• exchange posts with their peers and interact using discussion – forums, chats, Skype, audio/video conferencing;
• review and discuss online and text based resources;
• work individually using a spectrum of online tools.

Student will learn to read and write in Western Armenian and enrich their vocabulary; conjugate regular verbs in present, past, past perfect and future tenses; learn the imperative mood; form sentences in the affirmative and negative forms and learn imperative mood. At the end of the course, students will be challenged with some reading and listening comprehension exercises.

No hardcopy texts are required. Selected online resources will be included as part of the lessons. Students are required to read/listen/view all material and complete all assignments. The online resources are drawn from the publicly available professional language literature, academic curricula, recent publications in professional journals, and educational material used in schools.

• Melkonian Z. «Գործնական Քերականութիւն Արդի Հայերէն Լեզուի» [Practical Grammar Modern Armenian Language]. (Beirut, 1981).
• Arakelian K. «Դիւրուն Հայերէն 1,2,3»[Easy Armenian Language 1,2,3] . (Beirut, 2007).
• Hilda Galfaian-Panosian «Արեւմտահայ Գրական Լեզուի Ուսումնական Ձեռնարկ» [Literary Western Teaching Handbook 1,2,3].(Yerevan, 2009).
• Tonekian K. «Հայոց Լեզուի Նոր Բառարան» [New Armenian Dictionary]. (Beirut, 1992).

Upon completion of the course students will be able to pronounce, read and write many words, to identify different tenses of verbs and conjugate them, make their negative and affirmative forms and participate in short dialogues.

• Thematic words, nouns, adjectives, sentences with nouns and adjectives, dialogue;
• Thematic words, nouns, interrogative pronouns, sentences with numerals and nouns, dialogue;
• Thematic words, nouns, articles, possessive case, sentences with nouns and pronouns, text;
• Thematic words, verbs, personal pronoun, sentences with verbs and pronouns, text;
• Thematic words, nouns, adjectives, negative sentences, dialogues;
• Thematic words, verbs, affirmative and negative conjugation of verb in present tense, sentences, text;
• Thematic words, verbs, affirmative and negative conjugation of verb in past tense, sentences with adverbs of time, text;
• Thematic words, verbs, affirmative and negative conjugation of verb in future tense, Imperative Mood, sentences with conjunctions, text.

The electronic resources have been designed for user-friendly access and comprehension by a broad audience. Activities and online discussions are supported by the illustration-writing, listening method, as well as the top-down method. Individual and collaborative student assignments are designed to engage students in authentic research and sharing of information. Students will gain from the course in direct relationship to the contributions they make to their own learning.

The course lasts for nine weeks, including the orientation week. Each week requires student commitment throughout at least five days.

Students are required to actively participate in on-line discussions, forums and chats, to participate in individual and collaborative activities, and to meet deadlines for assignments. Students are required to be familiar and comply with academic policy of AVC.

Students’ performance will be evaluated based upon total points accumulated throughout the semester according to the following:

• 20% - participation
• 20% - assignments
• 30% - midterm exam
• 30% - final exam

You are expected to complete assignments in a reasonable period of time. This prevents you from getting too far behind in the course and allows the instructor to assign grades in a consistent manner. Late assignments will result in a 10% deduction in the grade for the assignment (if the assignment is submitted a week late from the deadline) unless the student receives prior approval from the instructor. Assignments submitted later than 2 weeks after the assigned deadline are accepted (feedback only) but are not graded. Exceptions to this policy are allowed only in unusual cases.
For enrollment, please complete your enrollment application.