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Advanced Estonian I
Catalog number CEUS-U 541
Piibi-Kai Kivik

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to build students' confidence as language users and improve their knowledge of Estonian grammar (review of morphology, issues of syntax), oral skills (class discussion of newspaper articles, fiction and poetry, class presentations), writing skills (journal entries, summaries of articles, films and news clips, short essays) and listening comprehension (TV broadcasts, audio tape recordings). The focus will be on structures characteristic of formal written Estonian as well as specifics of different registers of oral production.

Required texts and materials:

J. Tuldava. Estonian Textbook. Bloomington 1994
M. Kitsnik, L.Kingissepp. Avatud Uksed. (Textbook, workbook, and tape). Tallinn 2002.
Reading and listening material from Estonian media and Internet.
P.Saagpakk. Eesti-Inglise Sõnaraamat. Estonian-English. New Haven & London, 1982
J. Silvet. Inglise-Eesti Sõnaraamat. English-Estonian dictionary. Tallinn, 1989-1990

Suggested texts and materials

P.Saagpakk. Eesti-Inglise Sõnaraamat. Estonian-English. New Haven & London 1982
J. Silvet. Inglise-Eesti Sõnaraamat. English-Estonian dictionary. Tallinn, 1989-1990

Assignments and evaluation

Classroom participation and attendance are required.

Homework assignments, keeping a daily journal, weekly self-select written and/or broadcast news for oral and written reports, quizzes and tests, a midterm exam, and a final exam are part of the final grade.

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 .