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Second-year Yoruba Syllabus
AF 373 and AF 374

Required texts
Student evaluation
First semester schedule
Second semester schedule

Required texts

1. JË K'Á Ka Yorùbá by Antonia Y. Fælárìn Schleicher (1993)
2. Ìwé Kejì - Alawiye by J.F. Odunjo (1971)
3. Dictionary of Yoruba by United Press Ltd (1950)
4. Jê K Á Sæ Yorùbá Companion CD-ROM by Antonia Y. Fælárìn Schleicher (1997)
5. Yoruba Newspaper Reader by Antonia Y. Fælárìn Schleicher (1998)

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Student evaluation

Attendance and class participation	10%	Students are expected to attend class regularly and to have done the assignments for that day. The class participation grade will be based on whether the student is prepared for the class. Students are encouraged to ask questions, participate in drills and discussions, and volunteer answers. More than THREE absences will lower the class participation grade. Coming late to class will also affect your class participation grade.
Quizzes	20%	There will be a short quiz on every other Thursday of the week. Five of these quizzes will count towards the 20% of the total grade. There will be no make-up quizzes except for unavoidable circumstances.
Written assignments	20%	Written assignments will be graded. I will announce when they are due. Five of such graded assignments will also count towards 20% of the total grade.
Midterm exam	20%
Final exam	30%

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First semester schedule

Week 1-2	Introduction to the course More on Basic Greetings Culture: The use of Æmæ mi Culture: Greetings among the Yoruba people Tone Exercise Poem: Àkókò Ñlæ Source: Schleicher, Preliminary lesson
Week 3-4	Apartments or Houses Talking about one's house or apartment Numbers: Expressing "each," "both," etc. Qualifying words for descriptive verbs The verbs mú-wá and gbé-wá Tone Exercise Nasal Vowels Reading assignment Poem: Iyàrá Mi Source: Schleicher, Lesson 1
Week 5-6	Physical Characteristics and Personal Traits Describing someone More on adjectives and adjectival verbs Expressing the opposite form of an adjective Adverbs Tone exercise Reading assignment Song-Lullaby: Ó tó o Source: Schleicher, Lesson 2
Week 7	REVIEW AND MIDTERM
Week 8-9	Seasons and Times Talking about different seasons Expressing "Being Cold" or "It is cold." Expressing Reactions, Feelings, and Opinions Emphatic Possessive Pronouns tèmi, tìwæ, etc. Some seasonal greetings Tone exercise Reading assignment Poem: Òjò Rö Source: Schleicher, Lesson 3
Week 10-11	Health Talking about sickness Vocabulary for parts of the body Expressing pain and illness Use of the negative marker "àì" Vowel elision Tone exercise Reading assignment Poem: Ëyà Ara Mi Source: Schleicher, Lesson 4
Week 12	THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week 13-14	The Market System Talking about how to sell things in Yoruba land Use of "oní-" Summary of Question forms Difference between eélòó ? and eléèlòó? Tone exercise Reading assignment Poem: Æjà Æba Source: Schleicher, Lesson 5
Week 14-15	Leisure Time Activities Talking about games Unreal conditional form ìbá Letter writing Tone exercise Reading assignment Poem: ¿kùn Mêran Source: Schleicher, Lesson 6

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Second semester schedule

Week 1-2	REVIEW OF THIRD SEMESTER YORUBA
Week 3-4	Training children at home Talking about how children are trained in Yoruba land Negation Review Tone exercise Reading assignment Poem: Tôjú Ìwà R÷ Source: Schleicher, Lesson 7
Week 5-6	Government Jobs Talking about the job of a police Expressing phrases susch as "each----" or "every----" Use of the particle "fi" Expressing comparative and superlative forms Tone exercise Reading assignment Poem: Owó ò Source: Schleicher, Lesson 8
Week 7	REVIEW AND MIDTERM
Week 8	SPRING BREAK
Week 9-10	Traditional Jobs Talking about farming Different ways to use the word "Láti" Reading assignment Poem: Isê Ni Òògùn Ìsê Source: Schleicher, Lesson 9
Week 11-12	Food Preparation Talking about your favorite food Review of the differences between Fi and Lò Relative clause marker Tí Difference between Tí, Pé, and Kí Tone exercise Reading exercise Poem: Ìdòwú Source: Schleicher, Lesson 10
Week 13-14	Taking a trip Talking about a trip that you really enjoyed Different ways of using verbs such as: San vs. Sanwó; Jí vs Jalè; J÷ vs. J÷un etc. Review of WhQuestion Markers in Questions and statements Tone exercise Reading assignment Poem: Onílé Ñ Relé Source: Schleicher, Lesson 11
Week 15-16	Women's role in different activities Talking about the role that women play in the progress of a city Expressing sentences such as "there is/ there is not" Differences between Kò and Má Tone exercise Reading assignment Poem: Æmæ Dáadáa Source: Schleicher, Lesson 12

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