Oral Immersion Michif II

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture | 1 hrs Lab) This course is the second part of the introduction to the Michif language in a culturally safe and supportive learning environment. The emphasis is on task and project-based immersion learning for whole language skills useful in daily and cultural life. A special focus is on the use of verbs in simple tenses in indicative, interrogative and imperative forms reflecting the complexity of Michif's verbal morphosyntax. As a class, students work on listening comprehension and oral expression skills. They also write weekly personal reflections on their learning process. In the one-hour lab students practice language structured to support the acquisition of that presented in class. Cross-listed: ANTH-2410 Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and ANTH-1410 | IL-1410 | IS-1402. Requisite Courses: IL-2409 [prerequisite(s)]; IL-2410L (must be taken concurrently). IL-2501 (3 or 6) Oral Immersion in Cree (3 hrs Lecture | 1 hrs Lab) The Cree Immersion course provides students with an opportunity to learn conversational Cree in culturally safe and supportive learning environment. The LANGUAGES emphasis is on building confidence and ability to use Cree in daily and cultural life. Through task and project-based immersion learning, students learn Cree pronunciation, vocabulary, expressions, and grammatical structures for generating simple sentences such as assertions, questions, and demands. As a class, students work on listening comprehension and oral expression skills. Students reflect on their own learning processes in order to develop lifelong language learning practices. Requisite Courses: IL-2501L (must be taken concurrently). IL-2601 (3 or 6) Oral Immersion in Ojibwe (3 hrs Lecture | 1 hrs Lab) The Ojibwe Immersion course provides students with an opportunity to learn conversational Ojibwe in culturally safe and supportive learning environment. The emphasis is on building confidence and ability to use Ojibwe in daily and cultural life. Through task and project-based immersion learning, students learn Ojibwe pronunciation, vocabulary, expressions, and grammatical structures for generating simple sentences such as assertions, questions, and demands. As a class, students work on listening comprehension and oral expression skills. Students reflect on their own learning processes in order to develop lifelong language learning practices. Requisite Courses: IL-2601L (must be taken concurrently).