COURSE TITLE:IGBO LANGUAGE & CULTURE- LEVEL I

SEMESTER: FALL 2000

INSTRUCTOR: MRS. CHIDI UKAZIM

CLASS HOURS: M W 5-7:15 (15 min break)

CLASSROOMS: WILLIAMS: RM 305 (Mondays)

RM 304 (Wednesdays)

COURSE TEXTS:

1. IGBO MAKA JUNIO

SEKONDIRI 1

By: E. Nolue Emenanjo

Okolie O. Okolie

Basil U. Ekwe

2. AKWUKWO IHE OMUME

NíUTOASUSU IGBO

MAKA JUNIO SEKONDIRI NKE MBU

By: Chinedum Ofomata

COURSE RESOURCES:

1. English-Igbo Dictionary by: H.I. Nnaji

2. Okwu Igbo Nke Mbu by: O.C. Nwametu

3. Utoasusu Igbo Maka Junio Sekondiri by: Chinedu E. Ofomata

4. Igbo Nzugbe Maka Sekondiri by: E. Nolue Emenanjo

5. Omenala Ndi Igbo by: J.U.T. Nzeako

6. Ifo Ndi Igbo Maka Junio Sekondiri by: Chukwudi Nwaokoro

COURSE GOALS:

Igbo Language and Culture Level I is designed to help you learn

about the Igbo people, their culture and language, enough to enable you

handle your needs adequately if you travel to the Igbo speaking part of

Nigeria. You will be able to talk about yourself and your preferences,

needs, and interests simply in the present and future tenses. You will

learn to greet people (a major inroad into the hearts of the Igbos),

introduce yourself, handle basic social situations, handle routine

transactions in the market place, and talk about a variety of topics of

common interest. In addition, you will learn how to read and write simply

in the present and future tenses and how to understand Igbo well enough

to carry out routine tasks and engage in simple conversations. In short

the goal of this course is to help you learn to cope on your own in Igbo

and meet your basic travel needs should you go to Igboland.

WEEKLY SYLLABUS

WEEK 1 General Introductions:

(SEPT 11,13) Instructor, students, the Igbo people, location in Nigeria; Importance of greetings in Igboland; Greetings and responses

WEEK 2 Igbo Alphabet

(SEPT 18,20) Talking about self; Talking about family; Importance of the extended family; Review; Quiz 1

WEEK 3 Importance of tone in Igbo

(SEPT 25,27) Counting Money and Articles; Numerals; Making Inquiries/Seeking Information; School Situations

WEEK 4 Telling time in hours and in minutes

(OCT 2,4) Days of the week; Daily activities; Months of the year; Igbo names and their meanings; Review; Quiz 2

WEEK 5 Market transactions

(OCT 9,11) Names of foods and condiments; Market greetings; Bargaining

OCT 13 - 15 (FRIDAY TO SUNDAY) Fall Term Break

WEEK 6 Traveling

(OCT 16,18) Seeking permission to travel; Informing your neighbors; Review; Quiz 3

WEEK 7 Asking for directions

(OCT 23,25) General travel information; Boarding a vehicle; Cautioning the driver; Buying things on the road

WEEK 8 Stopping the driver

(OCT 30, NOV 1) Finding shelter at night; Asking for food, water; Making demands Review for Midterm

MIDTERM

WEEK 9 Invitation to meals

(NOV 6,8) Other Questions and answers; Appeals and warnings; Approvals and disapprovals

WEEK 10 The Human Body

(NOV 13, 15) House or Home; Animals; Review; Quiz 4

WEEK 11

(NOV 20, 23No class on this date because it compensates for the Afr.Language Cultural Day; you get to begin your Thanksgiving recess earlier).

Celebrations and Holidays I

WEEK 12 Celebration and Holidays II

(NOV 27,29) Review; Quiz 5

WEEK 13 Visiting the Igbo land from U.S.A.

WEEK 14 General Review

(DEC 11Last day of class)

WEEK 15 Reading days (NO CLASSES)

(DEC 12-14)

WEEK 16 UPENN FINALS

(DEC 15-22)

(MONDAY December 18) IGBO FINALS KíOMESIA :-)