LATAM 111 SPECIAL STUDY:
Tu’un Sa’vi
Spring 2016
Instructor: Angelina Trujillo
Campus Address: - EBA 245
Campus Telephone: (619) 594- 1103
E- mail: mixtectrujillo62@gmail.com
Class Meetings: M-W 12:00- 1:50 p.m.
Course Description:
This course provides a review and expansion of basic Tu’un Sa’vi 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 Sa’vi native
speakers 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 Sa’vi culture and society.
Required Materials:
Photocopies of articles and reference materials are available in a binder in the LAS Main
Office in due course.
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites, but the contents of the course build on what was taught in
LATAM 110, Introduction to Tu’un Sa’vi. Students who have no taken this course will
need to cover that information on their own.
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 searches, and a variety 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 examination
40%
10%
15%
10%
25%
There will be four exams throughout the semester, about every four 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
Sa’vi. 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 possibly 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; the University disciplinary action will be
pursued.
Students with disabilities:
The instructor and the Department will make reasonable accommodations for persons
with documented disabilities. Instructors must receive a verification letter within the first
week of classes.
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.
Week
1
Topic
Review of basic informal
greetings.
Expansion of greetings:
Welcomes and farewells.
2
Family members and
family relations. Talking
about one’s family.
Review of descriptions of
people and professions.
3
Comparison and contrast
between people.
4
Review of routines.
Festivities, celebrations
and pastimes.
Daily Schedule
Structures
Review of last semester.
Informal/ formal greetings:
chaa,
naa, taa.
Welcomes:koo/ koondo ve’e.
Farewells: na ku’un tatyikio;
Na ku’un tyaun; na ku’un
nungaun.
Vocabulary for family
Relations. tata , nana, kia’a
ki’vi, ñani, tatavelo, nanavela.
Review of third person verbs
and particles: kachuunra/
kachuunña.
Vocabulary for professions:
jakua’ara/ jakua’aña
Review of verbs in the Present
for all persons. Expressions of
comparison and contrast: iiña
livi kaaña ingaña kiñi kaaña;
ndyivina livi kaana; ndyita’ana
livindana
Verbs in the present: ta kuia ii
viko ñuui.
The third person plural:
na ña’a kuva’ana, tyi tya
ndajavira, na vali ta’vina
piñata.
Assessment
Homework: write at
least three dialogues
between hosts and
guests. Include
greetings and
farewells.
Homework: draw a
basic family tree for
yourself and write a
short paragraph
about at least four
members of your
family.
Homework: write a
comparison between
two people you
know.
Homework: write
about a typical
festivity or
celebration in your
culture. Say what
different people do.
TEST 1
5
Vocabulary for food and
cooking.
Review of words for
commonest foods and
ingredients: xita, kuñu, etc.
vocabulary for cooking
ingredients: nii, xa’an,
harina, vixi. Cooking
utencils: kiji, sio, yuchu,
cuchara, ñu’u.
intructions: xiniñu’u
kandye’e, tandyi’i najaka,
nujandyi’i….
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, walking.
Homework: write a
basic recipe to cook
a meal you like.
6
Asking and giving
directions. Finding one’s
way in a town. Landmarks
in a Mixtec village
7
Talking about movement
and transportation.
8
Describing actions in the
present.
Verbs of continuous action:
kanakai sisia’i, kanakaun,
sisia’un, kanakaña sisia’ña
9
Narrating stories about
the past.
Structural and tonal
differences between verbs in
the past and present: jakua’i/
najakua’i, nakatyi / nanakatyi
Homework: write a
brief story about
what you did
yesterday.
10
Narrating stories about
the past. Legends, tales.
More practice of verbs in the
past (third person singular
and plural): njakua’ara /
njakua’aña / njakua’ana
adverbs and expressions of
time: kachina, tandyi’i
Homework: write a
simple legend or
story from your
culture.
Homework write
directions to get
from SDSU to your
house (include a
simple map).
Homework:
describe how you
and three friends of
your get to work
from home (try to
use varied verbs and
vocabulary).
TEST 2
Homework:
describe what ten
people are doing in
writing (include
pictures).
TEST 3
12
Talking about habits in
the past. Combining
narration and description
in the past.
The habitual past: sijakua’i,
sijakua’un, sijakua’ara,
sijakua’aña ,sijakua’ndyi,
sijakua’ana
descriptions: yaa nasika ki’vi,
kusu nasika ve’e meei
adverbs of time: ta lo’i
Homework: write a
narration about the
way things used to
be when you were a
child (customs,
habist, etc.).
13
Making plans and talking
about the review
Verbs in the future: ku’i
kachuuin , kuni najakua’i.
irregular verbs: ku’in ka’in,
katai, katasa’i(irrealis forms)
adverbs of future: ntyan
Homework: make a
list of things you
wish to accomplish
during the summer.
14
General review
Review of selected structures,
vocabulary, and
communicative functions.
bring your questions!
Homework: Go over
your notes and
handouts and
identify items you
need to review.
15
16
Student presentations about
final projects.
Exam week
TEST 4
Final project.