Kristang

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KRISTANG LEARNING OUTCOME

This course teaches the basics of the Kristang language, including fundamentals of grammar, text reading and writing, elementary conversations, and its unique features as a creole and indigenous language undergoing revitalisation.

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INCORPORATING ASSESSMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Each course of content comprises some 30 hours, incorporating assessments and assignments. There will be an assessment (pass or fail) set for students to gauge their ability and readiness to continue onto the next higher level.

Certificates of Participation will be granted to participants who have attended at least 70% of the classes or successfully passed the final assessment

Certificates of Completion will be granted to participants who have attended at least 70% of the classes and successfully passed the final assessment.

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LEVEL 1

KRISTANG

Course Fee: Full fee: $654 \| Fee after NSA subsidy: $354	Course Start Date: To be confirmed	Course End Date: To be confirmed
Material Cost: Fresh Student - $45	Venue: Online Class (As this is an online course, the use of webcam will be compulsory for everyone.)	Schedule: 9am to 12pm, every Saturday for 10 weeks
Registration Start: To be confirmed	Registration Deadline: To be confirmed	Course Schedule

All self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use available funds in their SkillsFuture Credit account to pay their course fees.
SFC Course Code: ***TGS-2024052146*** Learn more

This course is approved by National Silver Academy (NSA). Singapore Citizens aged 50 and above will be eligible for a subsidy of up to 50% off the course fee. For more information on NSA, please visit www.nsa.org.sg

For NUS Alumni/Staff/ Student, there will be a 10% discount off the course fee before GST.

Course Objectives:

The course seeks to provide a basic understanding of Kristang such that learners will be able to achieve basic communicative competence with speakers in Singapore, Melaka, Perth and the Eurasian diaspora around the world, produce and understand short written, multimodal and ICT texts in Kristang, and have a clearer overall view of the dynamics of language and community revitalisation efforts taking place in Singapore and Melaka.

By the end of the course, students will also have a unique appreciation of creole and indigenous ways of being in contemporary Singapore as experienced by Kristang people, and will also have a richer understanding of the little-known Kristang / Portuguese-Eurasian culture.

Course Content:

Greetings and salutations in Kristang and overview of Kristang culture and language
Identifying and talking about everyday objects and classroom items
Talking about and introducing oneself (where one is from etc.)
Basic numbers, counting and money
Exploring nature and the environment / landscape
Describing everyday actions in one's own daily life
Talking about movement and places around the city
Introducing family, age and larger numbers
Measurements, cooking and recipe words
Writing one's own recipe in Kristang

Course material:

Kevin Martens Wong, Animumbes: Kristang for beginners