Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
ELEMENTARY YORUBA I
Term session
0
Term
2014C
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
680
Section ID
AFRC170680
Meeting times
MW 0500PM-0700PM
Meeting location
FISHER-BENNETT HALL 17
Instructors
AWOYALE, YIWOLA
Description
This Elementary Yoruba I course can be taken to fulfull a language requirement, or for linguistic preparation to do research on Nigeria and the diaspora/Africa-related topics. The course emphasizes communicative competence to enable the students to acquire linguistic and extra-linguistic skills in Yoruba. The content of the course is selected from various everyday life situations to enable the students to communicate in predictable commom daily settings. Culture, as it relates to language use, is also part of the course content.
Students will acquire the speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at the mid-high novice level, based on the ACTFL scale. The mid-high novice level proficiency skills that the students will acquire constitute threshold capabilities of the second semester range of proficiency to prepare students for Elementary Yoruba II course materials.
Students will acquire the speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at the mid-high novice level, based on the ACTFL scale. The mid-high novice level proficiency skills that the students will acquire constitute threshold capabilities of the second semester range of proficiency to prepare students for Elementary Yoruba II course materials.
Course number only
170
Cross listings
AFST170680
AFST517680
Use local description
No