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About this book
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The culture notes are followed by exercises that focus your attention
to the information in the dialogue, and the items introduced in
the language points. If you are not sure of how to do the exercise,
go back to the dialogue or the language points. The second part
of the unit follows the same pattern with the inclusion of a short
pronunciation section. Since Yoruba is a tone language, each unit
includes one exercise on tone practice to give you the opportunity to
concentrate on the tonal patterns of many words encountered in the
dialogue or the language points.
Each unit ends with a “Listening or reading comprehension”
section, followed by some comprehension questions to help you
understand the reading. You will encounter some words that you are
not familiar with in the text or passage, so try to use the context to
find the meaning of the word.
If you are very interested in learning Yoruba with this material,
you should definitely use the recordings that accompany this book,
because it is very important for you to be able to recognize correct
tones in Yoruba. The more you listen to the recordings, the easier it
will be for you to pronounce and understand the language. It is true
that Yoruba is very phonetic in its orthography, but to help you
understand Yoruba when you hear it you need to listen to the
dialogues as many times as possible, because otherwise the tones in
Yoruba can create quite a serious obstacle. The recordings will also
help you with your pronunciation, so you should try to repeat out
loud what you hear on the recordings.
This book also contains full translations of all the reading passages,
a short summary of the grammar, an exercise key (to check if
your answers to the exercises are correct), and a full glossary of all
the vocabulary encountered in the dialogues and language points.