INTERMEDIATE LEVEL HOOCAK/HO-CHUNK LANGUAGE II
Learn to implement, explore and understand the complex construction of verb conjugations of the Hoocak language. Formulate and utilize some of the more complex word contractions and sentence structures used by first language speakers. Hoocak (Ho-Chunk, formerly referred to as the Wisconsin Winnebago) is one of the five Indigenous languages spoken in the state of Wisconsin and part of a larger Siouan language family found only in North America.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: AMER IND 405 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Frgn Lang - 4th semester language Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Use key grammatical concepts, complex verb conjugations, complex sentence structures, and vocabulary items correctly and as needed for basic conversations Audience: Undergraduate 2. Cultivate conversations within a structured environment via asking and answering questions regarding common objects from the surrounding Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop strategies to understand and deconstruct complex, contracted, and speculative stories as told by first-language speakers Audience: Undergraduate 4. Engage in impromptu conversations with other students using general statements and common questions as introduced in Hoocak 1, 2 and 3. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Use key grammatical concepts, complex verb conjugations, complex sentence structures, and vocabulary items correctly and as needed for basic conversations Audience: Undergraduate 2. Cultivate conversations within a structured environment via asking and answering questions regarding common objects from the surrounding Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop strategies to understand and deconstruct complex, contracted, and speculative stories as told by first-language speakers Audience: Undergraduate 4. Engage in impromptu conversations with other students using general statements and common questions as introduced in Hoocak 1, 2 and 3. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027