UConn offers Amharic course for the first time
UConn has launched an Amharic course for the first time, beginning in Fall 2016. The course is offered to the social science research group of the UConn PIRE project. The team is scheduled to conduct survey and ethnographic research in a region where local farmers speak only Amharic. In order to develop reasonable skills to speak and write Amharic, participants are expected to spend about 1,320 contact hours. In addition to formal classroom learning, Ethiopian graduate students from the sociology department will mentor Amharic students five hours per week.
The research team attending Amharic class is showing marked Amharic language learning in a short time. It is anticipated that knowledge of the local language will help the researchers effectively cross geographical and cultural boundaries to conduct meaningful scientific research in Ethiopia.
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Published: November 25, 2016