SKWX-111 - Skwxwu7mesh Language I - 3.00 Credits
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Course Details
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Skwxwú7mesh Language I is a continuation of the introductory Skwxwú7mesh Language. The student will know an additional 250 high-frequency vocabulary items, will have mastered all but a few of the difficult sounds of the language, and how to use the Skwxwu7mesh writing system. The student will start being comfortable communicating in present, everyday situations using the language.
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Part of the:UNIVERSITY TRANSFER Department
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Prerequisites : SKWX 110,
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Course Outline
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Instructors Qualifications:
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Related Master's and/or Bachelor's degree and/or designate of Language Authority under auspices of instructor of record.
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Office Hours:
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1.5 per week.
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Contact Hours:
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45
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Student Evaluation
Procedure:
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Assignments 50 - 70%, Final 30 - 50%, Total 100 %.
Grading procedures follow NVIT policy.
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Learning Outcomes:
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Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
communicate accurately in a new set of situations;understand and produce most of the most difficult sounds of the language;
understand and use the Skwxwú7mesh writing system;express simple ideas/opinions in Skwxwu7mesh; andproduce sentences of a variety of new types.
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Text and Materials:
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Squamish Language Team and Squamish Language Elders Advisory Team. (Writers/Directors). (Current Edition). The Kal’kalilh game. [CD-Rom]. (Available from the Squamish Nation Education Department. Box 86131 North Vancouver, BC V7L 4J5).Miranda, Chief Louis, PhD. (Writer). (Current Edition). How to write the Squamish language. [CD-Rom/Booklet]. (Available from the Squamish Nation Education Department. Box 86131 North Vancouver, BC V7L 4J5).Jacobs, Peter (Ed.). (Current Edition). Skwxwú7mesh–Xweliten Skexwts (the Squamish-English Dictionary). Squamish, BC: Squamish Nation Education Department.Jacobs, Peter (Ed.). (Current Edition). English–Squamish dictionary. Squamish, BC: Squamish Nation Education Department.
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Other Resources:
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Resources may vary by instructor.
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Transfer Credits:
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For more information visit: www.bctransferguide.ca
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Other Information:
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