This course, which is an intensive practical overview of teaching Ochethi Sakowin language, will emphasize introducing and reinforcing vocabulary with flashcards, props, and Total Physical Response (TPR) methods. The course will also address classroom management techniques for the language classroom, as well as the use of different teaching modalities to address diverse learning styles.

This course, which is an intensive practical overview of teaching Ochethi Sakowin language, will emphasize Ochethi Sakowin phonetics and pronunciation along with simple interrogative sentences. The course will also address classroom management techniques for the language classroom, as well as the use of different teaching modalities to address diverse learning styles.

This course, which is an intensive practical overview of teaching Ochethi Sakowin language, will emphasize methods to teach Ochethi Sakowin verbs (first, second, and third person) and tense (past, present, and future). The course will also address classroom management techniques for the language classroom, as well as the use of different teaching modalities to address diverse learning styles.

This course, which is an intensive practical overview of teaching Ochethi Sakowin language, will stress methods to teach Ochethi Sakowin intermediate conjugation of verbs. Reading, writing, and critical thinking in Ochethi Sakowin are emphasized. The course will also address classroom management techniques for the language classroom, as well as the use of different teaching modalities to address diverse learning styles.

This course is an intensive practical overview of teaching Ochethi Sakowin language using basic communicative language methods. The course emphasizes the use of organizers, schema, and contextualized exercises. The course will also address classroom management techniques for the language classroom, as well as the use of different teaching modalities to address diverse learning styles.

This accelerated course emphasizes Level I concepts of introducing and reinforcing vocabulary and Total Physical Response (TPR) method and Level II concepts of Ochethi Sakowin phonetics and pronunciation along with simple interrogative sentences. The course will also address classroom management techniques for the language classroom, as well as the use of different teaching modalities to address diverse learning styles. This course is not as in depth as LDL 101 and 102.

This accelerated course emphasizes Level III methods to teach Ochethi Sakowin verbs (first, second, and third person) and tense (past, present, and future) and Level IV methods to teach Ochethi Sakowin intermediate conjugation of verbs; reading, writing and critical thinking in Ochethi Sakowin. The course will also address classroom management techniques for the language classroom, as well as the use of different teaching modalities to address diverse learning styles. This course is not as in depth as LDL 103 and 104.

This course introduces practical and theoretical knowledge of Ochethi Sakowin grammar, the conjugation patterns, and syntactical structure of Ochethi Sakowin verbs, and the basic rules of word order in Ochethi Sakowin sentences. This course provides the student with a foundation to become a more self-reliant learner as well as teacher.

This course is the primary linguistic introduction to the Ochethi Sakowin phonetic system (i.e. its sounds and writing system). Emphasis will be on an overview of the Ochethi Sakowin phonetic system and consistency in writing the language. Special emphasis will be on developing a basic technical linguistic understanding of Ochethi Sakowin phonology, the issues and difficulties associated with English speakers learning these sounds, and developing a professional approach to teaching these concepts. The use of specialized fonts and keyboard software will also be covered.

This course is designed for second language learners of Ochethi Sakowin who are at a beginner level. It is part one of a three course continuum. It will give an overview of Ochethi Sakowin pronunciation and how to use an Ochethi Sakowin dictionary for self-learning. The course will focus on demonstratives, pronunciation, numbers, kinship terms, body parts, verbs of possession and coming and going, and time in Ochethi Sakowin (past, present, future and seasonal). Students will be exposed to various self-learning skills and strategies in order to become active self-learners of the language.

This course will build on LDL 121 and will focus on language used for expressing time in Ochethi Sakowin (habitual events, specific events in the past, non-specific events in the past, future or potential events, asking when”). Other topics include the concept of “can” and “want” in Ochethi Sakowin; two verb constructions; relative clauses for describing people, animals and objects; direct speech and reported speech; Ochethi Sakowin counterparts for the English word “think”, and many other frequent and common aspects of Ochethi Sakowin vocabulary, structure, and usage.

This course will build on LDL 122 and will focus on conditional clauses, indirect questions, postpositions, and T-words (question words). The course will review animal vocabulary (body parts, describing animals, animal activities etc.) with the aim of using the topic of traditional animals for practicing various sentence patterns and communicative situations. Students will be introduced to frequency adverbs, usages of common verbs, and the difference between commands and reported commands.

This course is the first of a three course continuum and is designed for second language learners of Ochethi Sakowin between the beginner and pre-intermediate levels. The course will build on the foundations of LDL 123.

This course is the second of a three course continuum and is designed for second language learners of Ochethi Sakowin between the beginner and pre-intermediate levels. The course will build on the foundations of LDL 124 by introducing reading and writing simple texts.

This course is the last of a three course continuum and is designed for second language learners of Ochethi Sakowin between the beginner and pre-intermediate levels. This course, through the use of communicative situations, will focus on creating and practicing the various Ochethi Sakowin vocabulary, structure, sentence and language patterns and usage introduced in LDL 124 -125.

This course is an intensive practical review of teaching methods for language acquisition, and is both a refresher of “best practices” in teaching and a discussion of new advanced methods. The course will also address advanced classroom management techniques for the language classroom, as well as the use of different teaching modalities to address diverse learning styles.

This course is an intensive practical overview of teaching Ochethi Sakowin language and will review methods used to teach phonetics and pronunciation along with simple interrogative sentences. The course will also address advanced classroom management techniques for the language classroom, as well as the use of different teaching modalities to address diverse learning styles.

This course is an intensive practical overview of teaching Ochethi Sakowin language using communicative language teaching methods and will review methods introduced to teach verbs (first, second, and third person) and tense (past, present, and future). The course will also address advanced classroom management techniques for the language classroom, as well as the use of different teaching modalities to address diverse learning styles.

This course is an intensive practical overview of teaching Ochethi Sakowin language using communicative language teaching methods. Teaching intermediate conjugation of verbs will be stressed, as well as reading, writing and critical thinking in Ochethi Sakowin.

This course is an intensive practical overview of teaching Ochethi Sakowin language using advanced communicative language methods. The course emphasizes the use of advanced organizers, schema, and contextualized exercises to teach reading and writing skills and grammar. The course will also address classroom management techniques for the language classroom, as well as the use of different teaching modalities to address diverse learning styles.

This accelerated course is both a refresher of “best practices” in teaching and a discussion of new advanced methods. The course reviews methods used to teach phonetics and pronunciation along with simple interrogative sentences. The course also covers advanced classroom management techniques for the language classroom, as well as the use of different teaching modalities to address diverse learning styles. This course is not as in depth as LDL 201 and 202.

This accelerated course focuses on the use of communicative language teaching methods. The course emphasizes the Level III methods of verbs (first, second and third person) and tense (past, present, and future); the Level IV methods of intermediate conjugation of verbs; and reading, writing and critical thinking in Ochethi Sakowin. This course is not as in depth as LDL 203 and 204.

This course is the primary linguistic introduction to Ochethi Sakowin grammar, its inflectional and derivational morphology and syntax, including the associated rules, and introduces the pedagogical approaches to explaining this grammar.

This course introduces the use of Ochethi Sakowin morphology so that students are adept at preparing lesson plans and teaching classes using grammatical concepts.

This course offers an introduction to Ochethi Sakowin sentence structure and syntax, providing the foundation needed to understand and introduce sentence structures.

This course is a continuation of Ochethi Sakowin /Dakota phonology and pedagogical approaches to teaching correct pronunciation.

This course will focus on Ochethi Sakowin verbs of bringing and taking; causative verbs; expressing alienable (material things) and inalienable (kinship, body parts) possession; an introduction to the semantics of the 1st and 2nd datives; and an introduction to reflexive and reciprocal verbs. Reading and writing texts with introduced vocabulary and structures will be required.

This course focuses on Ochethi Sakowin reading, writing, and dialogues, including activities with transitives, possessives, datives, benefactives and reflexives, kinship terms, and time clauses.

This course will focus on expressing changes of state and continuity in Ochethi Sakowin; postposition of place and movement; introduction and use of adverbs; relative and complement clauses; expressing emotions and opinions; functional vocabulary; and verbs expressing decide.

This course offers theoretical insights and practical training in various immersion strategies, activities, and approaches in preschool through first grade classrooms.

This course offers theoretical insights and practical training in various immersion strategies, activities, and approaches in second grade classrooms.

This course offers theoretical insights and practical training in various immersion strategies, activities, and approaches in third grade classrooms.

This course provides an introduction to the methods of process writing as an approach to creating texts in various genres, developing a literary style, and broadening the expression of ideas and concepts in Ochethi Sakowin.

This course provides a basic introduction to the structure of traditional Ochethi Sakowin narratives and how texts can be used in the classroom.

This course provides students with the opportunity to create and record a narrative in Ochethi Sakowin.

This course is designed to teach effective field methods for recording native speakers and transcription.

This course is an introductory survey of indigenous language loss, focusing on current best practices for revitalization.

This course will provide an introduction to the song and dance of the Ochethi Sakowin.

This course offers an intensive practical introduction to the history and use of Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL).

This course provides students with the capacity to develop their own audio-based teaching recordings that encourage active participation over rote memorization.

This course will introduce the learner to various poetic traditions, challenge the learners to write poems as a group, and enhance learner vocabulary in the target language.

This course, intended for students with several years of experience in language teaching, focuses on the application of advanced teaching methods for Ochethi Sakowin language, with emphasis on verbs, tense, and writing sentences.

This course, intended for students with several years of experience in language teaching, focuses on the application of advanced teaching methods for Ochethi Sakowin language, with emphasis on intermediate conjugation of verbs, reading, and writing.

This course, intended for students with several years of experience in language teaching, focuses on the application of advanced teaching methods for Ochethi Sakowin language, with emphasis on teaching reading and writing skills and grammar through the use of advanced organizers, schema, and contextualized exercises.

This accelerated course, intended for students with several years of experience in language teaching, focuses on the Level I concepts applying advanced teaching methods with emphasis on verbs, tense, and writing sentences and Level 2 concepts of introducing Ochethi Sakowin phonetics and pronunciation along with simple interrogative sentences. This course is not as in depth as LDL 302.

This accelerated course, intended for students with several years of experience in language teaching, focuses on the application of advanced teaching methods. The course emphasizes the Level III methods for intermediate conjugation of verbs, reading, and writing and the Level IV methods for grammar through the use of advanced organizers, schema, and contextualized exercises. Reading, writing and critical thinking in Ochethi Sakowin are emphasized. This course is not as in depth as LDL 303 or LDL 304.

This course teaches grammar rules in the context of everyday conversations and traditional narratives. The course also covers a comparison of colloquial and formal grammar.

This course introduces advanced Ochethi Sakowin inflection morphology and morphological irregularities.

This course is a comprehensive overview of various types of clauses, noun phrases, topic and comment structures, noun incorporation in verbs, conjunctions, and postpositional phrases.

The course continues to develop speaking, listening, comprehension, reading and writing skills. Areas covered include expression of Ochethi Sakowin verbs be, do, act, decide, ask, think, want etc.; expression of purpose, reason, result and contrast; continuation of an action; and coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

The course continues to develop speaking, listening, comprehension, reading, and writing skills. Areas covered include a comparison of language for making plans, decisions, and hopes; and if-clauses.

The course continues to develop speaking, listening, comprehension, reading, and writing skills. Areas covered include time clauses; comparative and superlative of attributive stative verbs; the use of tk?á for expressing the meaning of used to”; and complex forms of verbal conjugation.

This course offers theoretical insights and practical training in various immersion strategies, activities, and approaches in upper elementary classrooms.

This course offers theoretical insights and practical training in various immersion strategies, activities, and approaches. This segment focuses on the practical implementation of Task-based Language Learning Teaching (TBLT).

This course offers theoretical insights and practical training in various immersion strategies, activities, and approaches. This segment focuses on the practical implementation of Cooperative Learning using Multiple Intelligences.

This course continues development of process writing skills in Ochethi Sakowin. This course will review the stages of process writing and introduce peer editing.

This course offers an in-depth examination of reading as a method of learning and teaching a second language. The course focuses on assessing reading ability; building comprehension; and the relationship between readings skills and general language competence.

This course is a continuation of methods for creating and recording narrative in Ochethi Sakowin. Additional genres and styles of audio/visual recorded narration will be introduced and students will critique those and create their own narration.

This course further develops field methods used in documenting endangered languages, particularly to the ways of recording texts in an audio format and transcribing them into a written format. The course offers theoretical background in corpus linguistics with a main focus on practical steps and skills required for transcribing audio texts.

This course focuses on the process of creating new vocabulary and expressions in Ochethi Sakowin, through exploration and identification of the traditional methods employed in Ochethi Sakowin word development.

This course is designed to provide opportunities for the development of skills and strategies needed to integrate computer technology into the curriculum throughout all disciplines and all grades. The use of Publisher, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is incorporated extensively throughout this course.

This course is a practical language video development course that exposes students to best practices in planning, scripting, acting, transcription, and translation associated with short language-learning videos.

This course is an introduction to Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Areas of instruction incorporated in this course include: Electronic Flashcards systems and the Leitner System.

This course offers an introduction to Dakota Material Development and examines the process of translation from one dialect to another within the dialects of the language.

This course covers advanced inflectional morphology and morphological irregularities. Topics covered include: verb valence, derivational morphology, and verbs of coming and going.

This course covers advanced syntax, including complex syntactic constructions, uses of passive voice, and the position of agent and patient

The course extends the proficiency and fluency achieved in the previous courses. Areas covered include various means of expressing as if and as; adverbials such as location, direction, manner, and degree; and headless relative clauses.

The course extends the proficiency and fluency achieved in the areas of adverbials of time, duration, frequency, and probability; connecting adverbs and negative adverbs; and reduplication on adverbs.

The course extends the proficiency and fluency achieved by creating communicative situations in which the students can practice using lexical and structural items and semantic domains. The course introduces generic nouns.

This course focuses on developing a Ochethi Sakowin immersion curriculum and model lessons for K-4 classrooms in the areas of natural science, social studies, art, math, and technology. The course uses the three main principles of language teaching.

This course focuses on developing a Ochethi Sakowin immersion curriculum and model lessons for 5-8 classrooms in the areas of natural science, social studies, art, math, and technology. The course uses the three main principles of language teaching.

This course focuses on developing a Ochethi Sakowin immersion curriculum and model lessons for 9-12 classrooms in the areas of natural science, social studies, art, math, and technology. The course uses the three main principles of language teaching.

This course focuses on adapting a story into a Ochethi Sakowin language screen play using theater script format.

This course focuses on acting and directing using a play written for performance in Ochethi Sakowin. Topics and activities include cast roles, set design, and rehearsal.

This course focuses on production and performance of the play adapted in LDL 441. Emphasis is placed on flow, timing, and staging.

This course expands upon the word-development/coinage skills learned in LDL 350 to address more complex lexical and contextual semantic domains. Using traditional Ochethi Sakowin word-development methods, students will apply learned techniques to develop comprehensive and technically-precise medical, technical, scientific, industrial, and commercial vocabulary and expressions.

This course applies technology to create Ochethi Sakowin materials for all disciplines and grades. The use of social media and video and audio components is incorporated.

This course focuses on developing advanced instructional audio recordings based on leading methods and theories.

This course focuses on developing advanced instructional video recordings based on leading methods and theories.

This course focuses on the adaptation of existing technology to enhance the teaching and learning of the Ochethi Sakowin language.

This course offers advanced instruction in transliteration of educational materials to the Dakota dialect.

This course focuses on the process of creating new Ochethi Sakowin vocabulary and expressions through exploration and identification of the traditional methods of word development. This course will further utilize and expand upon the word- development/coinage skills learned in LDL 350 and 450 to address even more complex lexical and contextual semantic domains.