WAEC Yoruba · Section 1

Comprehension, Essay Writing, Sound System, Grammar, and Translation

Section A: Language (Èdè)

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Syllabus content and objectives

Official WAEC Yoruba outline · Section A: Language (Èdè)

Content

Reading comprehension passages, 300-word essays (narrative, descriptive, argumentative, expository, dialogue, debate, letter writing), sound system (vowels, consonants, syllabic nasals, syllable structure, assimilation, elision, tone notation), grammar (word classes, word formation, basic/derived numerals, grammatical categories, phrases, clauses, sentence types), and English-Yoruba translation

Objective

Comprehend written Yoruba passages; write structured essays in standard Yoruba orthography; classify speech sounds, syllable structures, tone marks, and sound processes; analyze word classes, sentence structures, and grammatical categories; translate accurately between English and Yoruba.

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