Tetun courses and downloadable Tetun resources from Dili Institute of Technology

Tue Jul 13 23:04:03 UTC 2010

Tetun language courses and resources

Dili Institute of Technology offers intensive Tetun courses at all levels
throughout the year. We invite applications from people interested in
joining for one or more weeks. Course information is presented below.

Please note our new email address:  <mailto:regis at tetundit.tl>
regis at tetundit.tl. Also check out our website,  <http://www.tetundit.tl/>
www.tetundit.tl, from which you can download our dictionary and course-book,
as well as a range of other resources.

Our popular Tetun/English mini-dictionary, "Word-finder" is available in a
number of shops for about $5. For orders of 30 or more, you can get a bulk
discount from us of $3 per copy.

Tetun course dates for July-December 2010: 

The following table shows the schedule of courses for the rest of 2010, with
the starting date for each week. Choose your anticipated level, as Beginner,
Intermediate or Advanced. If you have special requests for dates,
particularly for a group, please let us know.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

July

5rd  Beginner

12th   Beginner 

19th   Intermed.

26th   Intermed.

Aug

2nd  Beginner

9th   Beginner 

16th Beginner 

23rd Beginner + Int. Low

31st  Beginner + Int. Low        (Tues-Fri)

Sep

6th  Beginner      (Mon-Thur)

13th   Beginner 

20th   Intermed. + Advanced 

27th   Intermed. + Advanced

Oct

4th  Beginner

11th  Beginner

18th   Beginner

25th  Beginner

Nov

1st   no course

8th   Intermed. (Mon-Thur)

15th   Intermed.  (4 days)

22nd  Beginner

29th    Beginner

Dec

6th  no course

13th   Beginner

20th   no course

27th   no course

Times:       8.30am to 12.30pm daily, Monday to Friday

Cost:          US$120 per week, paid on the first day in cash or by cheque
to "Dili Institute of Technology". (If you need an invoice, please ask us in
advance.) If a course lasts only four days due to a public holiday, the cost
is $96.

                  Plus $17.50 for the Peace Corps East Timor Tetun Language
Course if you don't have it.

Level:        Beginners: An absolute beginner cannot communicate at all.
Speakers at beginner mid and high can communicate minimally on everyday
topics, but cannot yet ask and answer all basic questions. It normally takes
3-4 weeks of intensive courses to progress through the Beginner stage.

Intermediate speakers can converse, but still speak inaccurately, and cannot
yet handle formal situations.

Unless you are an absolute beginner or have recently done a course with us,
you will need an interview to determine your level.

Teachers:  The teachers and tutors are all East Timorese, with the exception
of the course coordinator, Catharina Williams-van Klinken, who has a PhD in
Tetun.

Method:    Most teaching is in small groups, with a variety of teachers and
teaching methods. Teaching is almost exclusively in Tetun. The book and some
written material is in English, but participants do not need to be able to
speak English.

Location:  Dili Institute of Technology in Aimutin. To get there, take the
Comorro road out from the city, and turn inland (left) at the Leader
supermarket. Drive straight through the intersection with the back 'Banana'
road (which links Bairro Pite and Delta). Then take the second road left, at
the four-way intersection. Follow this road until you get to a T-junction,
then head right. The campus is about 100 metres along on your left, up a
narrow track through some paddocks. If catching a taxi, ask for "eskola DIT,
kampus Aimutin", and insist they do not take you to the former,
better-known, Bairro Pite campus.

Application: Send the application form below to regis at tetundit.tl, or SMS
details by phone to the registrations officer, Helio Brites da Silva, on 736
9768. Helio can also arrange an interview, answer any questions you may
have, or take requests for special dates for future courses.

Application form

Name:  

Telephone: 

I guess my Tetun level to be: Absolute beginner / Beginner mid or high /
Intermediate / Advanced

I would like to attend for the following week(s):

            Start date: ___/____/2010

            Start date: ___/____/2010

            Start date: ___/____/2010

            Start date: ___/____/2010

Optional information:

Email:               

Country of origin:

Organisation:    

Please email me information about future courses: yes/no

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