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[classes] Learn Nahuatl language @ UC Berkeley

January 1, 2022 @ 2:30 pm - January 14, 2022 @ 5:00 pm

Update! These classes are only for UC BERKELEY students.

UC Berkeley will offer second-semester courses in both Beginning and Intermediate Nahuatl via distance-learning this spring.

Nahuatl is among the most widely spoken of the 68 living Indigenous languages officially recognized by the Mexican government. More information

LING 21A: Beginning Nahuatl II
Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:05 – 4:00 pm Pacific Time

LING 21B: Intermediate Nahuatl II
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Pacific Time.

About classes:

In collaboration with the Institute for Teaching and Research in Ethnology (Zacatecas, México) the University of Utah Center for Latin American Studies, and the UC Berkeley Department of Linguistics, CLAS is able to offer Nahuatl courses for credit at Berkeley.

Click here for classes details.

Overview:

With almost 1.4 million speakers, Nahuatl is among the most widely spoken of the 68 living languages officially recognized by the Mexican government. Nahuatl is part of the Uto Azteca language family, one of the largest linguistic families in the Americas in terms of number of speakers, number of languages, and geographic extension, spanning the Western United States and Mexico.

Berkeley is offering Nahuatl to Berkeley students during the academic year as a real-time distance-learning course taught by native-language instructors from the University of Utah and IDIEZ (the Institute for Teaching and Research in Ethnology) in Zacatecas, Mexico. This is the variety from the municipality of Chicontepec, in the Huasteca region of northern Veracruz, Mexico. Nahua culture, history, and modern life are at the center of course instruction.

Nahuatl courses:

Beginning Nahuatl I (LING 20A)

Offered Fall Semester

First-semester Nahuatl for students who have no previous experience with the language. This course develops listening and reading strategies with an emphasis on oral and written forms of communication.

LING 20A: Beginning Nahuatl I — M–W: 2:05 – 4:00 pm Pacific Time (to be confirmed for Fall 2022)

Beginning Nahuatl II (LING 21A)

Offered Spring Semester

Second semester beginning Nahuatl course for students who have completed Beginning Nahuatl I. This course continues to develops listening and reading strategies with an emphasis on oral and written forms of communication.

LING 21A: Beginning Nahuatl II — M–W: 2:05 – 4:00 pm Pacific Time

Intermediate Nahuatl I (LING 20B)

Offered Fall Semester

Third-semester Nahuatl. Continued emphasis on listening and speaking skills with an increased emphasis on reading and writing skills as the culture of people who speak Nahuatl.

LING 20B: Intermediate Nahuatl I — T–Th: 12:00 – 2:00 pm Pacific Time (to be confirmed for Fall 2022)

Intermediate Nahuatl II (LING 21B)

Offered Spring Semester

Fourth-semester Nahuatl course which follows Intermediate Nahuatl I. Continued emphasis on listening and speaking skills with an increased emphasis on reading and writing skills as the culture of people who speak Nahuatl.

LING 21B: Intermediate Nahuatl II — T–Th: 1:00 – 3:00 pm Pacific Time 

For more information:

Details

Start:
January 1, 2022 @ 2:30 pm
End:
January 14, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
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Website:
https://clas.berkeley.edu/academics/nahuatl

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