Elementary Dari Language Course Dates - Language Acquisition

Elementary Dari

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Course Syllabus

Course Title: Elementary Dari Language

Course Dates: TBA

Holidays: TBA

Location: TBA

Classroom: TBA

Admin:

TBA

Instructors:

TBA

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This five-week intensive course covers the basic elements of the elementary Dari language.

Students are given seven hours of instruction and an hour for lunch. Students’ benefit from the

experiences of variety of instructor’s male and female. The course prepares students culturally

and linguistically to survive in the field. The curriculum is scenario-based and provides students

with enough language and culture awareness to engage in basic daily conversations by the end of

the program. Students are required to spend additional time outside of classroom to complete

homework as well as conduct other assignments requiring some research.

FIELD TRIP: Students will be visiting San Diego Islamic Center where they will observe

Friday prayer, interact with a scholar, and find out more about Islam. Students will also have

their questions answered. Students are required to write reflections on their trip experience to the

center and send it to [email protected].

mailto:[email protected]

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COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the course, students will be able to function at the Intermediate Level based on

ACTFL (appendix 1) proficiency guidelines. Briefly, they will be able to:

1. Use the learned survival phrases

2. Create with the language and function at sentence level

3. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the Afghan culture

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

Dari Alphabet book (will be provided by LARC)

Dari Textbook (will be provided by LARC)

Dari Basic Language Survival Guide

Additional Resources:

Afghan culture lessons in English language www.pashtuculture.com

www.langnet.org (Username & Password to be provided by LARC)

CL-150 Transparent Language (Rapid Rote)

Students Tube http://www.studentstube.com/

o Key words: Dari lessons

o Dari/Afghan culture

o Lets learn Dari

o Dari dramas

http://www.pashtuculture.com/

http://www.langnet.org/

http://www.youtube.com/

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADES

For internal assessment purposes between instructors and students, percentages and letter

“grades” will be given for student performance on various aspects of the course. Following is

breakdown of grading criterion:

First Session

Attendance and Participation: 4 points (4%)

Quizzes (3): 5 points (16%)

Daily Homework: 5 points (10%)

Weekly Assignments (3): 6 points (6%)

Mid-Term: 12 points (14%)

Interview 1: 15 points (30%)

Second Session

Attendance and Participation: 4 points (8%)

Quizzes (3): 5 points (10%)

Daily Homework: 5 points (10%)

Weekly Assignments (3): 6 points (12%)

Final Exam: 12 points (25%)

Final Project: 3 points (5%)

Interview 2: 15 points (30%)

Total 100 points (100%)

A = 100% - 95%

A- = 94% - 90%

B+ = 89% - 87%

B = 86% - 84%

B- = 83% - 80%

C+ = 79% - 77%

C = 76% – 74%

C- = 73% - 70%

D = 69% - 60%

F = 59% or lower

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COURSE POLICY

Except “Culture Class” all sessions will be conducted in Dari language. Students are

encouraged to refrain from using English in class.

Students are required to be present in class no later than 8:05am. There is a ten-minute

break every hour.

Students are required to be in class during all the lectures or any other class activity and

are strongly discouraged from coming in and out of the class when the class is session.

Attendance and participation are the main components of this class.

When in class, students are required to abide by SDSU’s rules and policies. They are

required to maintain a clean environment in the class.

Students are encouraged to refrain from chewing tobacco.

While the class is in session, students are required to be courteous to other students by

avoiding talking, whispering and interrupting the class. Students are also required to

abstain from using abusive language including the “F” and the “B” words. They are

discouraged from using gestures that are abusive in nature.

While the class is in session, students are required to abstain from texting, using their

laptops, iPods, iPads, cellular phones, etc. In case of an emergency call, students are

advised to kindly step out of the class and answer it. Constant texting and surfing the

Internet distracts the teacher and the students.

In addition to these stated policies, instructors and students will agree on classroom

behavior and participation guidelines on the outset of the course. Copies of the guidelines

will be posted in classes for a quick reference.

Students are required to complete their homework and assignments on a regular basis and

submit them to instructors by the due date. Instructors will provide students with timely

feedback. Feedback on most assignments will be posted to the course Moodle site.

Students need to log in regularly to the site for learning purposes.

Make-ups for missed homework and assignments will be allowed only for legitimate

reasons and if prior approval of the instructor has been sought.

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Program Schedule

Week 1

A. Theme: Greeting and Introduction

B. Learning Goals: By the end of this week, students will be able to:

a) Recognize, pronounce, and write Dari alphabet

b) Write and read basic words and phrases

c) Greet and introduce using simple Dari sentences

C. Grammar Focus:

a) Dari Alphabet (vowel and consonant)

b) To Be verbs

c) Personal Pronouns

d) Possessive Pronouns

o Ezafa

o Reflexive pronoun of “self”

D. Culture:

a) Afghanistan History

b) Family Structure

c) Afghanwali/Pashtunwali Code of Honor:

a. Jirga

b. Badal

d) Afghan Movie and discussion

E. Quiz

F. Weekly Assignment: TBA

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Week 2

A. Theme: Patrolling in a Village


a) Gather information by asking and answering basic questions

b) Read and write short phrases

C. Grammar Focus:

a) WH Questions

b) Simple Present Tense – Action verbs

c) Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers 0-10

d) Nouns (singular and plural – haa & Aan)

e) Prepositions

f) The expression of NEED and WANT

g) Days of the Week

h) The expression of “how old?”

i) Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

D. Culture:

a) Religion in Afghanistan

b) Afghanwali/Pashtunwali Code of Honor:

a. Nanawatey & Tor (sanctuary and accusation)

b. Melmastia/Mahman Nawazee (hospitality)

c) Afghan Movie

E. Quiz


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Week 3

A. Theme: At a Checkpoint


a) Get engaged in short conversations by asking and answering basic

questions

b) Use numbers in their conversation

C. Grammar Focus:

a) Simple Present Tense – Action verbs (cont’d)

o Imperative forms

b) CAN and SHOULD/HAVE TO in Dari

c) Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers 11-1000

a) WH Question words

b) The expression of “What time?”

c) Adverbs of Time

d) To like

d) Demonstrative pronouns and adjectives: This, that, these, those

e) Nouns (singular and plural) (cont’d)

f) Prepositions (cont’d)

D. Culture:

a) Wedding in Afghanistan

b) Tribes of Afghanistan

c) Economy

d) Afghanwali/Pashtunwali Code of Honor:

a. Tor & Nang

e) Afghan Movie

E. Oral Interview 1

F. Mid-Term

G. Weekly Assignment: TBA

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Week 4

A. Theme: Meeting with the village elders and government officials


a) Learn more vocabulary and get engaged into longer conversation

b) Use future timeframe in their conversation

c) Read and write phrases and short sentences

C. Grammar Focus:

g) Simple Present Tense – Action verbs (cont’d)

h) Nouns (singular and plural) (cont’d)

i) WH Question words (cont’d)

j) Prepositions (cont’d)

e) Adverbs of Time (cont’d)

a) Simple Past Tense – Action Verbs

b) Adjectives

c) Profession

D. Culture:

a) Black Market

b) Taliban

c) Afghanwali/Pashtunwali Code of Honor:

a. Zheba & Zemaka

d) Superstition

e) Field Trip to Islamic Center of San Diego

E. Quiz


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Week 5

A. Theme: House Search

B. Learning Goals: By the end of this week students will be able to:

a) Get engaged in longer conversations using all major timeframes

b) Ask and respond to questions related to the context

c) Read and write short paragraphs

C. Grammar Focus:

a) Simple Future Tense – Action Verbs

a) Nouns

o Weather & Seasons

o Terrain

o Direction

o Kinship terms (singular & plural forms)

o Body parts

D. Nonverbal Communication & Communication through an Interpreter

a. Power Point Presentation

E. Culture:

a) Education

b) Crime and Justice

c) Kandahar 101

d) Non-verbal communication

e) Talking through an interpreter

F. Oral Interview 2

G. Final Exam

H. Final Project Presentation

I. Graduation and Celebration

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A sample of the daily schedule

Elementary Dari Class

LARC/SDSU

Agenda

Classroom ###

Date: / /

Time Activity Instructor(s)

/Presenter(s)

Remarks

0800-0900 Vocabulary and conversational activities

0900-0910 Break

0910-1000 Conversational activities in small groups

1000-1010 Break

1010-1100 Dari Grammar and conversational

activities in small groups

1100-1110 Break

1110-1200 Listening and Reading Comprehension

1200-1300 Lunch Break

1300-1400 Afghan Culture and Discussion

1400-1410 Break

1410-1500 Lab Hour (Room 410):

Byki/Rapid Rote

Storyline (reading and listening

Comprehension)

1500-1510 Break

1510-1600 Review of the day in the form of

conversational activities in small

groups

Announcement: _________________________

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San Diego State University

Language Acquisition Resource Center

Elementary Dari Program

Final Project

Student’s Name: __________________________

Overall cohesion

Earned

Score

Max.

Score

10

Correct description of the selected topic 10

Correct use of grammar 15

Use of proper vocabulary 15

Use of proper cultural related body language 10

Smooth speaking without signs of struggling 25

Duration of the presentation, the longer, the better (without

interruption)

Knowledge of the topic and handling audiences’ questions.

15

Total 100

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Weekly Progress Report Rubric

Teacher’s Name: ___________________ etaD : ____________ Week#__________

(Student Name)

(Student Name)

(Student Name)

(Student Name)

(Student Name)

Homework M T W T F

M T W T F

M T W T F

M T W T F

M T W T F

Attentiveness M T W T F

M T W T F

M T W T F

M T W T F

M T W T F

Class Participation M T W T F

M T W T F

M T W T F

M T W T F

M T W T F

Classroom

behavior

M T W T F

M T W T F

M T W T F

M T W T F

M T W T F

General Remarks: Student will be evaluated based on the following scales:

Scales Attentiveness Class

Participation

Classroom behavior

1 - 3 Does not listen Does not

participates

Poor behavior (busy with other stuff during the

class times or disrespecting the teachers)

4 - 6 Sometimes listens Sometimes

participates

Good behavior

7 - 10 Always listens Always

participates

Always well behaved

Weekly Grade in %

Homework

Participation

Weekly Assignment

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Attendance Sheet

Dari Course

Date:

Afghan

Name First, Last

8am

-

9am

9am

-

10am

10am

-

11am

11am

-

12p

m

1:0

0 -

2

pm

2-3

pm

3-4

pm

Excused Absent

Instructor’s Initials

(Student

Name) (Student

Name)

(Student

Name) (Student

Name)

(Student

Name) (Student

Name)

(Student

Name) (Student

Name)

(Student

Name) (Student

Name)

(Student

Name) (Student

Name)

(Student

Name) (Student

Name)

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Dari Class

Student’s Material Checklist

S.# Items Received Time Line Remarks

Yes No

01 Syllabus 1st day of class

02 Parking Permit 1st day of class

03 Moodle Registration 1st day of class

04 Login & Password for

Byki/Rapid Rote

1st day of class

05 Alphabet Workbook 1st day of class

06 Dari Textbook 1st day of class

07 Binder 1st day of class

08 Survival guide w/ audio CD

(Copy)

1st

week of class

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Dari Interview Criteria

Interview 1: Week 3

Level/Rating Score

Intermediate Low 15pts.

Novice High 12pts.

Novice Mid 10pts.

Novice Low 8pts.

Interview 2: Week 5

Level/Rating Score

Intermediate High/Advance Low 15pts.

Intermediate Mid 12pts.

Intermediate Low 10pts.

Novice High 8pt.

* Criteria for ACTFL Rating is attached as Appendix 1

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Appendix 1

Elementary Dari Language Course Dates - Language Acquisition

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