FIRST SEMESTER YORUBA
For beginning learners of Standard Yoruba; emphasis on proficiency through speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and on communication in cultural context.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Frgn Lang - 1st semester language Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Communicate about familiar topics in Yoruba using memorized and practiced phrases and sentences. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Present information about themselves and some other very familiar topics. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Use a variety of practiced and memorized words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions in both written and spoken Yoruba. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify products and practices in their own cultures and in Yoruba culture. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize a few memorized words and phrases when spoken. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Perform interactional functions at the novice sub-levels (mid to high) in some familiar everyday contexts. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Communicate about familiar topics in Yoruba using memorized and practiced phrases and sentences. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Present information about themselves and some other very familiar topics. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Use a variety of practiced and memorized words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions in both written and spoken Yoruba. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify products and practices in their own cultures and in Yoruba culture. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize a few memorized words and phrases when spoken. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Perform interactional functions at the novice sub-levels (mid to high) in some familiar everyday contexts. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027