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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 Central Asia. Historically, Tajiks called their language zabani farsī, meaning Persian language in English; the term zaboni tojikī, or Tajik language, was introduced in the 20th century by the Soviets. Most speakers of Tajik live in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. 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 alphabet, 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) Geography of Tajikistan 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 Dushanbe 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 climate weather and seasons, Conditional with bo’ladi, About earthquakes 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 lead 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. Grievance Procedures If you are unhappy with your grades or there are other issues in the classroom, try and work it out with the teacher in first instance. If this is not possible then feel free to contact Nancy Heingartner at [email protected] or Uli Schamiloglu at [email protected] Note: Students with documented disabilities should inform me of their conditions at the beginning of the program (first three days), so that the necessary arrangements for attendance, assignments, tests, etc., can be made in advance. McBurney Disability Resource Center: The McBurney Center is available for all students at the University of Wisconsin. The Center offers a wide array of services for students with Disabilities. If you are in need of any of the services provided by the Center, please feel free to contact the McBurney Center staff directly. For a list of the services provided, please visit the website: http://www.mcburney.wisc.edu/services/ Contact information for the McBurney Disability Resource Center: 905 University Avenue Madison, WI 53715 608-263-2741 (phone) 263-6393 (tty) 265-2998 (fax) [email protected] Student Code of Conduct: The student Academic Misconduct Policy & Procedures for the University of Wisconsin is available on the website listed below: http://www.wisc.edu/students/saja/misconduct/misconduct.html This document outlines the rules and regulations regarding your student rights and responsibilities while a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It states that "Academic misconduct is an act in which a student: seeks to claim credit for the work or efforts of another without authorization or citation; uses unauthorized materials or fabricated data in any academic exercise; forges or falsifies academic documents or records; intentionally impedes or damages the academic work of others; engages in conduct aimed at making false representation of a student's academic performance; assists other students in any of these acts." Please see the website listed above for further information .
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