MATUL 1^st Year Syllabus

This course aims to prepare people to become effective communicators in a second language and culture. We do not teach any specific language, but rather give people tools to learn any language and culture by using LAMP. The course is as much about learning to learn experientially and to interact with other people as it is about learning specific facts. The aim is that people leave this course confident that if they have access to a community of speakers of another language, they can learn it, whether or not there is a formal language school. To this end we aim to teach people how to organize and manage their own learning and to learn from experience.

Many non-nationals and English proficient learning another language are daunted by the new sounds they encounter. The intensive phonetics training offered in this course is intended to give course participants confidence that they will be able to recognize, pronounce and transcribe the new sounds they will hear in learning another language.

By the end of the course, the participant has:

Class time will include a variety of activities: Lectures, demonstrations, discussion of reading, presentations and applications of concepts from them. Some background in language teaching, linguistics and cognitive psychology also will be discussed. Apart from this, a wide variety of approaches to instruction will be used, including,

The course is divided into the following major sections:

Each day there are two (or sometimes three) phonetics sessions, two Language and Culture Acquisition Theory sessions and one Language Practicum session with a speaker of another language.

(Note: The course will rely on portions of several books found in the text books.

All the text books are available in the HBI Library)

E. Thomas Brewster and Elizabeth S. Brewster, Language Acquisition Made Practical: A Comprehensive "How-To" Book for Learning Any Language. Pasadena: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1976.

Donald N. Larson, Guideline for Barefoot Language Learning – An Approach Through Involvement and Independence. Fresno, CA: Link Care Publications, 1984.

Peter Cotterell, Language and the Christian – A Guide to Communication and Understanding. London: Samuel Bagster & Sons Ltd, 1978.

Soundararajan G. Immanuel, Indian Culture and Christianity. Secunderabad: OM Books, 2000.

Eugene A. Nida, Customs and Culture – Anthropology for Christian Missions. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1976.

Louis J. Luzbetak, The Church and Cultures – An Applied Anthropology for the Religious Workers. Illinois: Divine Word Publications Techny,

Myron Loss, Culture Shock – Dealing with Stress in Cross-Cultural Living. Indiana: Light and Life Press, 1983.

Apart from that you will also receive handouts in class, which comprise part of your reading requirements. You are expected to do additional research (community, library and internet) in connection with your assignments for the course.

(These may be changed and others added to enhance learning)

There will be reading assignments each week in Phonetics, Language Acquisition and Culture Acquisition topics. Most of the readings are in your course books. Some copies will possibly be available on reserve or given as handouts. If you need any assistant, please meet Mr. Bibu John, the faculty advisor for the library.

Read and be familiar with the following books. Students should buy these book as soon as possible. Reading pledge due.

Course participants will have the opportunity to demonstrate the techniques and strategies they have learned in the language practicum in a group presentation at the end of the week.

Those who know where they will be serving inland or overseas and/or what language(s) they will be learning in the future will do a final written project in which they propose a plan for their language learning over the next two years. Others may choose a subject of interest to read about and make a brief oral report to the whole group or do a final Personal Profile assignment.

Interview a cross-cultural national missionary who is working in Chennai Slum by asking and recording their view points on issues such as: Living in a different culture, most difficult ministry aspect, importance of language learning, missionary training suggestions, etc. Write up your interview in 5 pages. You can do this during the HBI mission’s conference on September 2007. As preparation for the assignment read the following books which are available in the HBI library: Myron Loss, Culture Shock –Dealing with Stress in Cross-Cultural Living, P. Paul Ebebezer, A Study of the Slums with Special Reference to the Effective Communication of the Gospel and Church Planting among the Chennai Slum Dwellers (Thesis), Marvin K. Mayers, Christianity Confronts Culture: A Strategy for Cross-Cultural Evangelism. Eugene A. Nida, Customs and Culture, Louis J. Luzbetak, The Church and Cultures, Ram Ahuja, Society in India, Soundararajan G. Immanuel, Indian Culture and Christianity. Somen Das, Christian Faith and Multi-form Culture.

Grading: There are no exams: Your final grade will be determined as follows:

Part two

Ahuja, Ram. Society in India - Concepts, Theories and Recent Trends. New Delhi: Rawat Publications, 2002.

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Cotterell, Peter. Language and the Christian – A Guide to Communication and Understanding. London: Samuel Bagster & Sons Ltd, 1978.

Das, Somen (ed). Christian Faith and Multiform Culture in India. Bangalore: UTC, 1987.

Dietrich, Gabriele. Culture, Religion and Development. Bangalore: Centre for Social Action, 1992.

Desrochers, John (ed). India’s Growing Slums. Bangalore: Centre for Social Action, 2000.

Desrochers, John. Methods of Societal Analysis. Bangalore: Centre for Social Action, 2000.

Hedlund, Roger E. and Beulah Herbert eds. Culture and Evangelization: A Collection of Indian Anthropological Readings. Madras: Church Growth Research Centre, 1989.

Hesselgrave, David J. Communicating Christ Cross-culturally. Allahabad: St. Paul’s Publications, 1987.

Heibert, Paul G. Anthropological Insights for Missionaries. Michigan: Baker Book House, 1987.

Joseph, George. Social Action Groups and Their Activities. Bangalore: Centre for Social Action, 1998.

Loss, Myron. Culture Shock – Dealing with Stress in Cross-Cultural Living. Indiana: Light and Life Press, 1983.

Larson, Donald N. Guideline for Barefoot Language Learning – An Approach Through Involvement and Independence. Fresno, CA: Link Care Publications, 1984.

Luzbetak, Louis J. The Church and Cultures – An Applied Anthropology for the Religious Workers. Illinois: Divine Word Publications Techny, 1970.

Immanuel, Soundararajan G. Indian Culture and Christianity. Secunderabad: OM Books, 2000.

Mayers, Marvin K. Christianity Confronts Culture: A Strategy for Cross-cultural Evangelism. Michigan: Academic Book Zondervan Corporation, 1974.

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