Basic Kurdish

This course is designed for Nashvillians who regularly interact with Nashville's large Kurdish population or have a desire to learn Kurdish. Materials in Sorani, the Kurdish spoken by the Kurds of Iran and Iraq, will provide the basis for instruction, which will focus on developing active oral skills in the language and communicating orally with native speakers of Kurdish. Teaching will be through a variety of methods include the communicative and task-based approaches, and lessons will engage students in learning about all aspects of Kurdish culture. The language of instruction will be mixed English/Kurdish.

NOTE: Students will need to purchase the Sorani for Kurmanji textbook before class at the following link: https://celcar.mybigcommerce.com/kurmanji-an-elementary-textbook/

No class October 16th, 2024 for Fall Break

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