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Please view the syllabus for Kurdish I and Kurdish II below.
Kurmanji Kurdish I
Adjunct Professor of Kurdish: Michael L. Chyet
DC Internationals is proud to offer Kurmanji Kurdish I- a ten week intensive, non-credit course that’s designed to teach Beginning Kurmanji Kurdish through immersion, fun and humor.
Times and location:
Kurmanji Kurdish I— Meets once per week on Tuesday from 6:00-7:30 PM
First day of Class: June 1, 2010
Location: 1920 G Street, NW, Washington DC.
No previous foreign language experience is required, although a knowledge of another Middle Eastern Language will be helpful. By the end of the semester, you can expect to have basic reading, writing, and speaking skills.
Academic Goals
This course teaches the Kurdish orthography in the Latin alphabet. The rudiments of Kurdish grammar will be taught gradually. Each lesson begins with a proverb or riddle which encapsulates the grammar of the lesson, followed by a dialogue or reading passage, with vocabulary, grammatical explanations, and exercises. Each class will begin by going over the exercises from the previous lesson, thereby reviewing that lesson before proceeding with the next one. The exercises are designed to review the material from the previous lessons as well as the new material from the current lesson.
In addition to the material covered in the lessons, which will be passed out at each class meeting, there will be classroom conversation and interactive DVD’s. The students will be expected to purchase the course materials, both the weekly lessons and the DVD. Each week, one student will choose a Kurdish website to present to the class.
The class will take a Mid-Term around week six or seven, depending upon our progress. The week after the mid-term we will learn the past tense. While augmenting our lexicon all the while, we will be able to read, write and speak basic sentences in present, past and future tenses. Handouts will facilitate all of the above mentioned. We will have a Final on the last class.
Books and Materials:
A book will be provided for you by the professor. Please bring $40 to the first class.
Kurdish II
Adjunct Professor of Kurdish: Michael Chyet
DC Internationals is proud to offer Kurdish II- a ten week intensive, non-credit course that’s designed to teach Beginner- Intermediate Kurdish through immersion, fun and humor.
Times and location:
Kurdish II — Meets once per week on Thursday from 6:00-7:30 PM
First day of Class: June 3, 2010
Location: 1920 G Street, NW, Washington DC.
Academic Goals:
The course builds upon the basic skills studied during the previous semester by focusing more on prepositions, adjectives, and direct and indirect object pronouns and the future tense. Upon completion of Kurdish II, students should be able to engage in more sophisticated conversations on a range of everyday topics. The students should also expect to advance their reading and writing skills. Students will study short stories, articles, and newspapers. This course is available to individuals who have previous knowledge of Kurdish and are familiar with its alphabet, basic grammar and sentence structure.
In addition to the material covered in the lessons, which will be passed out at each class meeting, there will be classroom conversation. The students will be expected to purchase the course materials. Each week, one student will make a presentation to the class, either a website or some other item of his/her own choosing. The class will take a Mid-Term around week six or seven, depending upon our progress. Handouts will facilitate all of the above mentioned. We will have a Final on the last class.
Books and Materials:
A book will be provided for you by the professor. Please bring $40 to the first class.
Please view the class descriptions for Kurdish I and Kurdish II below
Kurmanji Kurdish I
Adjunct Professor of Kurdish: Michael L. Chyet
DC Internationals is proud to offer Kurmanji Kurdish I- a ten week intensive, non-credit course that’s designed to teach Beginning Kurmanji Kurdish through immersion, fun and humor.
Times and location:
Kurmanji Kurdish I— Meets once per week on Thursday from 6:00-7:30 PM
First day of Class: September 16, 2010
Location: United Methodist Church Classrooms at 1920 G Street, NW, Washington DC
No previous foreign language experience is required, although a knowledge of another Middle Eastern Language will be helpful. By the end of the semester, you can expect to have basic reading, writing, and speaking skills.
Academic Goals
This course teaches the Kurdish orthography in the Latin alphabet. The rudiments of Kurdish grammar will be taught gradually. Each lesson begins with a proverb or riddle which encapsulates the grammar of the lesson, followed by a dialogue or reading passage, with vocabulary, grammatical explanations, and exercises.
Each class will begin by going over the exercises from the previous lesson, thereby reviewing that lesson before proceeding with the next one. The exercises are designed to review the material from the previous lessons as well as the new material from the current lesson.In addition to the material covered in the lessons, which will be passed out at each class meeting, there will be classroom conversation and interactive DVD’s. The students will be expected to purchase the course materials, both the weekly lessons and the DVD. Each week, one student will choose a Kurdish website to present to the class.The class will take a Mid-Term around week six or seven, depending upon our progress. The week after the mid-term we will learn the past tense.
While augmenting our lexicon all the while, we will be able to read, write and speak basic sentences in present, past and future tenses. Handouts will facilitate all of the above mentioned. We will have a Final on the last class.
Books and Materials:
A book will be provided for you by the professor. Please bring $40 to the first class.
Kurdish II
Adjunct Professor of Kurdish: Michael Chyet
DC Internationals is proud to offer Kurdish II- a ten week intensive, non-credit course that’s designed to teach Beginner- Intermediate Kurdish through immersion, fun and humor.
Times and location
Kurdish II — Meets once per week on Thursday from 7:30-9:00 PM
First day of Class: September 16, 2010
Location: United Methodist Church Classrooms at 1920 G Street, NW, Washington DC
Academic Goals
The course builds upon the basic skills studied during the previous semester by focusing more on prepositions, adjectives, and direct and indirect object pronouns and the future tense. Upon completion of Kurdish II, students should be able to engage in more sophisticated conversations on a range of everyday topics. The students should also expect to advance their reading and writing skills. Students will study short stories, articles, and newspapers. This course is available to individuals who have previous knowledge of Kurdish and are familiar with its alphabet, basic grammar and sentence structure.
In addition to the material covered in the lessons, which will be passed out at each class meeting, there will be classroom conversation. The students will be expected to purchase the course materials. Each week, one student will make a presentation to the class, either a website or some other item of his/her own choosing. The class will take a Mid-Term around week six or seven, depending upon our progress. Handouts will facilitate all of the above mentioned. We will have a Final on the last class.
Books and Materials
A book will be provided for you by the professor. Please bring $40 to the first class.
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