Course Description
Focus on developing fluency in spoken and written Yoruba. Oral work geared towards building effective communication in day-to-day situations and functional tasks. Readings in authentic Yoruban texts of increasing complexity. Advanced cultural discussion.
Athena Title
INTERMED YORUBA I
Prerequisite
YORB(AFAM) 1020
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course is designed to build fluency in spoken and written Yoruba. Oral work will be geared towards promoting effective communication in day-to-day situations and functional tasks. The improvement of the students' oral fluency will partly focus on using the proper tonal rendition of the language. Readings will be authentic, and of gradually increasing complexity including some literary texts. Cultural discussions will also be more detailed.
Topical Outline
Class activities will be organized around a core of grammatical and functional topics that will include but will not be limited to: - Feelings and emotions - Direct and indirect questions - Conditionals - Simple serial verb formations - Repetition and reduplication - Adverbs and adverbial expressions - Yoruba music and songs - Tense variations - Comparatives and superlatives - Personal names and titles - Means and their preparations - Simple proverbs and poems - Weekly Course Outline will be provided as well as the assignments and exercises for the week and their due dates. - The readings will be distributed throughout the course, and taken mainly from Nigerian/Yoruba textbooks, newspapers and creative writings.
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus