Nunavut Sivuniksavut Training Program
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Nunavut Sivuniksavut
368 Dalhousie St.
2nd floor
Ottawa, ON K1N 7G3
Tel: (613) 244-4937
Fax: (613) 244-0058
ns@magma.ca


Year 1 Winter | Year 2 Fall | Year 2 Winter

COURSES: Year 1 Fall  

Year 1 Fall Introduction | Land Claims | Inuit History | Contemporary Issues |
Inuktitut I | English I | Computers

INUKTITUT I

This course provides an introduction to the basic phonetic, syntactic and lexical features of Inuktitut through communicative language classroom activities and thematic units. The four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, both in standardized syllabics and in Roman orthography, are integrated within classroom activities. Students will also learn about the history of Inuktitut, and the development of a unified script by the Inuit Language Commission in the 1970s.

Inuit culture will also be examined as it is reflected in the structure and vocabulary of Inuktitut, Inuit dialects will also be studied from Siberia to Greenland.

It is recognized that students will come to the course with varying levels of proficiency in the above skill areas and with varying dialectical backgrounds. Individual assessments will take place at the beginning of the course and learners will be grouped together for appropriate levels of instruction.

1st year NS students enjoying a
lighter moment during their Inuktitut class with instructor Jeela Palluq (standing) during the Fall term, 2004. (L-R) Akumalie Tikivik, Charlene Tasseor, Ezrah Kasarnak, Genevieve
Killulark, and William Tiqtaq.



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