Nahuatl

NAHUATL LANGUAGE STUDY

The Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia, in collaboration with Yale’s Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies (CLAIS) and Center for Language Study, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, and the Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas, Mexico has offered Older and Modern Nahuatl classes at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels.

Past course offerings have included:

Academic Year Nahuatl 2009-10
This introductory course in Classical and Modern Nahuatl was taught live, using distance learning technology, and was open to students at Yale,
Columbia and NYU.      

Instructors: John Sullivan, Ph.D. and Native Speakers of the Zacatecas Institute of Ethnology, Mexico.

The learning objectives include: a) developing students' oral comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, and knowledge of language structure, as well as cultural wisdom and sensibility in order to facilitate their ability to communicate effectively, correctly and creatively in everyday situations; b) providing students with instruments and experiences which demonstrate the continuity between past and present Nahuatl culture through the study of Colonial and Modern texts and conversation with native speakers; c) penetrating the historical, economic, political, social and cultural aspects of Nahuatl civilization; d) preparing students to eventually take university level humanities courses taught in Nahuatl alongside native speakers.

Intensive Summer Nahuatl Language and Culture:

Yale’s Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies coordinates an intensive summer Nahuatl course through Yale Summer Sessions as NHTL 125. The course offers the opportunity to study at beginning, intermediate, or advanced levels of Nahuatl at the Zacatecas Institute of Ethnology. Six weeks of class are held in Zacatecas in June and July.

For current information, contact Jean Silk at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (203) 432-3422 or go to www.yale.edu/macmillan/lais or www.yale.edu/summer.