Learn Twi from Native Speakers
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Learn Twi Table of Contents - Basic Dialogues
Each of the twenty lessons begins with a Basic Dialogue which forms the core of the lesson. A student controls a lesson to the extent to which he has learned the dialogue by heart. Thorough memorization of the dialogue means thorough mastery of the text. Memorization is achieved by direct imitation of the audio material.
Basic Dialogues are presented with their English equivalents. Numbered utterances in the dialogues are basic sentences. New words or phrases occuring in a basic sentence for the first time are listed separately, immediately before the sentence, as breakdowns. They are intendented and not numbered.
The audio which accompanies these lessons includes as Basic Dialogues, Drills, and Supplements. The material is recorded with a "beep" signal that tells the students step by step what to do:
- One short beep means - Listen
- One long beep means - Repeat
- Two short beeps means - Participate
- Two long beeps means - Redo the same segment
The dialogue is taught in segments first, then as a whole. The steps involved are:
- Listening
- Memorizing by repetition of break-downs and whole sentences
- Developing fluency by additional repetition of whole sentences
- Participating by assuming one role in the dialogue,
- Confirming comprehension by re-listing.
During the fourth step, when a student participates in a segment of the dialogue, his utterances are confirmed on the audio immediately following the space provided for his participation.
Unit 1 - Use of drills, Sound drills
Unit 2 - Greetings
Unit 3 - Do you speak Twi?
Unit 4 - How do you say?
Unit 5 - At the office
Unit 6 - Fufu
Unit 7 - Buying Fish
Unit 8 - At the Doctor's
Unit 9 - Have you gone to eat yet?
Unit 10 - I went to Accra yesterday
Unit 11 - An job interview
Unit 12 - What time is it?
Unit 13 - How much is this?
Unit 14 - The telephone
Unit 15 - The bus
Unit 16 - The gas station
Unit 17 - Directions to the market
Unit 18 - The cocoa farm
Unit 19 - What will you do if it rains?
Unit 20 - Taking leave
