Michif II is an introduction to Michif language grounded in Métis ways of knowing, relating and doing. As per cultural teachings, classes open and close with ceremony (which is spiritual and not religious in nature). Community building and relational learning are central to course experience. The course instructor uses an immersive Comprehensible Input (CI) approach to language acquisition. The course will enable beginning students to converse with more proficient speakers and each other on more subjects involving common situations and everyday actions in a culturally appropriate manner. They will further develop their abilities to introduce themselves and others, open and close classes in a culturally appropriate manner, and give assistance appropriately in group settings. They will be able to talk with greater detail about their friends and family member, their own personal preferences and possessions, and use weather terms in complex sentences. They will be able to describe people and objects and where and how they are located in greater detail. They will be able to talk about all these situations in the past, present, future and conditional tenses. They will be able to name more common domestic and "wild" animals, birds and insects and geographic features. As well, they will be able to create and participate in the telling of simple stories. Most emphasis will be placed on listening and speaking but reading and writing in Michif will be used as appropriate. In addition, students will write personal reflections in English--and in part in Michif as able--on their learning and development as learners and speakers through the course. Cross-listed: IL-1410(3), IS-1402(3) Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and IL-1410 | IS-1402. Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and IS-1402 | IL-1410.
Prerequisites
ANTH-1410L (lab) (must be taken concurrently) ANTH-1409 (prerequisite).
