INTERMEDIATE LEVEL HOOCAK/HO-CHUNK LANGUAGE
Develop literacy and an understanding of the unique sentence and verb structures and utilize basic to intermediate conversational skills currently being used among Hoocak speakers. Utilize a growing vocabulary that is appropriate for higher level conversations. Hoocak (Ho-Chunk, formerly referred to as the Wisconsin Winnebago) is one of the five Indigenous aboriginal languages spoken in the state of Wisconsin and part of a larger Souian language family found only in North America.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: AMER IND 309 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Frgn Lang - 3rd semester language Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Engage in conversations using the Hoocak language that are fluid and organic, showing an understanding of sentence types, verb modification, and negation. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate listening comprehension when listening to stories told by first language speakers without needing to relisten to the recordings. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Demonstrate language proficiency by varying sentence structures when telling/asking locations of objects and using the object orientation positional. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Utilize appropriate vocabulary and grammar for the difficulty of conversations, including refining formulation and using the actor/undergoer and inclusive or dual forms. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Engage in conversations using the Hoocak language that are fluid and organic, showing an understanding of sentence types, verb modification, and negation. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate listening comprehension when listening to stories told by first language speakers without needing to relisten to the recordings. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Demonstrate language proficiency by varying sentence structures when telling/asking locations of objects and using the object orientation positional. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Utilize appropriate vocabulary and grammar for the difficulty of conversations, including refining formulation and using the actor/undergoer and inclusive or dual forms. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027