IGBO

Linguistics 19 Syllabus

 

PURPOSE:  Speaking conversational Igbo.

 

MATERIAL ASSIGNED:

Swift, et al., U.S. Foreign Service Institute, Igbo Basic Course (IBC). 

LL Call No.: PL/8261/U6

Richard  A. Williams, et al., Peace Corps Project: Igbo (PCID). 

LL Call No.: PL/8261/P4

 

RESTRICTION: None.

 

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CREDIT AVAILABLE: 4 units

 

METHOD OF STUDY:

At the beginning of the course, listen twice through IBC & PCID to familiarize yourself with the pronunciation of Igbo.    For each lesson,

1.      Listen to the entire dialogue while following the English translation in the book to tell you what the

foreign sentences mean.

2.  Listen again while following the foreign transcription to help you with details in the pronunciation.

3.  Listen again with the book half-closed—look inside only when you need reminders about the

meaning or pronunciation.

4.      Replay individual phrases and say them aloud without referring to the book if possible. Imitate the

voice on tape as closely as you can. Replay and repeat each phrase, then add phrases together to

build a full sentence. Continue to build phrases into sentences in this way, until you can say the

complete sentence easily and in unison with the tape while understanding what you are saying.

Use the book only for occasional reference.

5.      Say the sentences of the dialogue along with the speaker on the tape again and again until you can

produce the foreign sentences easily and quickly given only the English ones as cues.

 

EXAMINATION:

Supervisor says the English version of sentences chosen at random from conversations in the assigned material; the student says the Igbo equivalent.  The grade is based on both fluency and accuracy.  All

exams are 30 minutes. Final is not cumulative.

 

ASSIGNMENT:

Igbo Basic Course (IBC)

Block 1: Tone Drills, IBC Units 1-9

Block 3: IBC Units 21-28

Block 2: IBC Units 10-20

Block 4: IBC Units 29-30, PCID Dialogs 1-11

 

2 Units                                                                                                            4 Units

STUDY TIME= 6 hrs/wk                                                                                 STUDY TIME= 12 hrs/wk

MIDTERM= Block 1                                                                                       MIDTERM= Blocks 1 & 2

FINAL= Block 2                                                                                             FINAL= Blocks 3 & 4