TRIN1075 — Reading and Writing in Somali
TRIN 1075 - Reading and Writing in Somali TRIN 1075 - Reading and Writing in Somali Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Course Description: This course is designed for native speakers of Somali who did not receive their primary literacy education in Somali-language schools, or those with advanced oral proficiency in the language. The course reviews formal writing conventions and linguistic structures of Somali and discusses regional dialectical variation. This course is intended for students who have some basic knowledge of reading and writing in Somali. MnTC Goals None Native Somali speaker or advanced oral proficiency, and basic reading and writing skills in the language. Major Content Written vs Spoken registers of language Formal and informal registers of language Dialectal and regional variation Basic sound-letter correspondences Long and short vowels Geminate consonants Dialect variations -r, -dh -ey, -ay Disputed spellings Diphthongs Bound morpheme categories Free morpheme categories Declarative Markers, Topic Markers, and Focus Markers Sound change rules reflected in the orthography History of written Somali Frequent writing assignments Learning
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052