Course Syllabus Elementary Tajik Instructors: Madina Djuraeva Email: [email protected] Office: 1235 Office Hours: TBA after negotiation with the students Class Schedule: Monday: 8.30AM-1PM Tuesday: 8.30AM-1PM. 4PM-CESSI lecture series. Students are strongly encouraged to attend these lectures. Students will be given extra credits for attending these lectures. Wednesday: 8.30AM-12PM 12PM-1PM: CESSI lunch at the Memorial Union Thursday: 8.30AM-1PM Friday: 8.30AM-10AM – Quiz 10-11AM: Dastarkhan 11AM-1PM: CESSI movie series A 10-minute break will be given after each hour.

All the necessary handouts and homework will be given and assigned during the class.

Required Textbooks

Khojayori, N. (2009). Tajiki: An elementary textbook 1. Georgetown University Press.

Khojayori, N. (2009). Tajiki: An elementary textbook 2. Georgetown University Press.

Recommended book:

Khojayori, N. & Thompson, M. (2009). Tajiki: Reference grammar for Beginners. Georgetown University Press.

Note: You don’t have to purchase the reference book. Its content will be integrated into the instruction.

Course Description and Objectives:

Welcome to the summer intensive course of elementary Tajik. Tajik is a variety of Farsi based languages, which is spoken in . Historically, called their language zabani farsī, meaning in English; the term zaboni tojikī, or , was introduced in the 20th century by the Soviets. Most speakers of Tajik live in and . Tajik is the official language of Tajikistan.

This course provides students with a general knowledge of the current spoken and written Tajik Language. It familiarizes students with the Tajik , common phrases used in real-life conversations and daily routines. Throughout the course students will explore Tajik and other Central Asian cultures and traditions through videos, pictures and contact with the native speakers.

While learning the language, the practice of basic language skills such as grammar, listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture will be stressed.

By the end of the language course, students should be able

- to read texts on familiar topics and understand the main ideas and guess the meaning of new words from the context - to speak about themselves and their environment, carry out basic transactions related to daily life orally and in writing - to write short stories and compositions in Tajik - to speak Tajik on familiar topics with native speakers of the language Note: Syllabus is flexible; your input is very welcome.

# Topics Grammar/Vocabulary Language and Culture Weeks

Pronunciation of What do we know about Tajik? How is it different Volume 1 sounds in Tajik from other Central Asian Chapter 1: Cyrillic handwriting languages?

Tajik Cyrillic Personal pronouns What are the pragmatics of greetings and farewells in Alphabet Personal predicate endings Tajik society?

Week Negative and interrogative Great Silk Road and the role 1 Chapters 3 & 4: sentences of Tajik language throughout the history Introductions

Chapter 2: Demonstrative and personal Tajik names pronouns Describing a classroom Tajik currency Expressing existence and Chapter 3: Classroom expressions Nonexistence (there is, there Prepositions of place is not)

Week Numbers Ethnic population of 2 Commands (Imperative) Tajikistan

Definite direct object Varieties of Tajik

Prepositions of place and Education in Tajikistan noun-building suffixes

Chapter 4: Possessive endings The relationships among Tajik speaking people of Nationalities and places Question words Central Asia of origin Suffixes for place of origin Superstitions and nationality Week Prominent People 3 Titles Modern Tajik Music Chapter 5: Past tense of “to be”

Talking about the Past time markers weather and time Numbers above 10

Ordinal numbers

Days of the week

Chapter 6: Possessive verb Family relationships

Talking about Simple Past Tense Shopping Culture

family Adjectives: Comparatives Tajik holidays and Superlatives Week 4 Compound Chapter 7: VerbsConsonantal voicing,

Shopping Kinship terms,

Adjectives: Comparative REVIEW and superlative degrees Demonstratives

MID-TERM Likes and Dislikes Popular sports in Tajikistan

Volume 2 Present continues tense Delicious Central Asian and Tajik dishes Uses of the infinitive The role of food in family Chapter 1: Present-future tense gatherings

Sport Adverbs of necessity Cooking

Week Verb “to want” with Eating out 5 infinitive Chapter 2: Present participle Around the table

Chapter 3: Present perfect tense Tajik weddings

Talking about clothing, Adverbs Tajik fashion travel experiences, Adjectival prefixes and Traditional Tajik medicine months and seasons, suffixes Week holidays 6 Plurals Chapter 4: Present subjunctive, present Body parts, visiting a and past conditionals doctor

Talking about the Conditional Mood, Geography and weather and seasons, Conditional with bo’ladi, About and Discussing natural kerak and ham, other natural disasters disasters, Telling time Asking for help

Chapter 5: Future tense Higher Education in College life Tajikistan and Central Asia Verb “to want” with present subjunctive Student life Week 7 Chapter 6: Verb “to be able to” with Urban versus rural present subjunctive Tajikistan City and countryside Past tense of “to want” and Transportation “to be able to”

Week Chapters 7: Diminitive suffixes Religion 8 Ready to visit Indirect (reportative) Architecture Tajikistan? sentences Legacy

REVIEW

FINAL EXAM

Class expectations Students will be regularly made aware of their respective progress and weaknesses with the help of homework (every day), Friday weekly quizzes (once a week except 4th and 8th weeks) and the Mid-term exam (4th week). Students who need some extra help are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the office hours. Attendance Since this is an intensive course, attendance is very important. Missing one day of class is like missing a whole week. More than 2 absences without a respectful reason will have to be discussed with CESSI coordinator and faculty director. Five bonus points will be added to the points obtained in the final exam for perfect attendance.

Grading/Requirements: Homework – 20% Weekly Quiz-20% Participation -20% Individual project – 10% Mid-term exam-15% Final exam-15% The letter grade will be awarded as a final grade for the course. The equivalencies of the grades follow below: A (Excellent) 90-100 % AB (Intermediate Grade) 83-89 % B (Good) 74-82 % BC (Intermediate Grade) 67-73 % C (Fair) 61-66 % D (Poor) 55-60 % F (Failure) 54 % or less Homework and Quizzes You will be assigned homework each day of class. We will go over your home work together at the beginning of each class. The failure to do the homework will to the decrease of your points. We will have a brief review each Friday morning after which the quiz for that week will be given. There will be 6 quizzes in total and they will be based on the materials you have already been taught. Midterm and Final (oral and written exams) We will have a review session before each exam. We will discuss the details closer to the dates. Midterm is on July 8th Final Exam is on August 5th

Individual Project: Your individual project is due on the day of the final exam. We will discuss it in class.

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