Beginner II Yiddish (Sunday)
Tuition: $480 | YIVO members: $375**
Students: $240 (Must register with valid university email address)
This is a live, online course held weekly on Zoom. Enrollment will be capped at about 15 students. All course details (Zoom link, syllabus, handouts, assignments, etc.) will be posted to Canvas. Students will be granted access to the class on Canvas after registering for the class here on the YIVO website. This class will be conducted in Yiddish and English.
Instructor: Nina Warnke
Who should take this course?
This course is appropriate for those who have completed Beginner I Yiddish or equivalent coursework.
What topics will this class cover?
Building on the foundations acquired in Beginner I, students will continue to develop their listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills in Yiddish. This semester will cover Unit II (Chapters 5-8, and 12) of In eynem.
New communication goals include giving commands and advice, talking about studies and professions, describing High Holiday practices, discussing presence and absence, and possession. New grammar topics will include plural nouns, the diminutive, the imperative, verbs with separable prefixes, negative statements, basic form of the adjective, and possessive adjectives.
We will also discuss songs, poems, stories, and proverbs, many of which will focus on the High Holidays.
Is knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet required?
Yes, knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet is required.
Course Materials:
In eynem: The New Yiddish Textbook, Vol. I & II by Asya Vaisman Schulman, Jordan Brown, and Mikhl Yashinsky.
Additional materials will be provided by the instructor through Canvas.
Nina Warnke grew up in Germany, where she started to learn Yiddish before studying in the Oxford Summer Program and receiving her Ph.D. in Yiddish Studies from Columbia University. During that time she directed the YIVO zumer program for a few years. Since then Nina has taught Yiddish language, literature and culture at Indiana University, the University of Texas at Austin and Vanderbilt University, as well at Gratz College, YIVO, and the Workers Circle. She has researched and written extensively about the Yiddish theater. Nina is also the lead editor of the Rebecca Gratz Digital Archive at Gratz College and is working as a translator of Yiddish and German texts.
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