Nov 22, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
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AKAN 2120 - Intermediate Twi (Akan) II


Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Twi speakers.

Requisites: TWI 2110
Credit Hours: 4
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:
  • The Student will be able to compare Akan culture with their own in Twi.
  • The Student will be able to dialogue with prospective employers in Twi.
  • The Student will be able to give presentations on Chieftaincy in Ghana in Twi.
  • The Student will be able to narrate folktales in Twi.
  • The Student will be able to talk about formal/informal dressing in the Akan culture in Twi.
  • The Student will be able to talk about marriage in Ghana in Twi.
  • The Student will be able to talk about the inheritance system in Ghana in Twi.
  • The Student will be able to talk about the role of women in the family in Ghana in Twi.
  • The student will be able to compose poems, and write short stories in Twi.



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