1
First steps
3 months of access
Alphabet and pronunciation, greetings, introducing yourself, numbers and money, days and times, shopping, taxis and directions. 6 live classes, material and videos.
€180.00
Courses
Wolof, Mandinka and Bambara courses
The levels of Wolof, Mandinka and Bambara, what each package includes and how long it lasts. Everything is shown before you pay, with no sign-up fee.
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Wolof
2
Conversation
3 months of access
Family and kinship, the home, talking about work, past and future tenses, possessives, understanding slow speech, ways to reply. 6 live classes, material and videos.
€180.00
3
Roots
3 months of access
Pronouns and postpositions, stative and causative verbs, native conversation, radio and real audio, and reading and writing in the official CLAD orthography. 6 live classes, material and videos.
€180.00
Mandinka
1
First steps
3 months of access
Latin orthography, the greeting protocol, taking your leave, numbers and money, taxis and directions, parts of the body. 6 live classes, material and videos.
€180.00
2
Conversation
3 months of access
Kinship terms, the home, time, the market, the shared food bowl, intransitive and transitive verbs, possessives, adjectives and adverbs. 6 live classes, material and videos.
€180.00
3
Roots
3 months of access
Subject and object pronouns, postpositions, stative, causative and reflexive verbs, ways to reply, word fusions and suffixes. All spoken and listening: Mandinka writing is a separate module. 6 live classes, material and videos.
€180.00
The programme
What you learn, module by module
Three levels, four modules each. The programme is written by the teachers who give the classes.
The language is always learnt together with its social and cultural context: communicating is not only about knowing vocabulary and structures, but about understanding the norms, the values and the ways of relating of the community that speaks it.
- The full path
- 3 The full path
- hours
- 67.5 hours
- sessions
- 90 sessions
- weeks
- 45 weeks
1Connection and everyday life22.5 hours · 30 sessions · 15 weeksA1–A2
The goal: Get the basic tools to start communicating in the language you are learning and to manage everyday situations, taking on the social and cultural norms of the language community from day one.
1. The art of greeting
- Greetings and farewells
- Introductions
- Asking after someone's health
- Asking after family and close relations
- Courtesy formulas
- Intonation and non-verbal communication
- The social value of the greeting ritual
- A short greeting versus a full social one
By the end, you will be able to: Start and keep up basic interactions while respecting the social and cultural codes.
2. Identity and ties
- Name and personal introduction
- Family and kinship
- Where you come from
- Age, occupation and daily life
- Lineages and family names
- Individual and community identity
- Forms of address and respect
By the end, you will be able to: Introduce yourself, talk about your family and build ties with other people.
3. The street and the market
- Numbers
- Money and prices
- Shopping and exchanges
- Transport
- Asking for and giving directions
- Finding your way
- Everyday food and goods
- Haggling and the social rules of trading
By the end, you will be able to: Handle practical situations in the street, at the market and while getting around.
4. Everyday actions
- Personal pronouns
- Building basic sentences
- Everyday verbs
- The present and time expressions
- Questions and answers
- Negation
- Needs and everyday actions
By the end, you will be able to: Build simple sentences and talk about everyday activities.
45 minutes per session, twice a week · Indicative equivalence with the European Framework. There is no official qualification in any of these languages.
2Fluency and mediation22.5 hours · 30 sessions · 15 weeksB1
The goal: Build the ability to hold a conversation with some independence, recount experiences, express opinions and needs, and take part in social, professional or intercultural mediation.
1. Telling the past and the future
- Recounting experiences
- Past and future actions
- Plans and projects
- Time expressions
- Verbal aspect
- Complete and incomplete actions
- Personal and travel stories
By the end, you will be able to: Recount experiences, describe situations and talk about plans.
2. Health, well-being and home
- Parts of the body
- Health and feeling unwell
- Symptoms and needs
- Appointments and medical situations
- Food and well-being
- The home and housework
By the end, you will be able to: Explain a problem, describe your needs and follow situations to do with health and home life.
3. Téranga and social relations
- Hospitality
- Family and community relations
- Festivals and celebrations
- Food
- Sharing the bowl
- Customs and traditions
- Visits and gatherings
- The unwritten social rules
By the end, you will be able to: Take part properly in social situations and understand the cultural codes behind them.
4. Active conversation and expressing wishes
- Expressing opinions
- Agreeing and disagreeing
- Wishes and preferences
- Needs and obligations
- Emotions and feelings
- Advice and recommendations
- Backing up an opinion
By the end, you will be able to: Hold longer conversations and express yourself independently in everyday situations.
45 minutes per session, twice a week · Indicative equivalence with the European Framework. There is no official qualification in any of these languages.
3Thought and oral tradition22.5 hours · 30 sessions · 15 weeksB2–C1
The goal: Go deeper into advanced use of the language through oral tradition, proverbs, tales, the media, music, cinema, literature and formal speech. This level is aimed above all at people who need the language for professional, academic, cultural or intercultural mediation work.
1. The world of proverbs and tales
- Proverbs and sayings
- Tales and fables
- Metaphor
- Oral storytelling
- Rhetorical devices
- Social and moral values
- Collective memory
- Passing on knowledge through the spoken word
By the end, you will be able to: Understand and interpret texts from the oral tradition and use narrative and expressive devices.
2. Media and current affairs
- Radio and press
- Social and political news
- Contemporary vocabulary
- New words
- Urban and colloquial speech
- Different registers
- Following debates and opinions
By the end, you will be able to: Follow talk about current affairs and take part in conversations and debates.
3. Cinema, literature and music
- Understanding film and audio
- African cinema
- Literature and poetry
- Music and song
- Griots and the oral tradition
- Reading lyrics and narratives
- Artistic language and everyday language
- Language, identity and culture
By the end, you will be able to: Understand and discuss cultural works, and give opinions and readings of them.
4. Formal speech and intercultural work
- Public speaking
- Formal speech and presentations
- Argument
- Politics and society
- Human rights
- Philosophical and social concepts
- Intercultural translation and interpreting
- Communicating across cultural contexts
By the end, you will be able to: Express complex ideas, argue a case, present information and work as an intercultural mediator.
45 minutes per session, twice a week · Indicative equivalence with the European Framework. There is no official qualification in any of these languages.
How the sessions work
- Conversation and speaking
- Real communicative situations
- Listening
- Functional vocabulary
- Grammar applied to communication
- Games and role-play
- Tales and oral tradition
- Music and video
- Everyday life
- Intercultural mediation activities
How your progress is followed
- Listening
- Speaking
- Participation and interaction
- Vocabulary learnt
- Functional use of structures
- Coping with real situations
- Understanding of the cultural side
- Individual progress
Continuous, practical assessment. We do not issue any certificate.
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