Nkɔmmɔdie Twi Ntoasoɔ (Ɔfa a ɛtɔ so mmienu) Intermediate Conversational Twi

Intermediate Twi Course Description

Intermediate Conversational Twi is an eight-class course where you will continue building upon the essentials to function in a Twi-speaking environment within an Akan cultural context.

You will learn conversational skills regarding family, time, trade, health, food, games, travel, and more. You will learn pronunciation, sentence structure, regular verb tenses, and more.

Cultural lessons are part of language learning, and you will learn how to appropriately find out information from others, how to address different people, proverbs, and more.

Learning activities are appropriate for all ages and will include listening, speaking, reading, role-playing, writing, and more.

You will be expected to reinforce learning between classes by completing homework assignments and by learning and using vocabulary words.

A practical assessment of acquired skills concludes the course.

Intermediate Twi Course Syllabus

Adesuadeɛ a ɛdi kan: W’abusua

Adesuadeɛ a ɛtɔ so mmienu: Berɛ (time)

Adesuadeɛ a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa: Dwa mu (market)

Adesuadeɛ a ɛtɔ so nnan: Ahoɔden/Apɔmuden (health)

Adesuadeɛ a ɛtɔ so nnum: Aduane (food)

Adesuadeɛ a ɛtɔ so nsia: Agorɔ (games/play)

Adesuadeɛ a ɛtɔ so nson: Akwantuo (travel)

Adesuadeɛ a ɛtɔ so nwɔtwe: Awieeɛ dwumadie (Work on final projects)

Lesson Structure

1.Introduction: lesson review

2.Overview: outline learning objectives

3.Lesson – using listening, speaking, reading and other activities

4.Introduce new vocabulary

5.Exercises and practice

6.Recap the day’s lesson and assign week’s homework.

Lesson Components (presented in any order)

Nkɔmmɔdie (dialogue) i.e using the language

Exercises, i.e reciting numbers, place names/locations, etc

Listening and comprehension exercises.

Reading and writing exercises.

Cultural notes i.e. The Akan worldview and customs

Grammar notes.

Homework.

Vocabulary.

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