Course Description
Introduction to more sophisticated structures of the language, including grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structures. Emphasis on developing upper-level oral skills that would enable the student to sustain conversation with a native speaker with minimum difficultyand to develop comprehension and composition skills.
Athena Title
INTERMED AMHARIC I
Prerequisite
AMHA(AFST) 1002
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
By the end of the semester, students will be expected to have achieved medium level competence in the language and culture of the Amharic people, be able to sustain conversation with a native speaker with minimum difficulty, be able to read text in Amharic and to use sophisticated grammar and vocabulary items. These abilities would translate, at the end of this course, to an intermediate low proficiency level.
Topical Outline
Means of transportation and names of the month Ethiopian Calendar, days of the week, Useful terms for talking about the future, Talking about events- day before today, asking and telling time More on the infinitives, The gerundive verb form, More on subordinate clauses, Verbs denoting dressing, expressing accompaniment, Indirect Objects suffixes, Complex definite articles and object markers, Complex why questions
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus