First Semester Yoruba
First Semester Yoruba is for beginning learners of Standard Yoruba, focusing on speaking, listening, reading, writing, and cultural communication.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.36 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.71 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.64 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Communicate about familiar topics in Yoruba using memorized and practiced phrases and sentences.
Present information about themselves and some other very familiar topics.
Use a variety of practiced and memorized words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions in both written and spoken Yoruba.
Identify products and practices in their own cultures and in Yoruba culture.
Recognize a few memorized words and phrases when spoken.
Perform interactional functions at the novice sub-levels (mid to high) in some familiar everyday contexts.
Source: UW Guide
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.36 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.71 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.64 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
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Topics
- Standard Yoruba language fundamentals for beginners.
- Cultural context and comparison of Yoruba culture with other cultures.
- Familiar everyday topics and basic interactional functions.
Skills
- Basic oral communication in Standard Yoruba using memorized phrases and sentences for familiar topics and everyday contexts.
- Reading and writing simple Yoruba sentences, questions, and phrases.
- Listening recognition of memorized Yoruba words and phrases.
- Cultural comparison between one's own culture and Yoruba culture regarding products and practices.
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