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Dec 18, 2024
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WOL 1110 - Elementary Wolof I
Culture based approach to increased language proficiency designed to foster openness toward, empathy for, and curiosity about Wolof speakers. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study the diverse history and customs of Wolof speakers.
Requisites: WARNING: no credit if WOL 1120
Credit Hours: 4
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Diversity and Practice
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 2CP
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to articulate insights about their own cultural rules and biases.
- Students will be able to define the Wolof ideology as well as other important Wolof values that influence communication styles.
- Students will be able to identify social, political, economic and cultural structures in the Senegambia, as well as compare these to their own countries.
- Students will be able to explain how language and culture are intertwined and provide some examples in which cultural and social beliefs affect language form.
- Students will be able to detect and use verbal and nonverbal clues to perform their tasks successfully and appropriately.
- Students will be able to develop empathy, withhold their judgement and initiate social interaction with culturally different others.
- Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of some basic knowledge of and the ability to use Wolof in everyday situations effectively and appropriately.
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