In Hindi 100A, you will learn to understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. You will learn to deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where Hindi is spoken. You will learn to produce simple connected texts on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. You will learn to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes, and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

Level: Intermediate (CEFR B1)

In Introductory Hindi, you will learn to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). You will learn to communicate simply and discuss routine tasks requiring  simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. You will be able to describe in simple terms aspects of your background, immediate environment, and matters in areas of immediate basic need.

This is an intermediate class with emphasis on the four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The course uses the functional-situational approach in learning a language.The students will learn four necessary skills in the effective use of Filipino: paglalahad (defining and explaining); paglalarawan (describing a person, place, or feelings); pagsasalaysay (narrating a story); and pangangatwiran (arguing). The vocabulary of the student is expanded through sample dialogues and short essays.

Do you know the words nanay (mother), tatay (father), sinigang (sour soup), masarap (delicious), and kawawa (poor you)? Would you like to better communicate with your grandparents who speak Filipino and only have a limited knowledge of English? You may be a heritage learner, or a person with a cultural connection to the language. Filipino 1X WBL is an elementary Filipino class designed for heritage learners. It is the first course in the elementary Filipino for Heritage Learners sequence (Filipino 1X and Filipino 1Y).

Filipino 1A is the first semester in the Introductory Filipino two-semester series (Filipino 1A and 1B). This is a beginners’ class with emphasis on the four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The course uses the functional approach in learning a language.

Have you tasted sinigang, lumpia, adobo, or for the adventurous, even balut? This seminar course focuses on Philippine cuisine and literary works that use Filipino food as inspiration, theme, or metaphor. Each class uses a particular dish, cooking method, or Filipino ingredient as a starting point in the discussion of Philippine literature, culture, and history. Each lesson has several components: a literary text, recipe/s, a participative class activity and an essay(s) that will help the students to have a better understanding of Philippine society.

Have you ever wondered why the homes of Filipino families in the United States display religious statues or celebrate Christmas and Lent in a different way from other Christians? Have you read Filipino poems, stories, songs, and festivals that focus or mention Babaylan spritual leaders, the Virgin Mary, the Black Nazarene, the infant Jesus or the Muslim faith?

This graduate seminar is a survey of historical work on Philippine nationalism from the nineteenth century until the present. It covers the rise of liberal creole movements in the early nineteenth century, Jose Rizal and the ilustrados of the late nineteenth century, the Philippine revolution of 1896, American-era “Filipinism,” postwar liberal state-formation, Moro separatism, debates on “the Chinese question,” competing visions of socialist and authoritarian nationalism during the Marcos period, and contemporary populism under Rodrigo Durerte, among others.

This course looks into the dynamics of literature and politics in Vietnam and the Philippines by asking the following questions:  How have writers articulated their beliefs on colonialism, human rights, gender and class through poetry and fiction? When does ideology inform literary techniques?  How can we study specific genres such as prison literature, guerrilla literature, and underground newspapers and literary magazines?

The course focuses on Southeast Asian Performance, specifically Indonesian dances, and Philippine theater and music.  Discussions shall be guided by the following questions:  How have geography, religion, social structures, customs, and beliefs shaped indigenous performing art forms?  How are performing traditions revitalized in contemporary times? How have experiences of colonialism and social movements informed the work of performing artists? How can we read/view these works today?