JAMB Yorùbá · Section 1

Sound System

Section A: Language

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Official JAMB Yorùbá outline · Section A: Language

Content

(i) Production of sounds (consonants and vowels)

Objective

(i) Identify organs of speech, speech sounds and parameters for describing each speech sound; (iia) determine their correct usages; and (iib) detect linguistic errors (pronunciations and wrong usages).

Content

(ii) Tones and tone change

Objective

(i) Identify organs of speech, speech sounds and parameters for describing each speech sound; (iia) determine their correct usages; (iib) detect linguistic errors (pronunciations and wrong usages); and (iv) demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles underlying the relationship between sounds.

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(iii) Syllable structure

Objective

(iii) Determine the syllable components of words.

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(iv) Sound processes: co-vowel occurrence, elision, deletion, etc.

Objective

(iv) Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles underlying the relationship between sounds.

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