• Audio – visual and text-based resources - 1-2 hours
• Discussions, individual and collaborative activities - 2-3 hours
• Quizzes, assignments, summative activities - 2-3 hours
• Expected commitment per week - 5-8 hours

• Exchange posts with their peers and interact using discussion – forums, chats/messages, audio/video conferencing;
• Review and discuss online and text-based resources;
• Work individually using a spectrum of online tools.

• Thematic words, word combinations, communicative expressions, sentences, personal pronouns, diphthongs, word formation, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary;
• Thematic words, word combinations, communicative expressions, sentences, definite pronouns, proper nouns, complex derivative words, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary;
• Thematic words, word combinations, communicative expressions, sentences, indefinite pronouns, participle, the future tens, words with hyphen, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary;
• Thematic words, word combinations, communicative expressions, sentences, negative pronouns, reciprocal pronouns, the future in the past, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary;
• Thematic words, word combinations, communicative expressions, sentences, the use of optative mood in future tense, infinitive verb, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary;
• Thematic words, word combinations, communicative expressions, sentences, the use of optative mood in past tense, hypothetical past, past participle, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary;
• Thematic words, word combinations, communicative expressions, sentences, the use of compulsive mood in past tense, irregular verbs, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary;
• Thematic words, word combinations, communicative expressions, sentences, subjective participle the use of gerund, irregular verbs, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary.

Upon completion of the course, students will enhance their proficiency in Armenian by mastering thematic words, word combinations, and communicative expressions. They will develop a solid understanding of personal, definite, indefinite, negative, and reciprocal pronouns, as well as proper nouns and complex derivative words. The course covers essential grammatical structures, including participles, future tenses, the optative mood, infinitives, and irregular verbs. Through practical application in dialogues, texts, and exercises, students will refine their vocabulary, pronunciation, and orthography, ensuring comprehensive language acquisition and confident communication in Armenian.

In case of selecting the regular program, one lesson will be covered in a week, and the course will be completed in 9 weeks, including the orientation week. In the case of selecting the slow-mode program, one lesson will be covered in two weeks, and the course will be completed in 16 weeks, including the orientation week.

Students are required to actively participate in online discussions, forums, and chats, to participate in individual and collaborative activities, and to meet deadlines for assignments. Students are required to be familiar and comply with the Academic Policy of AVC. 

Student performance will be evaluated based upon total points accumulated throughout the term according to the following: 

20% - participation
20% - assignments
30% - midterm exam
30% - final exam

Grades will be assigned by letters according to AVC Grading Policy

The electronic resources have been designed for user-friendly access and comprehension by a broad audience. Activities and online discussions are supported by the illustration-writing, listening method, as well as the top-down method. Individual and collaborative student assignments are designed to engage students in authentic research and sharing of information. Students will gain from the course in direct relationship to the contributions they make to their own learning.

No hardcopy texts are required. Selected online resources will be included as part of the lessons. Students are required to read/listen/view all material and complete all assignments. The online resources are drawn from the publicly available professional language literature, academic curricula, recent publications in professional journals, and educational material used in schools.

• Ayvazyan N. et al. «Առավել գործածական քերականական եզրերի բառարան. հայերեն, ռուսերեն, անգլերեն» [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Grammar Terms: Armenian, Russian, English] (Yerevan: 2000).
• Galstyan S. «Ուսումնական ձեռնարկ արտասահմանյան քաղաքացիների նախապատրաստականֆակուլտետների համար»[Textbook of Armenian for Foreign Students] (Yerevan: 1968)].
• Galstyan S. and Grigor Gareginyan «Հայերենի Զրուցարան» [Phrase-book for Armenian Language].(Yerevan: 1990); Garibyan S. and R. Sakapetoyan.«Armenian Language»(Moscow: 2008).