The network’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background; it is not a university and grants no degrees. KCO’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background.
Heritage language education
Kurdish teacher training
Teaching Kurdish to children and adults in community and weekend schools.
- Levels
- Practitioner
- Study time
- 30 h
- Wave
- 1
- Status
- Outline drafted
Before you begin The Kurdish Cooperation Organization is a federation of communities that learn from one another. It is not a university, claims no public authority and serves no government, party or faith body.
A set of lessons with an outline, written and reviewed by peers; it carries no academic credit. are written and reviewed by peers. A course plan with outcomes, modules and assessment, written before the lessons and reviewed before teaching starts. are A text awaiting review; it can change before it is used. until expert review.
How this course handles evidence
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- Verified
- A label: the item matches its primary record, such as the official table or the Crossref entry.
- Secondary source
- A label: the figure comes from a reliable report about the source, not from the source itself.
- To verify
- A label: the item is listed as found and still needs checking against its source.
Sources
Open scholarly records on this subject, from approved indexes. Listed for reference, not yet reviewed.
- Mohammed Khalid Mahmood, Ali Qadir Hama Rash, Mohammed Amin Qadir Hama Rash et al. (2023). Kurdish and Persian: Dialects or Separate Languages?. International Journal of Social Science and Human Research. DOI 10.47191/ijsshr/v6-i4-29
- Hasan IE, Al-Atroshi SJA (2026). Mabast dataset for Sorani Kurdish dialect semantic text classification.. Data Brief. DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2026.113121
- Hewa Salam Khalid (2020). KURDISH LANGUAGE, ITS FAMILY AND DIALECTS. Kurdiname.
- Aras Khider Ali, Sattar Jabbar Haji (2025). The Effectiveness of Carin’s Model in Acquiring of the Kurdish language Grammar Concepts for Tenth Graders students of Preparatory school. Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences. DOI 10.21271/zjhs.29.spb.20
- Saeed VA, Jacksi K (2026). Dasinya: A dataset and preprocessing pipeline for the Badini Kurdish dialect.. Data Brief. DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2026.113129
01About this course
- Who it is for
- Current and future teachers of Kurmanji, Sorani, Zazaki and other varieties.
- Format
- Blended: online modules and observed teaching practice.
- Study time
- About 30 hours, estimated
- Before you start
- Fluent Kurdish in at least one variety.
- Discipline
- Heritage language education
02What you will be able to do
- Plan lessons for one classroom with several ages, levels and dialects.
- Teach reading in the script your community uses.
- Protect children in class under the safeguarding law of the country you teach in.
- Respect the varieties learners bring from home.
03Modules
- 01
Heritage learners
Children who hear Kurdish at home, and those who do not.
- 02
Planning lessons
Goals, activities and mixed levels.
- 03
Teaching reading and writing
From letters to stories.
- 04
Song, story and dengbêj
Using oral tradition to teach language.
- 05
Safeguarding and inclusion
Child protection law and classrooms open to every variety and faith.
- 06
Parents and community
Language at home and in the community.
04Assessment and completion
A mentor teacher observes one lesson and reviews your portfolio of lesson plans.
A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.
- It shows
- You finished the course and its assessment.
- Scope
- This course only. It is not an accredited qualification, a degree or a language certificate.
- Validity
- A permanent record of completion. It does not expire and is not renewed.
- Withdrawal
- Withdrawn if obtained by misrepresentation.
- Not an endorsement
- Completion does not mean KCO endorses you, your work or your views.
- Charter roles
- Roles under the charter have their own criteria, renewal and revocation rules.
05Your progress
Lessons, completion and your course A record that you completed a course or took part; it does not attest to competence for any role., kept for you.
Your progress
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- Lessons completed
- Published when the course opens
- Course achievement
- Not yet
- Learning credits
- 30 on completion
Your progress shows here once this course opens for registration. Shown to you only.
06Who teaches it
Teachers are named here when the course opens.
Course lead
Forming
A teacher of the subject, named here when the course opens.
- Outline review
- A A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. in the Academy reviews the outline before teaching starts.
- Capstone review
- A screened reviewer accepts each A sequence of courses for a purpose, ending in a capstone; it leads to a completion record, not a qualification. capstone.
- Teach with us
- Offer to teach or review this course
07Pathways that include it
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Kurdish Teacher
Volunteer and professional teachers
08More from Heritage language education
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Kurdish for heritage children, with parents
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
09Further reading
Suggested by open metadata, not yet reviewed.
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Kurdish and Persian: Dialects or Separate Languages?
Mohammed Khalid Mahmood, Ali Qadir Hama Rash, Mohammed Amin Qadir Hama Rash et al. · 2023 · International Journal of Social Science and Human Research
ArticleOpenAlexDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-NC
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Mabast dataset for Sorani Kurdish dialect semantic text classification.
Hasan IE, Al-Atroshi SJA · 2026 · Data Brief
ArticleEurope PMCOpen access
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KURDISH LANGUAGE, ITS FAMILY AND DIALECTS
Hewa Salam Khalid · 2020 · Kurdiname
ArticleOpenAlexOpen access
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Aras Khider Ali, Sattar Jabbar Haji · 2025 · Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences
ArticleDOAJOpen access
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Dasinya: A dataset and preprocessing pipeline for the Badini Kurdish dialect.
Saeed VA, Jacksi K · 2026 · Data Brief
ArticleEurope PMCOpen access
Sources, licences and fetch dates: DataCite (CC0 1.0 (DataCite metadata)), 2026-10-23; DOAJ (Metadata CC0 1.0 (DOAJ); articles under their own open licences), 2026-10-23; Europe PMC (Metadata reusable; full text under each article’s licence), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23; Zenodo (Metadata CC0 1.0; each record under its own licence), 2026-10-23.
10Record
Every course is a public good. Its record follows the charter’s publication rules.
- Version
- 0.1, draft outline
- Review
- Pending review by the responsible Community of practice
- Handling
- Public
- Provenance
- Drafted from the platform’s research dossier for scholarly review
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Corrections
- Report an error
- Use
- Do not use this course or its completion to imply endorsement or political standing.
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@misc{kco2026_learn_catalogue_kurdish_teacher_training, author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Kurdish teacher training}, url = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/kurdish-teacher-training/}, howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/kurdish-teacher-training/}, }- RIS
TY - ELEC AU - The Kurdish Cooperation Organization DA - 2026/// PY - 2026 ID - kco2026_learn_catalo N1 - Licence: CC BY 4.0 TI - Kurdish teacher training UR - https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/kurdish-teacher-training/ ER -

