• 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, the compound future tense, words with hyphen, negative conjugation, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary;
• Thematic words, word combinations, communicative expressions, sentences, negative pronouns, reciprocal pronouns, the compound past future tense, negative conjugation, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary;
• Thematic words, word combinations, communicative expressions, sentences, the use of optative mood in future tense affirmative and negative conjugation, indefinite participle, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary;
• Thematic words, word combinations, communicative expressions, sentences, the use of optative mood in past tense, affirmative and negative conjugation, past participle, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary;
• Thematic words, word combinations, communicative expressions, sentences, irregular verbs, subjective participle, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary;
• Thematic words, word combinations, communicative expressions, sentences, future participle, irregular verbs, dialogues, texts, exercises, vocabulary.

Upon completion of the course, students  will enhance their vocabulary and communicative skills through a structured approach to thematic words, expressions, and grammatical structures. They will gain proficiency in personal, definite, indefinite, and negative pronouns, as well as proper nouns, diphthongs, and complex word formations. Students will master various tenses, including compound future and past future tenses, and will practice affirmative and negative conjugations. Practical application through dialogues and exercises will reinforce language acquisition, enabling students to confidently use Armenian in various contexts. This comprehensive approach ensures that students are well-prepared to use Armenian at an intermediate level with both linguistic competence and communicative confidence.

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 on-line 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 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.
The Western Armenian course is based on the following method: to provide students with the opportunity to listen to the pronunciation of words and sentences and then to learn how to read and write correctly.

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• Cholakyan H. «Արեւմտահայերէնի քերականութիւն. կանոնակարգ եւ խնդիրներ» Ա. եւ Բ. գիրք, [Western Armenian Grammar], 1, 2 volumes, (Երեւան, 2017)
• Hilda Galfaian-Panosian «Արեւմտահայ Գրական Լեզուի Ուսումնական Ձեռնարկ» [Literary Western Teaching Handbook 1,2,3].(Yerevan, 2009).
• Melkonian Z. «Գործնական Քերականութիւն Արդի Հայերէն Լեզուի» [Practical Grammar Modern Armenian Language]. (Beirut, 1981).
• Tonekian K. «Հայոց Լեզուի Նոր Բառարան» [New Armenian Dictionary]. (Beirut, 1992).