Creole / Kreyòl Studies I (Pierre) FRN 190.01 TTh 11:40am-12:55pm An introduction to the essential elements of Haitian Creole or Kreyòl language and aspects of Haitian culture. The first of the two-semester sequence of elementary Haitian Creole or Kreyòl. the course provides practice in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing the language, culturally contextualized through units on health care, Haitian women's rights issues, and unpaid child servants (restavèk). Students will acquire enough vocabulary and idioms to be able to interact with Haitians. Each participant will pick a theme to work on and write a two-page final project. The textbooks "Kreyòl Ayisyen pou Swen Sante (KAPSS)" and "Ann Pale Kreyòl (APK)" will be supplemented by texts retrieved from Haitian websites and Haitian newspapers. Copies of these texts will be handed out three weeks before working on them in class. Additional cultural and grammatical notions will be explored in relation to each lesson from KAPSS and APK dialogues introduced in class. Throughout the course participants will be exposed to different aspects of Haitian culture through documentaries, music, films, card games, and proverbs. No prerequisite. The course is taught in Haitian Creole. Creole/Kreyòl Studies II (Pierre) FRN 193.01 TTh 2:50-4:05pm This second course in the two-semester sequence on elementary Haitian Creole provides essential elements of Creole language and aspects of Haitian culture. This course is designed to help students develop their speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in Haitian Creole. Students will be engaged in different communicative tasks to assimilate the materials covered every day. The textbooks Ann Pale kreyòl (APK), Ti Koze Sou Istwa Peyi Dayiti (TKSIPA), and English Haitian Creole: The oxford Picture Dictionary (OPD) will be supplemented by simple articles retrieved from Haitian websites and newspapers to expose students to new words and basic structures which are not in the textbooks. Copies of these articles will be given to students three days before working on them in class. Additional cultural and grammatical notions will be explored in relation to each lesson and text introduced in class. Throughout the course students will be exposed to different aspects of Haitian culture through films, storytelling, games, music, and proverbs. Pre-requisite: Creole I or Haitian Creole for the Recovery in Haiti or a comparable level of previous Creole language experience, such as Duke Engage experience in Haiti or a familial background in Creole. The course is taught in Haitian Creole. Creole III/Creole 63 (Pierre) Check back for course number, meeting times, and other info This course is the first semester of intermediate Haitian Creole or Kreyòl, intended for students who have taken Creole I and Creole II, or Creole for the Recovery in Haiti and Creole II. This course will help students move beyond "survival skills" in Creole to more complex social interactions and expressions of analysis and opinion. Intermediate skills in understanding, speaking, writing, reading Creole will be contextualized within a broad range of issues such as rural life in Haiti, religion, frenchified Creole vs popular Creole, through texts, poems, and excerpts taken from novels written by Haitian authors in Haitian Creole. Students will learn to carefully follow contemporary events and debates in Haitian culture using internet resources in Creole. For each text related to the above issues; idioms, proverbs, songs, paintings, and stories will be studied and analyzed so that students can get deep insights into Haitian culture, society, and religion. In addition, movies and documentaries will be watched to support learning. Furthermore, students will be asked to transcribe texts into Haitian Creole as well as translate simple texts from English into Haitian Creole and vice-versa.

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