Semester 1: August to December

 

Review: Introduction, numbers, colors, months, family terms, etc.

 

Lesson 1 Goals:

• Learn usual greeting. Introduce yourself and start a conversation. Ask a person's name and inquire where the person lives. Ask and answer positive questions. Use independent and possessive personal pronouns. 

 

Lesson 2 Goals: 

• Ask and answer yes/no questions. Negate a statement. Use family relationship terms. Practice use of place names. 

 

Lesson 3 Goals:

• Ask for help. Talk about: "to work". Learn the cardinal numbers 1 to 10. Learn pluralization.   

 

Lesson 4 Goals:

• Telling time by years and months. Learn use of: "to forget," "to remember" and "maybe". Learn to construct subordinate clauses.  

 

Lesson 5 Goals:

• Learn another way of expressing possession. Learn to use nominalizes. Be able to use adjectives. Learn to express: "to read" and " to read it".  

 

Review for Mid Term: CSA

 

 

Semester 2: January to May 

 

Lesson 6 Goals:

• Learn to invite someone into the house. Inviting someone back. Learn to ask the names of things in the classroom. Ask for repetition.  

 

Lesson 7 Goals:

• Learn to tell where one resides. Learn to give a reason for actions. Be able to tell of happenings in the past. Use locative and directional enclitics. 

 

Lesson 8 Goals:

• Students will learn colors. Learn to express: "few and many". Learn the names of a few farm animals. Use the verb: "to tell". Make statement with future sense.

 

Lesson 9 Goals:

• Ability to quote people. Learn to speak about going places. Be able to describe means of travel. Use the verb: "to hear". Learn to speak of future time. Be able to express purpose of actions. 

 

Lesson 10 Goals: 

• Learn to express: "together". Use imperfective mode: "to help". Be able to talk about work around the house: "being at home", "taking care of things" and "weaving".  Expressing interest in activities. Learn to express a conditional particle.

 

Review for Finals: CSA