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Advanced Kazakh II
Catalog Number CEUS-U 520
Zaure Batayeva

The primary goal of the course is to familiarize students with the most important parts of life contemporary Kazakhstan. The course aims at the improvement of the fours skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. It also involves occasional translation tasks. The advanced level course extends the learner’s language skills to forge accurate and fluent communication skills. It builds on the previous levels using a wide variety of stimulating and challenging activities. Activities involve listening to narratives, interviews from authentic sources such a radio and other language programs as well.

Required Textbooks and Class Materials

  1. Karl A. Krippes Kazak (Gazag)-English dictionary

Suggested Textbooks and Class Materials

  1. Intensive course of Kazakh language Almaty 2003
  2. Kulpash Saryeva  Kazakh tili zhane eltanu
  3. Kazakh literature fictional works (Auezov, Bukeev, Sokpapkbayev)
  4. “Cenasianet” language  program

 Assignments

Homework: Translations, weekly tests and quizzes, midterm and final exams 

Class attendance and participation are mandatory.