Hausa language and culture(L) 3600-7-AFS4-HL(L)
The class aims at the development of listening comprehension and acquiring new vocabulary concerning social and political issues. It prepares the students to listen to Hausa radio news – a specific, yet a significant genre called bibisanci ‘BBC hausa’. Listening to recordings concerning the kinds of topical issues which typically makes the news in Nigeria, students acquire vocabulary which is useful to describe modern word. Other recordings used in the class presents Hausa culture as well as social issues of Northern Nigeria. Students repeat some parts of the recordings, answer the questions concerning discussed subjects and make exercises that improve the active control of particular grammatical structures and idioms.
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Learning outcomes
After completing the course student
- is aware of the complex nature of Hausa language, its place and significance in the cultural and historical context of a given region of Africa
- has rudimentary knowledge of translation rules from Hausa language into Polish
- can read, analyze and interpret texts of various stylistic registers, comprehends oral utterances and radio news in Hausa and appropriately place them in their cultural context; identify the main ideas of lengthy discourses
- has a good command of Hausa (including vocabulary, collocations, phrases, idioms, useful sentences and formulas) at C1 level
- can interpret key terms concerning culture, society and politics in Northern Nigeria through textual analysis
-has a skill at formulating own opinions and conclusions in writing and in speech both in Polish and in Hausa; uses acquired words, expressions and idioms to construct oral and written utterances
- can cooperate and work in a group as well as forge relationships and build social relations
- can establish relations and cooperate with representatives of other cultures
- has awareness of the cultural distinctness and its religious, philosophical, traditional and historical roots and its significance for understanding modern world
-is aware of significance the culture of Africa have for the culture of the world
Assessment criteria
class attendance, written tests, oral presentations of selected topics
Practical placement
none
Bibliography
- Jaggar, Philip. An Advanced Hausa Reader with Grammatical Notes and Exercises. London 1992.
- selected texts and recordings depending on students' intresets and topics of their M.A. thesis