Course Description
A continuation of Elementary Yoruba I. Increased focus on grammar and culture, reading and conversation.
Athena Title
ELEM YORUBA II
Prerequisite
YORB 1010
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course continues the development of the foundation in spoken and written Yoruba begun in YORB 1010. There will be more focus on the grammar and culture, as well as more reading and conversational activities than in YORB 1010. At the end of the course, students will be able to speak, write, and comprehend Yoruba at a more intense level than in YORB 1010. The students will be able to initiate and maintain conversations beyond simple questions and answers as well as write clear thoughts in Yoruba.
Topical Outline
The focus of the class is to complete the first year materials and focus. Class lessons and discussions will include (but not limited to) the following topics: - Adjectives and adjectival verbs - Descriptions - Prepositions - Commands and imperatives - More on tenses and verbal elements - More on question markers - More on pronouns - Simple/r questions - Numbers (1-1000) - Food, meals and cooking - Having a guest at home versus eating out - Travel - Nigbati cluster - Lehinti cluster - Prefixes, infixes and suffixes - Contraction and deletion
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus