Intensive Elementary Uzbek
This course provides students with a general knowledge of the Uzbek Language as it is spoken and written today. It familiarizes students with the Uzbek Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, general phrases for real-life conversations and daily routines. Since communication in foreign language requires an understanding of key vocabulary our activities will include talking about family, describing people and objects, talking about past events, defining climate, food, and several other activities.
Throughout the course, the practice of language skills such as listening, speaking, reading, and writing will be stressed. During class students will be exposed to authentic materials, such as video clips and pictures showing the real cultural life of the Uzbek people.
Odilbek Kattaev is a graduate of Tashkent State Pedagogical University (Uzbekistan) and is pursuing an M.A. at Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT). He has taught language at WIUT and research skills at the Tashkent International School (TIS). Kattaev has been named Local Academic Expert at WIUT and IB Research Counselor at TIS. He is the author of the book How to be effective in your English teaching. He regularly conducts workshops on materials development and seminar management. He has been teaching Uzbek at ASU since 2008. This will be his first summer at CLI.
Kattaev's academic interests include cooperative learning, assessment, curriculum design, language policy, and the use of emerging technologies in education.