CW 102 Chinuk Wawa

Chinuk Wawa is the original universal language of the Pacific Northwest, spoken in intertribal settings and multi-lingual homes from Southeast Alaska to Northern California. In collaboration with the language education program of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, this course teaches Chinuk Wawa through daily listening, speaking, writing, and reading of Chinuk Wawa, as well as discussion of the cultures of people who spoke and still speak the language. CW 102 is the 2nd course of a 3-term sequence in which students achieve beginning oral, literate, and cultural competency in Chinuk Wawa. Enrollment in CW 102 requires previous completion of CW 101 or comparable language knowledge.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

CW 101 or instructor consent

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Recognize and produce most sounds of Chinuk Wawa

2. Speak using memorized phrases and everyday expressions, identify familiar objects, hold basic conversations using simple sentences, and give short presentations in Chinuk Wawa

3. Usually respond appropriately when listening to words, phrases, sentences, and questions

4. Read both brief and extended texts in Chinuk Wawa, with some help

5. Write Chinuk Wawa words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs with emerging accuracy in spelling and word order conventions

6. Describe selected elements of the history and culture of Chinuk Wawa speaking peoples