0000906 - MONGOLIAN LANGUAGE I - M

Mongolian language 1

Intensive conversation practice on the following topics (B1-B2 levels):

1. Our class

2. Introducing yourself; months, seasons and names of the months and the week;

3. The house; the apartment.

4. The family. Work.

5. Daily life; routine.

6. Food; fruit and vegetables.

7. Shopping. The post office.

8. In the restaurant.

9. The weather.

10. In the city.

11. At the bank

12. At the hairdresser.

13. Parts of the body; health. At the doctor's.

14. Sport.

15. Travel.

Grammar and translations (B1-B2 levels):

1. Morphology of nouns and verbs

2.Vocabulary

3. Syntax

4. Texts for reading and translation.

Mongolian Language 2

Translation of Mongolian texts related to Mongolian culture and history, discussion (B2-C1 levels):

1. Historical facts of Mongolia
2. Mongolic languages ​​in China and Russia.
3. History of Mongolian languages
4. Geography of Mongolia
5. Nomadic lifestyle of the Mongols
6. Mongolian house
7. Mongolian clothing, jewelry
8. Mongolian holidays, sports
9. Mongolian writing systems
10. Religion among the Mongols
11. Music
12. Mongolian folk songs "urtiin duu", throat songs "khöömei"
13. Mongolian musical instruments: morin khuur, yatag; 
14. Mongolian cinema
15. Mongolian painting
16. Handicrafts
17. Chinggis Khaan and history of the Mongol Empire
18. Constitution of Mongolia

Coursebooks:

1. Battuul, D. Mongol helnii yaria ba soril. 2009. Ulaanbaatar.

2. Battulga. Amar baina uu? 2006. Ulaanbaatar.

Dictionaries:

1. Bawden, C. 1997. Mongolian-English Dictionary. University of Michigan: K. Paul International.

2. Lessing, F. 1960. Mongolian−English Dictionary. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California. 

Grammars:

1. Ariunžargal, G. 2014. Mongol Xelnii Zöw Bičix Züin Dürem ba Dasgal. Ulaanbaatar: Mongol Ulsin Ix Surguul’.

2. Kullman, R. & Cerenpil, D. 1996. Mongolian Grammar. Hong Kong: Jensco. 

Mongolian literature M

1. The "triads" and the worldview of Mongolian nomads
2. National epics Geser, Janggar, Khan Kharangggui
3. The "Secret history of Mongols" and its translations
4. The pieces from Modern Mongolian literature: Nacagdorj, Yavuukhulan, Damdinsüren, Namdag
5. The pieces from Modern Buryat literature: Namsaraev, Dondukov, Balburov, Batozhabai
6. The pieces from Modern Kalmuck literature: Kugultinov, Basangov, Khabunov, Alekseeva

References:

Bawden, Charles R. 2003. An Anthology of Mongolian Traditional Literature. London, Kegan Paul.

J. Gombojab Hangin et alii (eds). 1998. Mongolian Folklore. A Representative Collection from the Oral Literary Tradition. Bloomington: Indiana University.

Heissig, Walther. 1972. Geschichte der mongolischen Literatur. I-II. 19. Jahrhundert bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.

Kara, George. 2005. Books of the Mongolian Nomads. More than Eight Centuries of Mongolian Writings. Bloomington: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies.

The Secret History of the Mongols. A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth Century. Translated with and philological commentary by Igor de Rashewiltz. 2 vols. 2004. Leiden & Boston: Brill.