Wolof [3] (Wolofal: ولوفل) is a language of Senegal, Mauritania and the Gambia, and the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo language family. Unlike most other languages of the Niger-Congo family, Wolof is not a tonal language.
Wolof is the most widely spoken language in Senegal, spoken natively by the Wolof people (40% of the population) but also by most other Senegalese as a second language.[4] Wolof dialects vary geographically and between rural and urban areas. The principal dialect of Dakar, for instance, is an urban mixture of Wolof, French, and Arabic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolof_language
The primary goal of this quick start guide is to introduce you to the Wolof language. This is a first attempt at Wolof in two hours … full of errors … impossible … but fun to try … see natural vocabulary of simple words used over and over …
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MAIN FEATURE
Dynamic English-based brief language learning system developed with some UN staff.
For staff members on short or long missions to developed and developing countries to feel more comfortable and effective in achieving better working relationships in English, with local government, refugees, client and project staff as they perceive the effort to speak the local language with a good accent, and thus to respect and value the local culture.
DOWNLOAD
Download all the course material as pdf : click here.
Download the audio for the course material as mp3 : click here.
DESIGNED FOR
Non-speakers to acquire a confidence very rapidly, in the basics of the local natural language, and for current speakers to achieve significant accent improvement.
COURSE DURATION
One hour of professional instruction in CRE and then at individual discretion during one week, with reinforcement a month later.
APPLICATION
Individual training or as a small part of any management training program to stimulate creativity, because: “Each language is an intellectual treasure-house of communication, culture and humanitarian values” – Professor Kenneth Hale – linguistics expert of MIT who spoke 50 languages fluently and died October 8th 2001.
METHOD
Uses the CRE technique to achieve intuitive absorption of the natural language with confidence and without stress. Designed to handle varying individual value systems and needs.CRE technique, once acquired, can be easily used for any other language or dialect.
Inspired by: Dr. Bob Boland (IU) and Dr B. Ndaw and Dr, I, Coulibaly and Dr Giles Boland (Harvard) and Dr. Shams Bathija (UNITA) and Dr. Catherine d’Arcangues (WHO) and Boston University and the Team.
http://www.bu.edu/familymed/distance/cre/
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