Course Description

This course will teach you the basics of speaking, listening, reading and writing Bambara/Dioula. It assumes that you have no knowledge of the language and is designed to be pursued at your own pace. After the course, you’ll be able to:

  • Interact in a simple way with people that you meet through greetings, introductions and goodbyes

  • Use simple phrases to describe yourself, your family and surroundings

  • Recognize familiar words and sentences appearing in the streets of West Africa

  • Write short text messages or notes

It covers all the grammar and vocabulary of one half of an “A1” class on the CEFR proficiency scale.