Module 24

Wolof Audio

Study Goals

  • Memorization of the vocabulary in Gaye Chapter VIII, p. 151
  • Understanding of Chapter VIII, sections I and II, pp. 138-143
  • Understanding of how to express the past
  • Completion of readings on health care and agriculture
  • Completion of the reading on the Muslim religion
  • Reading and memorization of dialogues in section II, pp. 142-143

Getting Started

  • Read and listen to the vocabulary in Gaye Chapter VIII, p. 151.
  • Look over the dialogues on pp. 142-143 and identify new vocabulary.

Practice Exercises

  • Read, listen to, repeat and memorize the vocabulary in Gaye Chapter VIII, p. 151.
  • Read and memorize the information about expressing the past on p. 138.
  • Read the optional passages on health care and agriculture on p. 139.
  • Read the information about the Muslim religion on p. 140 and work on the additional vocabulary list on pp. 140 and 141.
  • Read and listen to both dialogues in section II, pp. 142-143. Memorize one or two of the parts in the dialogues.

Culture Capsule

  • LangMedia,Wolof and French in Senegal Local Transportation
    • "Taking a 'Dem Dikk' Bus"
    • "Transportation in the City"

Conversation Session Preparation

  • Be prepared to take on one of the dialogue’s roles in an oral recitation.
  • Create your own dialogue in which you ask your friend where s/he has been and explain where you have been. Create dialogues for both rural and non-rural situations.

Self-Assessment

  • I am memorizing the vocabulary in Gaye Chapter VIII, p. 151.
  • I understand how to express the past.
  • I have read and understood the passages on health care and agriculture.
  • I have read and understood the passage on the Muslim religion.
  • I have read the dialogues in section II, pp. 142-143 and have memorized various roles.
  • Submit self-assessment report as required by your course syllabus or program.