
I am Ijeoma Akubue, a native Igbo speaker.
I am excited to guide and support you as you learn Igbo. You will learn how to introduce yourself, greet people and respond to simple requests in this course.
You will also be able to ask questions eg for directions or for someone to explain what they’ve said. By the end of this course, you will be able to do this and much more including counting numbers 1-100
Throughout the course, I will pause frequently to give you a chance to speak out loud what you have learnt. Do not worry so much if you forget, you can go back to any section anytime and listen again.
At the end of each lecture, we’ll do a quick practice of what we learnt .
Oh! There’s a special bonus action lesson and rhyme to look forward to at the end of every section.
You will learn greetings in Igbo and how to introduce yourself to people
Asking about the health of others, about school and work
Asking about siblings and parents
Bonus action lesson: I’ll do the action below:
Up--elu;
Down – ala
Nursery rhyme: Ejem ịghọ ọkwụrụ
Make kind requests and respond nicely to people
Here you learn how to ask someone to repeat a sentence or to speak more slowly to enable you to understand what is being said.
Respond to requests in the positive or negative.
Say 'thank you', 'well done', 'keep it up' etc
Take a short quiz and have a mini break.
Morning chat, including, brushing teeth and eating.
Talk about getting dressed, grabbing your bag and going out
Say, 'welcome'; ask about someone's day, get ready for bed.
End of section, quiz and bonus action/rhyme
Looking for things around the house
Understanding when one shows direction to a place
Getting on and off the bus
Know place names in Igbo
Make sense of directions eg go right, up the hill etc.
Recap on directions, and bonus action/rhyme
Count one to ten in Igbo
Count numbers 11-20
Count 30-100 in Igbo
Say your age in Igbo. Ask someone their age in Igbo.
Congrats. You have come to the end of this course. Speak Igbo at every opportunity.
Read Igbo alphabets
You will learn how to introduce yourself, greet people and respond to simple requests in Igbo.
You will also be able to ask for directions or for someone to explain what they’ve said. By the end of this course, you will be able to do this and much more including counting numbers 1-100.
I am Ijeoma, a native Igbo speaker, passionate about the language and about teaching. There are frequent pauses to enable you speak what you have learnt. Practise with the quizzes embedded in the lectures.
Have mini breaks at end of each section with the bonus action lessons and rhymes.
This course is for beginners and for those who want to refresh their memory on basic, conversational Igbo.