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Course Syllabus
ANL121, Conversational Deg Xinag
3 credits
CRN: ???
Fall 2011
M, W, TH 2:30-3:30. Class starts Sept. 1, 2011
Videoconference locations
Instructor: Alice Taff
alice.taff@uas.alaska.edu
Office phone: 796-6415
Juneau campus office: Soboleff 212
FAX: 796-6406
Course goal: to develop conversation skills in Deg Xinag.
During class students will:
Assess their Deg Xinag understanding and speaking skills at the beginning and end of the term.
Watch and hear fluent speakers converse.
Build an individual phrase list based on personal interests by asking speakers for Deg Xinag
phrases; converse with class participants using basic conversational phrases.
Develop pronunciation skills by repeating words and phrases with prompts from fluent speakers,
through individual practice and/or group practice with other learners/community members.
Discover grammatical rules by recognizing patterns, then stating and testing hypotheses.
Learn to use the online Deg Xinag learners’ dictionary: Deg Xinag Ałixi Ni’elyoy.
Learn to use the online Deg Xinag stories: Deg Xiyan’ Xidhoy.
Grading system:
50% participation in class sessions. (15 class-hours = 1 credit. One class hour = 50 minutes.)
34.5 - 37.5 class-hours = A
30 – 34.4 class-hours = B
26.25 – 29.9 class-hours = C
22.5 – 26.24 class-hours = D
50% individual project.
Students will each submit a personal, measurable course objective at the beginning of the semester and a
self progress report at the end of the semester.
Course materials:
REQUIRED
Deg Xinag Ałixi Ni’elyoy, Deg Xinag learners’ dictionary.
http://ankn.uaf.edu/ANL/course/view.php?id=7
Deg Xiyan’ Xidhoy: Stories from Just Around Here
http://uas.alaska.edu/arts_sciences/humanities/programs/alaska-languages/alicetaff.html
RECOMMENDED
Deg Xinag (Ingalik) Noun Dictionary. Jim Kari. 1978. order from Donna Miller MacAlpine
[donnamac@mcgrathalaska.com]
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Deg Xinag Dindlidik: Deg Xinag Literacy Manual. 1993
order from: Alaska Native Language Center
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Box 757680
Fairbanks, AK 99775
(907) 474-7874 [voice]
(907) 474-6586 [fax]
fyanlp@uaf.edu
Class activities:
Week of
Sept. 1
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10
Oct. 17
Oct. 24
Oct. 31
Nov. 7
Nov. 14
Nov. 21
Nov. 28
Dec. 5
Dec. 12
93 pp. ISBN 1-55500-049-5 $8.00
Introductions (using 1-2 basic Deg Xinag phrases), course &
materials overview, homework expectations
Assess individual understanding and speaking skills using Deg
Xinag phrase list, pictures, and audio recordings; listening and
speaking practice
Begin developing individual, measureable learning outcomes
for the course (log of new phrases learned, homework/practice
time and sharing of information w/community); listening and
speaking practice
Develop individual listening/speaking/sharing knowledge plan
for homework requirement; listening and speaking practice
Work on conversation demonstrations with Elders-students;
listening and speaking practices
Conversation demonstrations (Elder-student and/or studentstudent)
Conversation demonstrations
Mid-term assessments (student-led)
Revising learning outcomes; listening and speaking practice
Revising learning outcomes; listening and speaking practice
Listening and speaking practice
Listening and speaking practice
Conversation demonstrations
Conversation demonstrations
Present individual course aims/project.
Final assessment: individual understanding and speaking skills
using Deg Xinag phrase list, pictures, and audio recordings.