Class Description
AOK L1 is an introductory level Afaan Oromoo for Kids class that offers introductory-level reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. The 8 hours’ course is designed to facilitate language learning for students between 7 and14 years old. The students will be assigned to the classrooms according to their age bracket. ( Room 1: 7-9 years old, Room 2: 10-12 years old and Room 3: 12-14 years old ). After completing the class, students will understand alphabets (Qubee Afaan Oromoo) and start to construct and use words and sentences.
Afaan Oromoo, an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch, is spoken predominantly by the Oromo people and neighboring ethnic groups in the Horn of Africa. About 85% of Oromo speakers live in Ethiopia, mainly in the Oromia region. Afaan Oromoo is the most widely spoken language in Ethiopia, the most commonly spoken Cushitic language, and the fourth most widely spoken language in Africa after Arabic, Hausa, and Swahili. It is expressed as a first language by more than 40 million Oromo people in Ethiopia and more than half-million northern and eastern Kenya. A smaller number of immigrants also speak it in other African countries such as South Africa, Uganda, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, and Tanzania. Besides first language speakers, significant members of different ethnicities in contact with the Oromo speak it as a second language, for instance, the Omotic-speaking Bambassi and the Nilo-Saharan-speaking Kwama in northwestern Oromia. Afaan Oromoo serves as the official working language of the Oromia, Harar, and Dire Dawa regional states and of the Oromia Zone in the Amhara Region. It is a language of primary education in Oromia, Harar, Dire Dawa, Benishangul-Gumuz, and Addis Ababa, and the Oromia Zone in the Amhara region.
- Registration starts – April 5, 2023
- Class starting date – May 6, 2023
- Class ending date – March, 2023
Class focuses – Vocabulary development, listening, reading and learning how to speak the language.
Class Level – Beginner/Foundation Level 1
Class location – 100% on line course
Class duration – 6 Hrs / 6 Weeks
Class time – Weekends
Weekly Schedule
Week 1: Reading and writing “Qubee Afaan Oromoo (A-Z, Qubee Dachaa)” – Consonant and vowel letters (Qubee dubbifamaafi dubbachiiftuu)
Week 2: Types and sounds of Afaan Oromoo letters (Gosa Qubeefi Sagalee Afaan Oromoo) + Speaking practice: names of family members and relatives (maqaa miseensota maatiifi firootaa)
Week 3: Production of sounds in Afaan Oromoo: phonetics (Ijaarsa Sagalee Afaan Oromoo) + Speaking practice: names of trees, colors, household items
Week 4: Short and long sounds (Sagalee gabaabaafi dheeraa) + Speaking practice: Names of domestic and wild animals (Maqaa beeyiladoota manaafi bineensota bosonaa)
Week 5: Soft and hard sounds (Sagalee laafaafi jabaa) + Speaking practice: names and types of food (Maqaaleefi gosa nyaataa)
Week 6: “Sagalee Irra-Butaafi Hudhaa” + Speaking practice: numbers (lakkoofsa)
Teachers
Deborah Fikadu is an Afaan Oromoo educator with an in-depth knowledge of Oromo language, culture and traditions…Read the full bio