The intermediate course of the Uzbek language and culture is a continuation of the elementary course and is intended to enhance the overall communicative competence in Uzbek language and culture. The course will provide systematic presentation of more complex grammar and practical use of the language by stressing extensive practice in conversation, listening, reading, and writing. The use of English in the classroom will be kept to a minimum; Uzbek will be used whenever possible

By the completion of this course, students are expected to acquire a proficiency level of ILR 1+ or 2 in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

They should be able to:

• Initiate and maintain predictable face-to-face conversations and satisfy limited social demands.
• Create sentences and short paragraphs related to most survival needs, personal history, daily life, etc.
• Read material such as announcements of public events, simple prose containing biographical information or narration of events, and straightforward newspaper headlines.
• Understand short conversations about all survival needs and limited social demands.

This level of proficiency requires acquisition of all regular and frequent irregular grammatical patterns, a vocabulary of 3,000 words or more (of which at least 500 will be high-frequency items), and an array of common pragmatic patterns.

In addition, the course is designed to help students recognize common knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and behavioral patterns of the Uzbek people, and to comply (verbally and non-verbally) with Uzbek cultural norms.

To solidify their language and cultural gains, students are also encouraged to take advantage of the summer program in Uzbekistan.