SIXTH SEMESTER SUMMER ASIAN LANGUAGE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in South Asia Summer Language Institute, Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Language Institute, or Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop a functional vocabulary of approx. 3,000 words and phrases. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Indulge in somewhat complex conversations, text analyses, and discussions on a range of topics in target language. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Indulge in situations posing problems and be able to handle it by engaging in negotiations to solve the problem at hand. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Write essays, letters, passages, and use the dictionaries comprehensively. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Present comprehensive and accurate summaries of various target language texts including movies, videos, etc. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Speak in target language during the class, discussions, presentations etc. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Listen to target language songs, news, and other programs available online and understand most of the content with accuracy. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Understand the core theme of a discussion and connect them to previous discussions on a related topic. Audience: Undergraduate 9. Read the target language script fluently with appropriate pronunciations, grammar, spellings, punctuations, borrowed sounds and comfort level. Audience: Undergraduate 10. Read longer and more complex texts written in target language script, such as newspaper articles. Audience: Undergraduate 11. Write thoughts and feelings in a journal. Audience: Undergraduate 12. Write essays and join paragraphs on various familiar topics. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop a functional vocabulary of approx. 3,000 words and phrases. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Indulge in somewhat complex conversations, text analyses, and discussions on a range of topics in target language. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Indulge in situations posing problems and be able to handle it by engaging in negotiations to solve the problem at hand. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Write essays, letters, passages, and use the dictionaries comprehensively. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Present comprehensive and accurate summaries of various target language texts including movies, videos, etc. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Speak in target language during the class, discussions, presentations etc. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Listen to target language songs, news, and other programs available online and understand most of the content with accuracy. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Understand the core theme of a discussion and connect them to previous discussions on a related topic. Audience: Undergraduate 9. Read the target language script fluently with appropriate pronunciations, grammar, spellings, punctuations, borrowed sounds and comfort level. Audience: Undergraduate 10. Read longer and more complex texts written in target language script, such as newspaper articles. Audience: Undergraduate 11. Write thoughts and feelings in a journal. Audience: Undergraduate 12. Write essays and join paragraphs on various familiar topics. Audience: Undergraduate