SECW-110 - Secwépemc Language: Pronunciation - Learning the Sounds - 3.00 Credits

SECW-110 - Secwépemc Language: Pronunciation - Learning the Sounds - 3.00 Credits
Course Details
Secwépemc Language proficiency in adult learners prepares them for learning and hearing Secwépemc Language sounds. The student will actively participate in a Secwépemc introduction to Secwépemc Language. Instruction method develops proper pronunciation skills in the forty-seven separate sounds of Secwépemc Language, develops recognition and differentiation of separate sounds in speech. This method provides the learner with foundational communication skills as a beginner learner.
Part of the: UNIVERSITY TRANSFER Department Indigenous Academic Studies Department
Available/Required in the following Programs: Secwépemc Language Fluency Certificate Program - Certificate Completion Plan


Course Outline

Instructors Qualifications:	Relevant Master's Degree.
Office Hours:	1.5 per week
Contact Hours:	45
Student Evaluation Procedure:	Assignments 50-70%, Final 30-50%. Total 100% Grading procedures follow NVIT policy.
Learning Outcomes:	Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to: communicate in a variety of cultural situations; demonstrate the ability to introduce themselves by name, family relationships and community; demonstrate a basic comprehension of Secwépemc stories associated with kinship, transformer stories, and ties to Secwépemc territory; show in short dialogues, the ability to use target grammatical constructions; and, produce common phrases.
Text and Materials:	Kuipers, Aert. Shuswap-English Dictionary. Current Edition Kamloops, BC. SCES. Kuipers, AertEnglish-Shuswap Dictionary. Version 3. Kamloops, BC. SCES. Kuipers, Aert and May Dixon. A Shuswap Course. Current Edition. Kamloops, BC. SCES. Kuipers, Aert. A Shuswap Reader. Current Edition. Kamloops, BC. SCES. Jules, Mona. Stories of the People. Current Edition. Kamloops, BC. SCES.
Other Resources:
Transfer Credits:	For more information visit: www.bctransferguide.ca
Other Information:	For more information visit: www.bctransferguide.ca Education Council approved October, 2011.