REGISTRATION ONGOING: LANGUAGE CERTIFICATE COURSES

 
 
INDONESIAN 1: INTRODUCTORY INDONESIAN CERTIFICATE COURSE
 
Schedule of Classes:
29 November 2014 – 14 February 2015/ 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
(Ten Saturdays: November 29, December 6, 13, 20, January 10, 17, 24, 31, February 7 and 14)
Instructor: Herman Frits Pangemanan, M.A.
Venue: SEC A 202, Science Education Complex Building, Ateneo de Manila University
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 26 November 2014 (Wednesday)

Course description:        
This Indonesian language course will cover the essentials of the language, including phonology (graphemes and allophones), syntax (grammatical structure), and semantics (contextual meanings) with a lot of Indonesian greetings discretely specific to Indonesian.  This course will spare enough time to delve into scientific context of the language. On the whole, the course is composed of 15 chapters covering dialogue (conversation), grammatical structure, word formation, simple mathematic operation, cultural notes, and vocabulary.
 
Indonesian, commonly called Bahasa Indonesia is almost exclusively written in Latin script (Italy-based ancient Latium language covering Latium and Rome) with a lot of influences currently coming from Arabic and Dutch languages. The Dutch once penetrated Indonesia's common parlance and law and judicial lingos (as still obvious up to now), following its almost 350-year era of colonization (1605-1945) over Indonesia. Nowadays, many more foreign languages are increasingly penetrating Indonesian script, especially the international  lingua franca English. And in modern era, Indonesian is deluged en masse by colloquial words of young people intertwined with slangs derived from various ethic dialects equally shared through media communications nationwide.
 
The very root of Indonesian is the Malayo-Polynesian language family from which Malay Languages (Bahasa Melayu), which are spoken by people around South East Asia as a lingua franca, came thereof.  Malay was later taken over by Indonesia, Brunei, and Malaysia as their national languages.
 
Importantly, while Indonesian letter is simply read as is (like Latin script) with constant sound and allophones, Filipino learners will graphemically enjoy resemblant wording and writing system because of the fact that some 3,200 root-words of the Tagalog-based Pilipino are taken from or are similar to Indonesian words.
 
 
RUSSIAN 1: INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
 
Schedule of Classes:
15 November 2014 – 7 March 2015/ 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
(Fifteen Saturdays: November 15, 22, 29, December 6, 13, 20, January 10, 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28, and March 7)
Instructor: Francisco R. Villar, Jr.
Venue: SEC A 203, Science Education Complex Building, Ateneo de Manila University
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 12 November 2014 (Wednesday)
 
Course description:   
Russian language is one of the most important, powerful and beautiful languages in the world. It belongs to the Slavic group of languages which forms a separate branch in the Indo-European family of languages. It is the key in discovering the immense richness of Russian culture and history-including that of the great Russian literature.
 
In this course, students will learn the basic sounds, vocabulary and structural patterns of Russian. Emphasis will be on speaking, reading comprehension, listening and writing skills. Presentation of lexical and grammar materials in this course anchors on the principle: from the content to the form and from the intention to the means of expression. The lesson materials are put into practice in the form of monologues, dialogues, grammar exercises and other activities focusing on contextual application of the language. The course encourages active and productive participation by the students through interaction by pairs or in groups, thereby enabling them to build up confidence and accuracy in communicating in Russian.
 
This course also acquaints the students with the Russian way of life, arts and culture. It also informs the students on the relevance of Russian language in the modern world and its proper place in the global cultural, economic and political discourse.     

RUSSIAN 2: RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Schedule of Classes:
15 November 2014 – 7 March 2015/ 3:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
(Fifteen Saturdays: November 15, 22, 29, December 6, 13, 20, January 10, 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28, and March 7)
Instructor: Francisco R. Villar, Jr.
Venue: SEC A 203, Science Education Complex  Building, Ateneo de Manila University
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  12 November 2014 (Wednesday)

Course description:
The Basic Russian 2 language course continues to strengthen, refine and develop the basic language skills acquired in Russian 1. It aims to increase the students’ vocabulary and complete their orientation to the Russian case system. Functional ability in speaking, listening, reading, writing and word- formation is further honed through various exercises in writing compositions, topical conversations, listening and reading comprehension activities. New grammar structures are introduced and utilized to express more complex communicative intentions. There will be oral presentations both individual and by pair to reinforce the students’ confidence in responding to language situation and narrating simple life experiences in Russian. Immersion to Russian culture is provided through film viewing, reading of poems or excerpts from Russian classics. Discussions of Russian contemporary and significant social, political and cultural issues are continued and deepened. At the end of the course there will be written and oral evaluation of the students’ basic competence in Russian.
 

KOREAN 1: INTRODUCTORY KOREAN CERTIFICATE COURSE
 
Schedule of Classes:
6 December 2014 – 28 February 2015/ 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
(Ten Saturdays: December 6, 20, January 10, 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21 and 28)
Instructor: Aurea Caraan Javier
Venue: SEC A 204, Science Education Complex Building, Ateneo de Manila University
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 2 December 2014 (Tuesday)
 
Course Description:
Korean 1 is an introductory Korean language course designed for students with zero knowledge of Korean. This module delves on the essentials of the language beginning with the introduction of the alphabet, phonetics, and sentence patterns. Specifically, it covers the following: vowels and consonants, rudimentary rules of pronunciation, Sino-Korean and pure Korean numerals, basic grammar rules and sentence patterns, and simple dialogues and conversations. The whole program aims to assist students acquire basic competency in 4 aspects of communication - speaking, listening, writing, and reading  - through a combination of various teaching approaches and learning  activities.

KOREAN 2: UPPER BEGINNER KOREAN CERTIFICATE COURSE

Schedule of Classes:
6 December 2014 – 28 February 2015/ 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
(Ten Saturdays: December 6, 20, January 10, 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21 and 28)
Instructor: Aurea Caraan Javier
Venue: SEC A 204, Science Education Complex Building, Ateneo de Manila University
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 2 December 2014 (Tuesday)

Course Description:
Korean 2 is a continuation of Korean 1, which aims to enhance basic competency in the language through acquisition of new vocabularies and their application to more complex sentence structures. The course will also introduce new speech styles and expressions that will cover the following topics: imperative/command sentences in formal form; basic prepositions; pre-positive/ suggestive exchanges; object, time and action-location particles; rules of pronunciation for special syllabic pairs, etc.
Upon completion of Korean 2, students will be able to read with improved comprehension, write with much creativity through an expanded vocabulary; formulate questions and answers with proper conjugations; and speak with enhanced confidence.

VIETNAMESE 1: MODERN VIETNAMESE FOR FOREIGNERS
 
Schedule of Classes:
24 January – 28 March 2015/ 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
(Ten Saturdays: January 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 7, 14, 21 and 28)
Instructor: Sen Huynh Kagahastian
Venue: SEC A 203, Science Education Complex Building, Ateneo de Manila University
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 21 January 2015 (Wednesday)
 
Course Description:
The course offers the Vietnamese materials as second language learners.  It aims to assist learners to use Vietnamese in a variety of practical and real-life situations and to understand the Vietnamese culture, traditions and customs.
 
The teaching materials and activities are based on the communicative approach in which the activity is the central focus of teaching, learning and development.  Students will learn the basic sounds, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading and linguistic elements through dialogue and written practice. 
 
This first level will also help fulfil the need of students, teachers and providers of Vietnamese language study for foreigners who wish to know, to discover more of the rich tradition, culture, heritage of Vietnam, one of the fastest growing developing country in the region.

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REGISTRATION FEE:
P 5,000.00 per student
P 4,500.00 per student for a group of not less than 10, on condition that they register at the same time.
P 3,500.00 per ADMU (Loyola Schools only) faculty or staff member
Certificate of completion, ID and instructional materials (up to 80 pages) will be covered by the registration fee.

HOW TO PAY THE REGISTRATION FEE:
Payment options include OVER-THE-COUNTER payment through Metrobank or, you may visit our office (Ateneo Center for Asian Studies, second floor, Ricardo and Dr. Rosita Leong Hall) to pay.

For OVER-THE-COUNTER Payment through Metrobank, please follow the following procedure:

1. Go to any Metrobank Trust Co. (MBTC) Branch.
2. Get a copy of Metrobank’s PAYMENT SLIP and accomplish the required information/ details:
         a. Company Name: ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY
         b. Subscriber Name: COMPLETE ENROLLEE/STUDENT’S NAME
         c. Reference Number: INDONESIAN 1 (for INDONESIAN 1 enrollees)
                                        RUSSIAN 1 (for RUSSIAN 1 enrollees)
                                        RUSSIAN 2 (for RUSSIAN 2 enrollees)
                                        KOR 1 (for KOREAN 1 enrollees)
                                KOR 2 (for KOREAN 2 enrollees)
                                        VIETNAMESE 1 (for Vietnamese 1 enrollees)
         d. Subscriber Number: 006
         e. Mode of Payment: Cash/Check/Debit account
         f. Amount of Payment: Pxxxx.xx

NOTE: Slips are to be accomplished in duplicate copies.
              1st copy: Bank copy
              2nd copy: Client's copy

3. Present payment slip to MBTC tellers together with cash/check.
4. Once validated, MBTC teller will give you a validated copy.
5. Before leaving, check & verify the copy received (payment slip serves as proof of payment);
          a.) If validated
          b.) if the copy was the one accomplished and presented to bank teller
6. Fax the validated payment slip together with the registration form (please see below to download the registration form) to 926-4202 or scan and email to acas.soss@ateneo.edu (preferred).

For inquiries: acas.soss@ateneo.du; 926-4202; 426-6001 (local 5285 or 5286)

To know more about ACAS, google Ateneo Center for Asian Studies, or visit its website: http://www.ateneo.edu/ls/soss/acas