I. 15 sessions of classroom study in Zacatecas (June 28 to July 16).
a). Two hours per day of Modern Huastecan Nahuatl conversation taught by native speakers.
b). Two hours per day of work in Classical Náhuatl (grammar; transcription and translation of colonial manuscripts)
-Beginner level: We will use Molina's dictionary and Lockhart's Nahuatl as written (see below).
-Intermediate and advanced level: We will use Molina's dictionary and Carochi's grammar (see below).

II. Fourteen day visit to the Nahua community of Tepecxitla (state of Veracruz) where students will live with an indigenous family, participate in community activities (including all aspects of preparation and participation in the Chicome Xochitl ceremony) and continue classroom study. We will leave Zacatecas on Sunday, July 18 and arrive in Tepecxitla the following day. We will begin the return trip to Zacatecas on Monday, August 2, and arrive the following morning.

Cost: One thousand eight hundred dollars. This includes tuition and all expenses related to the Huasteca trip (round-trip transportation between Zacatecas and Tepecxitla, room and board). Not included are course texts (see below), transportation between wherever you are coming from and Zacatecas, and room and board during the initial three weeks en Zacatecas. A portion of the proceeds from this course will be donated to Tepecxitla's bilingual elementary school, and will be used to hire indigenous undergraduate students as teaching and research assistants.

Course materials for Classical Nahuatl:
1. Everyone will need: Molina, Alonso de. Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana. Colección “Biblioteca Porrúa” 44. México: Porrúa. You can purchase a copy from us for 25 dollars.
2. Beginners will need: Lockhart, James. 2001. Nahuatl as Written. Lessons in Older Writeen Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts. Stanford: Stanford University Press. You will need to purchase this before coming to Zacatecas. 3. Intermediate and advanced students will need: Carochi, S.J., Horacio. 2001. Grammar of the Mexican language with an explanation of its adverbs (1645). Stanford: Stanford University Press. You will need to purchase this before coming to Zacatecas.
4. All students will receive, free of charge, numerous grammar charts and vocabulary lists, as well as photocopies and digitalized photos of the manuscripts we will be translating.

Room and board during the three weeks in Zacatecas: We have access to a pool of families with experience in housing foreign students. The service includes a room, three meals a day, room cleaning and clean sheets, hot water for bathing, and use of the washing machine and clothesline if you wish. The costs are as follows:
- Individual room: US$22 per day per person
- Shared room: US$16 per day per person
- Child: US$12 per day per person.
We can also help you to rent an apartment, house, or space in a hostal.

Academic Credit for the course is issued through the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas and the Escuela Normal "Manuel Avila Camacho" of the State of Zacatecas.

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions:

John Sullivan, Ph.D.
Professor
Centro de Estudios Prospectivos
Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
Director
Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas, A.C.
Francisco García Salinas 604
Colonia CNOP
Zacatecas, Zac. 98053
Tel: +52 (492) 768-6048
www.idiez.org.mx
idiez@mac.com