LATAM 110 SPECIAL STUDY:
Elementary Tu’un Sa’vi
Fall 2014
Instructor: Angelina Trujillo
Campus Address: EBA- 245
Campus Telephone: (619) 594-1103
E-mail: mixtectrujillo@yahoo.com
Class Meeting: M-W 12:00- 1:50 p.m.
Course Description:
This course provides an introduction to the Tu’un Savi language and culture, Pronunciation, oral
practice, reading and listening comprehension and essential of grammar in a communicative context and
through task- based activities.
Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, students will be able to communicate with Tu’un Savi native speaker at a basic level.
They will have acquired knowledge of the main politeness formulas greetings, vocabulary of everyday life, simple
structures, and they will have knowledge of the most important traits of Tu’un Savi culture and society.
Required Materials:
Photocopies of articles and reference materials available in a binder in the LAS Main Office in due course.
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites.
Format of the Course:
The course requires a high level of participation and preparation. Students will be expected to participate in pair
work, group work, and other forms of oral activities in class. They will also receive multimedia, video, and audio
input. Students may also be asked to do homework assignments, web researches, and a variety of other activities
out of class.
Attendance Policy:
Attendance is compulsory. Each absence will have a negative impact on performance and grade. Two unjustified
absence will lower the grade by half a letter grade. Justified absences must be cleared with the instructor.
Grading Scale:
100- 92
90- 87
89- 87
86- 83
82- 80
79- 77
A
AB+
B
BC+
76- 73
72- 70
69- 67
66- 63
62- 60
59 or less
C
CD+
D
DF
Evaluation:
4Tests (30-40 Minutes)
Oral activities
Homework
Participation (includes attendance)
Final project
30%
20%
10%
15%
25%
There will be four exams throughout the semester, about every three weeks. Each one will take about
half an hour and will cover any material presented up until that point. The final exam will be given during
Finals week and will be cumulative. Oral activities will be carried out every class and will assess
student’s accuracy and fluency in spoken Tu’un Savi. Homework may include a variety of reading and
writing exercises. Participation may be checked through pop quizzes throughout the semester.
Make-up policy:
Only people who justify their absence on an exam day will be given the chance of taking a make-up.
Students may only make up one exam and they will do so the last day of class the make-up. Exam will
be longer and possible harder than the one that has been missed, so you are encouraged to come to all
exams. No make-up examination will be given to improve the grade on an exam.
Student discipline/ Academic and Non- Academic Misconduct:
Plagiarizing, cheating, unauthorized collaborating on coursework, stealing course examination materials,
falsifying records or data and obstruction or disruption of the educational or administrative process,
physical abuse or threat of such abuse, theft, vandalism, hazing, sexual or racial harassment,
possession of controlled substances or weapons constitute violations relative to Title 5, California Code
of Regulations. Violations will be documented in writing, University disciplinary action will be pursued.
Students with disabilities:
The instructor and the Department will make reasonable accommodation for persons with documented disabilities. Instructors must
receive a verification letter within the first week of classes.
Daily Schedule
Week
I
Topic
Introduction to the Tu’un
Savi culture and language.
Overview of the geography
of the Nu’u savi
Communicative Function
Structures
Basic greeting.
Greeting: chaa, naa, taa,
Useful language for the tanikun, tanikuni
classroom.
Expressions: ndyixi kachi…
Talking about one self.
Ndya kia yo’o
Asking someone else.
Firts person pronouns and
verbs in the present: meei/yu’u
nani..ii
Second persons pronoun and
Assignments
HW 1: prepare written dialog with
different greeting
verbs; meeun/yo’o
2
The Nu’un Savi in their Talking about someone
ancestral lands and in the else.
diaspora.
Talking about professions.
Numbers and colors.
Talking about time.
Third person pronouns and HW2: write a brief personal
verbs in the present.
information about two people you
Vocabulary for common
know
professions. Months and days
of the week. Colors
Practice discussion
3
The Tu’un Savi family.
Talking about one’s family
Family
members
and
family relations.
HW3: Draw a family tree for yourself
and write a short paragraph about at
least four family members
TEST 1
4
Routines.
Festivities, celebrations
and pastimes.
Talking about the “Day of
the Died” Vocabulary and
the order of the words
(optional)
Vocabulary
for
family
relations: tata, nana, kia’a ki’vi
ñani, tatavelo, nanavela.
Review of the third person
verbs
and
particles:
kachuunra/kachuunña.
Review of common profession.
Third person forms of respect:
Kachuunsi.
Verbs in the present: kivi dyii,
viko ñuui.
The third person plural:
na ña’a kuva’ana, tyi tya
ndajavira, na vali ta’vina
piñata.
5
Talk about prepositions
And adjectives
Describing places, objects
and people.
Livi, lo’o
Xini,
Sa’a
HW5: write a brief paragraph about at
least two people you know. Use your
adjectives as much you can.
HW4: write about a typical festivity or
celebration in your culture. Say what
different people do.
6
Asking and giving
directions. Finding one’s
way in a town.
Body parts as a
prepositions
Asking for directions: ndya
kanaka ve’eñu’u
giving directions: kua’an
chinu/ kua’an sio ityi /sio
kua’a
prepositions: nuu, xiin, sata,
xini, sa’a
Verb of movement: ndakuin,
kanakai, kuan’i, nani, nui.
means of transport: yito,
carro, tren, flecha.
HW 6: Write directions to get from
SDSU to your house.
TEST 2
7
Talking about movement
and transportation.
Walking from one place to
another place.
8
Gender roles in Tu’un Savi
culture.
Comparison and contrast
between people.
Vocabulary for clothing
Comparison and contrast
between people. Vocabulary
for clothing. Iinña livi, ingaña
kini kaaña
HW8:
Write a comparison between two
people you know.
9
The house, common
household objects.
Describing the house:
Rooms, furniture, and
household objects.
Describing the house: rooms,
furniture, and household
objects.
HW9: Draw a plan of your house and
accompany it with a description.
TEST3
10
Nature and the
environment.
Describing nature.
Vocabulary for common
features of the terrain.
HW10: Bring pictures or postcards of
places you’ve been to.
HW7:
describe how you
and two friends of
your get to work
from home (try to use varied verbs and
vocabulary).
11
Health and illness. The
social role of traditional
healers.
Describing the human
body.
Talking about illnesses and
cures
Vocabulary for parts of the
body. Expression pain: e’ve
xinii, e’ve xiniun.
HW11: Write the dialogue you might
hear between a healer/doctor and a
patient.
12
The daily lives of the
Tu’un Savi: making tortilla
Given and following
instructions
Vocabulary for commonest
ingredients and cooking
utensils: nuni, tyikui, yojo, sio.
HW12: Write the dialogue you might
hear between a healer/doctor and a
patient.
TEST 3
13
The market place and
exchanges of goods among
indigenous communities.
Shopping and exchanging
Goods and services.
Bargaining.
Numbers(review and
expansion)
Asking and telling prices:
naja.ya’vi, tuni yavia
Negotiating prices: kua’a
Review of nominal classifiers.
HW13: Write a basic recipe to cook a
meal you like.
14
15
Final Review
Exam week
Final project 12/7/13
TEST 4