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M100_Contents.pdf (Download this file to see the focuses of the exercise files below)
Appendix_pronouns.pdf (paradigms of all the personal pronouns in Hausa)
M102_Abubuwa_lotto.pdf (A board game for practice of grammar and vocabular from 1.02 video segments. This game could also be adapted for use in later lessons on location and possession.)
M108_Iyali_I.pdf (revised January 2007)
M109_Iyali_II.pdf (revised January 2005)
M109_Iyali_supp_game.pdf (A board game for practicing constructions in 1.09 and earlier. Students move their pieces around board and ask each other questions based on picture and word cues.)
M110a_pictures.pdf, M110b_pictures.pdf (Still pictures of the main events in video segments 110a and 110b in sequential order. Recommended use: print the pictures out, cut out the individual pictures, and distribute them randomly. Students state the event that has taken place in the picture or ask and answer questions about it. Students then discuss where each picture should go in sequential order.)
M111_Gabatarwa_II.pdf (revised March 2005)
M111_supp_continuative.pdf (Exercises with accompanying MP3 audio files to practice the continuative) (added February 2005)
M111_supp_wasanni.pdf ("Wasu Wasannin Hausawa"--supplementary reading and exercises)
M111_childrens_songs.mov (Recording of children's songs and poems found at the end of M111_supp_wasanni.pdf)
M111_kokawa_dambe.mov [19 MB] (abbreviated version of video segmens 5.09 and 5.10 for discussion of games and activities)
M112_Umarni.pdf (revised April 2005)
M113_supp_alwala.pdf ("Yadda Za Ka Yi Alwala"--supplementary reading and exercises
M113_video_ayyuka.mov (condensed version of 2nd half of video 1.13 with "sub-titles")
Recommended supplementary readings and exercises for 1.13 Ayyuka: 5.01 Labarin Bayajidda
M114cd_Kwatance.pdf (added May 2005)
Exercises are available for selected segments. New exercises are under development and will be posted when complete.
See MP3 files link for 201 for example bargaining dialogs
M202_Girki.pdf (revised April 2008)
M202_tsire.mov (clip on preparing shishkebab from Hausar Yau da Kullum video set)
M202_kunun_tsamiya.mov (clip on preparing kunu from Hausar Yau da Kullum video set)
M202_cincin.mov (clip on preparing cincin from Hausar Yau da Kullum video set)
M204_barkar_haihuwa.pdf (added Februrary 2006)
M215_Makaranta_ko_Aure.pdf (added April 2006)
Exercises are available for selected segments. New exercises are under development and will be posted when complete.
M302_304_supp_Alhaji_R.pdf ("Tafiyar Alhaji Rabo Zuwa Ikko"--supplementary reading and exercises about traveling)
M308_Dinkin_Kaya.pdf (completely revised and explanded, December 2005)
M308_Hausa_r_sounds (audio and video demonstration of the two "r"-sounds of Hausa (added November 28, 2005)
Exercises are available for selected segments. New exercises are under development and will be posted when complete.
M401_Mugun_Alkali.pdf (preliminary exercise, to be revised and expanded)
M403_Tanko_Mai_Kan_Bashi.pdf (preliminary exercise, to be revised and expanded)
M405_Sauna_da_Barawo.pdf (pictures from video for discussion)
Exercises are available for selected segments. New exercises are under development and will be posted when complete.
M501_supp_Bayajidda_I.pdf (Reading and discussion exercises for the first part of the Bayajidda legend)
M501_supp_Bayajidda_II.pdf (Reading and discussion exercises for the second part of the Bayajidda legend)
M503_Duwatsun_Kano.pdf (added October 2005)
M503_Kano_Tour.mov (added October 2005) A virtual tour of some notable sites in Kano, including the wall, gates into the old city, the inselbergs around which Kano grew up, and notable places (Central Mosque, Emir's palace, Bayero University, etc.) and typical street scenes
M505_Gidan_Kauye.pdf (pictures from the video for discussion)