Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB Hausa outline · Section A: Harshe (Language)
Content
Consonants: production and classification in terms of phonation, place and manner of articulation.
Objective
Analyse the process of sound production and combination of sounds to form meaningful words in Hausa; distinguish between the phonetic attributes of sounds.
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Vowels: production and classification in terms of position of tongue and lips; monophthongs and diphthongs.
Objective
Appraise the importance of vowels in determining meaning; distinguish between the phonetic attributes of sounds.
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Tone, including high, low and falling tones.
Objective
Analyse the process of sound production and combination of sounds to form meaningful words in Hausa; distinguish between the phonetic attributes of sounds.
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Syllable structure and types, including open and closed syllables, light and heavy syllables, and word categories such as monosyllabic and disyllabic words.
Objective
Recognize the number of syllables and their types in a word.
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Vowel length, including long and short vowels.
Objective
Appraise the importance of vowels in determining meaning; distinguish between the phonetic attributes of sounds.
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Phonological processes, including assimilatory processes such as palatalization, labialization and vowel harmony, and non-assimilatory processes such as insertion and deletion.
Objective
Analyse phonological processes in Hausa.
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