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Local oral literature vs. foreign oral literatureScientific culture vs. oral literature8 Oral literature and teaching reading and writingThe style of recorded/written oral literatureLinguistic patterns in oral literature that enhance readingRepeated wordingSimplicity in presentationBrevitySongs9 Interpreting Content through oral literature andclassroom activitiesFiction, drama, poetryComparisonStorytelling sessions within the literature classCreativity by both the teacher and the learnerPlacing the text within its cultural context10 Preparing for the oral literature classLesson plan using the time maximallyFitting within the literature or language scheme of workCollection of oral textsTeaching oral literature across the curriculumPreparing materials for oral literature classes12 & 13 Field work and researchWritten and take home assignmentsAssignments could relate to actual collection/compilationof oral literature texts, lesson preparation of oral literaturelessons, etc14 & 15 PresentationsPresenting findings to the class or member of staff in thedepartmentTaking the test16 & 17 End of Semester II university ExaminationsMaterialsÒgúnjìmí, Abdul Rasheed Na'allah Introduction to African Oral Literature and PerformanceCarol Lauritzen Oral Literature and the Teaching of Reading The Reading Teacher, Vol. 33,No. 7 (Apr., 1980), pp. 787-790 International Reading AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20195120Finnegan, R. (1970) Oral Literature in Africa. OUP, Nairobi.Okpewho, I. (1992) African Oral Literature. Indiana University Press, Bloomington &Indianapolis.53