GHANAIAN LANGUAGE PROGRAM (TWI)

COURSE OUTLINE

Designed to provide communicative competence in oral and written Twi.
Designed for native and non-native speakers.
Focuses on the structure of the language as well as the culture of the people.

Areas include:

• Oral drills
• Orthography
• Written exercises
• Translation
• Reading and comprehension
• Conversation and narration involving dialogues.
• Greetings
• Description of day-to-day activities
• Grammar (parts of speech) & composition writing.
• Study of Akan ethnic groups in Ghana
• History of the Akans
• Dos and don’ts in Akan cultures
• Time periods, greetings, and responses.
• Historical sites in Ghana
• Twi pronouns and common verbs
• Basic phrases and common nouns
• Naming ceremonies among the various Akan ethnic groups
• Significance of names given to babies.
• Puberty rites
• Traditional marriages
• Common adinkra symbols and their meanings
• History of kente and the significance of various kente designs
• Funeral rites of the Akans