• 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.

The main goal of the course is to improve students’ knowledge of grammatical, semantic and phonetic system of Western Armenian. Students will learn the formation of nouns, form sentences using particle case. At the end of the course, students will be challenged with 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.
The Western Armenian course is based on the following method: to provide students with the opportunity to listen to the pronunciation of words and sentences and then to learn how to read and write correctly.

• Abrahamyan A. «Հայոց լեզու, բառ ու խոսք»[Armenian language, word and speech]. (Yerevan, 1972).
• Gyulamiryan J. «Հայոց լեզվի տարրական ուսուցման մեթոդիկա»[Armenian Language. Teaching methodology of elementary Armenian]. (Yerevan, 2006).
• Jahukyan G. «Հայոց լեզու» [Armenian Language]. (Yerevan, 1978).
• Kapinos V. I. «Развитие речи. Теория и практика обучения» [The Development of Speech. Theory and Practice of Teaching]. (Moscow, 1991).
• Savignon S. J. & Berns M. S. Communicative language teaching: Where are we going? Studies in Language Learning. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983).

Upon completion of the course students will be able to pronounce, read and write many words, to form and use short sentences, to identify different tenses of verbs and conjugate them, make their negative and affirmative forms and participate in short dialogues, as well as to recognize phonetic system of Western Armenian language.

• Words, nominative case, Present Perfect Tense verb conjugation, sentences, dialogue. Let’s write;
• Words, accusative case, Past Perfect Tense verb conjugation, text, let’s write;
• Words, possessive case, Present Perfect tense and Past Perfect Tense verb conjugation, text, let’s write;
• Words, text, dative case, negative conjugation of Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses, text, let’s write;
• Words, text, ablative case, negative conjugation of Past Imperfect Tense, text, let’s write;
• Words, text, instrumental case, negative conjugation of Future-in-the-Past, text, let’s write;
• Words, text, affixes that form nouns, noun declination, dialogue, let’s write;
• Words, text, affixes that form adjectives and numerals, verb tenses, text, let’s write.

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 methods, 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.