Chinuk Wawa (CW 201)


ID : 25842   

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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 the people who spoke and still speak the language. Chinuk Wawa 201 is the first course of a three-term sequence in which students achieve intermediate oral, literate, and cultural competency in Chinuk Wawa at the second-year college level. Enrollment in Chinuk Wawa 201 requires previous completion of CW103 or comparable language knowledge.
Prerequisite: CW 103 or consent of the instructor
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Accurately recognize and produce the sounds of Chinuk Wawa for clear communication
2. Describe the basic grammatical structure of Chinuk Wawa
3. Use a broad vocabulary in Chinuk Wawa
4. Converse in Chinuk Wawa with emerging fluency
5. Read and demonstrate comprehension of extended texts in Chinuk Wawa
6. Write narrative, descriptive, and opinion texts in Chinuk Wawa
7. Describe elements of the history and culture of Chinuk Wawa speaking peoples
 

Class Details

22 Session(s)
Weekly - Mon, Wed

Location
Virtual Class-Online

Instructor
Carisa Chang 

Class Cost: 

$50.00


Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s) Instructional Method
9/29/2025 - 12/10/2025 Weekly - Mon, Wed 06:00 PM - 07:50 PM Virtual, Virtual Class-Online  Map, Room: Meet Zoom Carisa Chang  ClassRoom

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