Colloquial Yoruba: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) - Softcover

Schleicher, Antonia Yetunde Folarin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415700604 ISBN 13: 9780415700603

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

Colloquial Yoruba: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Yoruba as it is written and spoken today.

Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Yoruba in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Yoruba is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.

Key features include:

• A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
• Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
• An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
• Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
• Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Nigeria
• An overview of the sounds of Yoruba

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Yoruba is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Yoruba.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

About this title

Review:

'an excellent bridge for an obvious gap in the acquisition of Yoruba ... It is systematic, simple and clear' Oluseye Adesola, Yale University, USA

Synopsis:

Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, this easy to use and up to date course provides a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Yoruba with no prior knowledge of the language required. "Colloquial Yoruba" is: interactive - with lots of exercises for regular practice; clear - providing concise grammar notes; practical - with useful vocabulary and pronunciation guides; and, complete - including answer key and reference section. By the end of this course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Yoruba in a broad range of everyday situations. Two 60-minute CDs are available to complement this book. Recorded by native speakers, these will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0415700604
• ISBN 13: 9780415700603
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304