Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-2099

Email:

tlegden@indiana.edu

Department:

Current Faculty

Campus:

IU Bloomington

• M.A in Comparative Linguistics, University of Humanities, Ulaanbaatar Mongolia, 1996
• Certificate, ACTFL/ILR OPI Tester Certification, 2016

Research Interests:

Second Language Acquisition, Teaching Mongolian as a foreign language, The phonology of Mongolian, Bilingual dictionary, Comparative study of Mongolian and English

Courses Recently Taught

• Introductory Mongolian
• Intermediate Mongolian
• Advanced Mongolian
• Summer Introductory Intensive Mongolian at SWSEEL
• Post-Advanced Mongolian

Publication Highlights

• A series of three Mongolian Language Textbooks for Foreigners : Sain baina uu
  One, Two, Three with Sharon Luethy, (1999, 2000, 2002).
• English – Mongolian and Mongolian - English mini-dictionary with Uvsh Purev. (Three editions in 2001, 2004, 2016)

Honors and Awards

• Order of the Polar Star of the Republic of Mongolia, 2011
• Excellence in Education National Award, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Mongolia, 2000

Current Projects

• Developing a new elementary-level Mongolian language textbook
• Developing an online course in Mongolian.