First Semester-a Language of West Africa
First-semester course for beginning learners of a West African language focusing on speaking, listening, reading, writing, and cultural communication.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2010: 3.86 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2016: 3.36 GPA, 42.9% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2017: 3.45 GPA, 63.6% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Identify the general topic and some basic information in both very familiar and everyday contexts by recognizing practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences in texts that are spoken or written in a West African language
Communicate in spontaneous spoken or written conversations on both very familiar and everyday topics, using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions in a West African language
Present information on both very familiar and everyday topics using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences through speech or writing in a West African language
Identify products and practices to help understand perspectives in your own culture and in a West African culture.
Interact at a survival level in some familiar everyday contexts in a community that speaks a West African language
Develop a level of proficiency in the different “ways of knowing” Africa and the diaspora through language and cultures
Develop or improve speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills in a West African language and integrate these skills to communicate effectively
Source: UW Guide
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2010: 3.86 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2016: 3.36 GPA, 42.9% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2017: 3.45 GPA, 63.6% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).
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Topics
- Beginning West African language acquisition
- Ways of knowing in Africa and the diaspora through language and culture
- Recognizing words, phrases, and simple sentences in spoken or written texts
Skills
- Speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills in a West African language
- Survival-level interaction in familiar everyday contexts
- Cultural understanding through identifying products and practices
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