Course Descriptions
Filipino
FLPN 101
Elementary Filipino I
3 Semester Hours
This course is designed for students who have little or no knowledge of the language. Students will learn how to construct the basic sentence patterns in Filipino/Tagalog and to use the actor focus verbs UM, MAG, and MA and the object focus verb -IN, as well as the different sets of pronouns and their proper use: nominative, dative, and genitive.
FLPN 102
Elementary Filipino II
3 Semester Hours
This course is a continuation of FLPN 101. The course will also cover the object focus verbs -IN, I-, and -AN, the abilitative focus verbs MAKA- and MAKAPAG-, and the causative verb MAGPA-. There will be extensive role play and multimedia materials to assist students in learning the language.
Prerequisite: FLPN 101 or consent of instructor.
FLPN 203
Intermediate Filipino I
3 Semester Hours
This course is designed to strengthen listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and to improve communicative compentence by teaching social rules along with the linguistic rules. Students will be introduced to more complex sentence structures and the other verb focuses: locative, instrumental, and directional.
Prerequisite: FLPN 102 or consent of instructor.
FLPN 204
Intermediate Filipino II
3 Semester Hours
This course is a continuation of FLPN 203. Students will have extensive practice in narration (pagsasalaysay); description of people, places, objects, feelings (paglalarawan); defining and explaining a procedure (paglalahad); and argumentation (pangangatwiran). More complex grammatical structures and readings will be used to further the students’ proficiency in the language.
Prerequisite: FLPN 203 or consent of instructor.