Continuation of introductory course to a selected Alaska Native language for students with some prior knowledge of the specific language. Continued emphasis on pronunciation, everyday vocabulary, structure and communication in survival situations. Introduction to reading and writing in the language. An introduction to reading and writing a selected Alaska Native language for students with Native or near-native oral proficiency in the respective language. Students are introduced to alphabet and phonetic classification, to dialect differences, and to the history of the written language.
Students practice reading and writing the language.
May be repeated for credit if language varies. Introduction to Alaska Native perspectives on time, philosophy and spirituality, communication, justice, and their ecology, and their relationship to contemporary issues. Includes overviews of Alaska Native peoples and of language groups necessary to an understanding of the diversity of Native perspectives. Provides students exposure to and interaction with prominent Alaska Native tradition bearers in order to ascertain knowledge of the traditional values, culture, and world views which comprise the heritage of Alaska Native people. Students will gather information on traditional values, governance, and leadership by eliciting accounts of the elders experiences, and by comparing Native and western culture, will better understand the significance of cultural differences in world view, heritage, and communication.