3) Staff Limit 18 Prereq: 381.201-202 Promotes the active use of Hindi in culturally authentic contexts. Development of fluency in oral and written communication is emphasized. Course canceled 4/24/07
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Sec. 01
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MW 5-6:15pm
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381.311 |
HINDI/URDU CONVERSATION (3) Saini Datla Rana Limit 15 Prereq: 381.202 or equivalent This intensive course is designed especially for students interested in a refinement of their conversation skills on a wide range of current topics without learning advanced writing in Devnagri script. A native or acquired knowledge of Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujrati, or Marathi at the intermediate level is required for this substance rich conversation course. Teaching strategies include web-based exercises for vocabulary enhancement in medicine, public health, law and international affairs, reviews of popular radio and TV shows, interpretations of classic and modern literature, and role playing as interviewers and media anchors. Students completing this course are expected to speak Hindi-Urdu fluently with correct pronunciation and diction as well as understand its wide idiomatic and accentual variations. |
Sec. 01 |
T 5:30-8pm |
JAPANESE |
378.101 |
SLOW-PACED BEGINNING JAPANESE I (3) Katagiri Limit 15 Part one of a four two-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. Note: Those who wish to continue beyond these two semesters must enroll in Beginning Japanese 378.116 the following spring.
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 9 |
378.103 |
SLOW-PACED BEGINNING JAPANESE III (3) Katagiri Limit 17 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 Course added 4/13/07 |
Sec. 01 |
MW 5-6:15pm |
378.115 |
BEGINNING JAPANESE (4.5) Nakao/Katagiri Limit 17 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
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies
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Sec.01
02
03 |
MTWThF 11
MTWThF 12
MTWThF 1 |
378.215 (H) |
INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE (4.5) Zon Limit 17 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.
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec.01
02 |
MW 11
ThF 10:30-11:45
MW 12, ThF 12-1:15 |
378.311 |
JAPANESE CONVERSATION (2.5) Zon Prereq: 378.216 or equivalent Limit 17 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.
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec. 01 |
MW 1 |
378.315 (H) |
UPPER INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE (3.5) Katagiri Prereq: 378.215-216 Lab Req’d Limit 17 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.
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 3 MT 3-4:15
W 3 |
378.415 (H) |
ADVANCED JAPANESE (3.5) Nakao
Prereq: 378.316 or equivalent Lab Req’d. Limit 17 per section 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.
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies
Lec. & Sec.02 canceled 4/11/07 |
Lec.
Sec. 01
02
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T 10, F 9:30-10:30
T 12-2, W 2 T 11
T 12
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KISWAHILI |
379.151 |
BEGINNING KISWAHILI I (3) Mugambi
Limit 20 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). |
Sec. 01 |
MW 4-5:20 |
379.251 (H) |
INTERMEDIATE KISWAHILI I (3) Mugambi 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. |
Sec. 01 |
M 5:30-7pm
T 4-5:30pm F 10:30-12 |
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
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies
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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.
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec. 01 |
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.
Cross-listed with East Asian Studies |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 1 |
PERSIAN |
382.101 |
BEGINNING PERSIAN (3) Dehghan
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 |
Sec. 01 |
MW 4-5:30 |
RUSSIAN |
377.131 |
ELEMENTS OF RUSSIAN I (4) Samilenko/ Czeczulin Limit 18 per section
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) |
Sec. 01
Sec. 02
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MTWF 11
MTWF 9:30-10:20 |
377.208 (H) |
INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN (4) Czeczulin Limit 18 per section
Prereq. 377.132 Intensive oral work; continued emphasis on grammar and reading comprehension.
(Section 01 taught at Goucher College) |
Sec. 01
Sec. 02
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MTWF 10:30-11:20
MTWF 12 |
377.211 (H) |
INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN LITERATURE I (3) Samilenko Prereq: 377.135 Limit 18 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. |
Sec. 01 |
MWF 10 |
377.269 (H)
(W) |
THE RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE (3) Czeczulin
Limit 18 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 at Goucher College |
Sec. 01 |
MWF 1:30-2:20 |
377.395 (H)
(W) |
SEMINAR I: FOLKLORE IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE (3) Samilenko Limit 18 Rotating topics in 20th century prose, poetry, drama, or film. This course focuses on the various aspects of Russian folk, Christianity, and double faith in a variety of literary genres and authors. |
Sec. 01 |
T 12-2:30 |
377.501 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY-RUSSIAN Samilenko |
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SANSKRIT |
383.111 |
BEGINNING SANSKRIT (3) Saini Limit 18 This course has been designed for students with no knowledge of the Sanskrit language. Emphasis will be placed on the basic listening, reading, and writing of the language. The reading and writing system will be introduced in a very systematic manner, thereby, students will not have to learn all the vowels and the consonants at once before getting to read the words. Basic sentences will be drawn from the Sanskrit Literature. Simple Vedic Mantras from the Vedas and Ishopanishad, verses from the Bhagavad Gita and the sootras from the Yoga Sookas will be read. |
Sec. 01 |
MW 6-7:15pm 5:30-7pm 8pm |
