Peace Corps Mongol Language Competencies

COURSE OVERVIEW
The textbook for Mongolian is designed for the language training of Peace Corps volunteers serving in Mongolia, and Intended for use with an instructor. Each lesson is based on a specific language use competency, and lessons are organized according to ten themes. Lessons contain a dialogue, vocabulary, grammar notes, supplementary vocabulary in some cases, and exercises to reinforce learning. Cultural notes are included within each theme. Themes include: greetings; classroom orientation; family and age; employment, basic information about' Mongolia; community services (post office, food, clothing, color, money); seasons and weather; appointments; transportation; health and health services; and additional community services (restaurants, banks, hairdressers, long distance telephone calls). Translations of the dialogues and a Mongol-English glossary are included.

PROGRAMS THAT USED THIS LANGUAGE
Mongolia: 1991-present

PROGRAM SECTORS
Mongolia: English Education, Community Development, Health, Economic Development

The Mongolian language (in Mongolian script: Monggol kele, Mongol kele; in Mongolian Cyrillic: , Mongol khel) is the official language of Mongolia and the best-known member of the Mongolic language family. The number of speakers across all its dialects may be 5.2 million, including the vast majority of the residents of Mongolia and many of the Mongolian residents of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region of China. In Mongolia, the Khalkha dialect, written in Cyrillic (and at times in Latin for social networking), is predominant, while in Inner Mongolia, the language is more dialectally diverse and is written in the traditional Mongolian script. In the discussion of grammar to follow, the variety of Mongolian treated is Standard Khalkha Mongolian (i.e., the standard written language as formalized in the writing conventions and in the school grammar), but much of what is to be said is also valid for vernacular (spoken) Khalkha and other Mongolian dialects, especially Chakhar.

Mongolian is spoken in: Mongolia

Mongolian is also called: Central Mongolian, Halh, Khalkha Mongolian, Mongol, Halh