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Intermediate Estonian I
Catalog number CEUS-U 211/441
Piibi-Kai Kivik

Course Objectives

The course builds on the skills acquired during elementary courses and will follow an integrated approach of developing reading, speaking, listening and writing skills through a variety of communicative language learning activities.

Topics covered during the first year will be reviewed in more detail and new topics, such as seasons, holidays, traditions and customs added. Longer reading texts are introduced. Listening comprehension is further trained with the help of video materials. The aim is to develop conversation skills beyond the structured exchanges learned at the Intro level.

Required texts and materials:

M. Pesti, H. Ahi. E nagu Eesti. Tallinn: TEA, 2001.

J. Tuldava. Estonian Textbook. Bloomington, Indiana 1994.

Suggested texts and materials

E. Veldi. Eesti-Inglise sõnaraamat. Estonian-English Dictionary, Tallinn: Koolibri, 2002.

A. Jõgi et al. Inglise-Eesti sõnaraamat. English-Estonian dictionary. Tallinn: Koolibri, 2002

Pocket Dictionary Estonian-English/ English-Estonian. Tallinn, TEA 2001.

Tere Eestimaa. (An audiovisual course in spoken Estonian). Tallinn 1994

Assignments

Classroom participation is required.

Daily homework, daily journal, quizzes and tests, a midterm and final exam.

Departmental Policies

The Department of Central Eurasian Studies no longer allows auditing of language courses. Any inquiries must be addressed to the CEUS Chair directly.
Students enrolled in CEUS language courses obtain a grade at the end of each semester. The Department does not offer pass/fail options.
Incompletes are not given in CEUS language courses. Any inquiries must be addressed to the CEUS Chair directly.
If you are a native speaker of a language or you are a citizen of the country or you graduated from a high school from the country, Indiana University and departmental policy may prohibit you from enrollment in this language class. Please direct all related questions to the Department of Central Eurasian Studies, Goodbody Hall 157, 855-2233, or ceus@indiana.edu .