GHLS 112 — Intermediate Ghanaian Language Proficiency
Linguistics · University of Ghana
This course will build on what was learned in the introductory course. More emphasis will be placed on listening, speaking, reading, translation and writing. The grammar section will revise what was done at the beginners‘ level. It will also look at simple sentences and complex sentences, serial verb construction, phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions. Students will be expected to do a lot of reading and comprehension exercises using some intermediate textbooks in the various Ghanaian languages. Students will be encouraged to do more conversation and narration: dialogues, greetings, description of day-to-day activities, bargaining, giving directions. There will be outreach programmes where students will interact with traders and taxi drivers. Aspects of Ghanaian culture including religion, festivals, funerals, politics and the society will be discussed. By the end of the course, students are expected to be able to write simple essays about their day-to-day activities, families, etc. and to translate texts from English into the Ghanaian language and vice versa. Course Requirement: The student must have taken GHLS 111 or any beginner‘s course in the respective Ghanaian language.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
Other courses on this programme
- GHLS 111 — Ghanaian Language Proficiency for Beginners
- GHLS 113 — Advanced Ghanaian Language Proficiency I
- GHLS 114 — Advanced Ghanaian Language Proficiency II
- GHLS 430 — Project
- GHLS 441 — Written Literature of a Ghanaian Language
- GHLS 442 — Advanced Composition in a Ghanaian Language
- GHLS 443 — History and Development of a Ghanaian Language
- GHLS 444 — Topics in Ghanaian Language Studies
- LING 417 — Language and Law
- LNGS 301 — Introduction to Phonology
- LNGS 302 — Syntax I
- LNGS 304 — Morphology and Syntax of a Ghanaian language
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).