BASIC COURSE
Basic Sentences and Questions and Answers are found in each unit. The Narratives begin with the unit 5. The occurrence of other parts may vary.
The Course is divided into two volumes. Volume I - contains units 1 through 50 in transcription. Volume II - units 51-60 in transcription, Introduction to the Amharic Writing System, The Reader (Units 1-60 in Amharic script) and a Glossary (in transcription).
| The Reader includes: | Basic Sentences Questions and Answers Narratives |
Use of This Course
1. 'Basic Sentences', 'Structure Sentences', 'Useful Words'.
The instructor reads the Amharic item by item, repeating each item (a build-up or a sentence) twice for each student. Each member of the class repeats the item immediately after the instructor trying to imitate his (or her) pronunciation.
If in the instructor's opinion the item is mispronounced by the student, the instructor repeats it at normal speed with the student repeating after him (or her) as many times as necessary. After the class hours each student goes over the Basic Sentences by listening to the tape and repeating, doing this until he knows the dialogue by heart.
After the Basic Sentences have been thoroughly memorized the students take part and act out the dialogues. The instructor may take one of the parts the first time or two. This drill is to be continued until any student can take part and go through the dialogue like an actor.
2. Substitution, Correlation and Transformation Drills are to be used in accordance with the instructions given at the beginning of each drill.
3. Model Transform Drills should be drilled in the same way as other Transformation Drills.
4. Questions and Answers.
The questions and answers are to be drilled as specified below, but they should not be considered complete. Any question which is within the limits of the students' grammar and vocabulary can be asked.
Some questions require informational answers some others simply 'yes' or 'no' answers.
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