Akɔ́s

Akisè Reader and Grammar presents findings of over ten years of research and development in writing Akósè. It is intended to facilitate the writing, reading, and speaking of Akósè, the three important elements in language teaching. It consists of twenty-five sections which deal mainly with the grammatical structure or composition of the Akósè language, knowledge which is intended to assist the reader in reading or speaking Akósè fluently and correctly. The book deals firstly with diacritics, which, if well mastered, would enable the reader to read easily and fuently. Diacritics indicate the rise and fall of the pitch of the voice in speaking. They play an important role in Ak'sè in that they differentiate between tenses and pairs of words of similar spelling and, through that, give them grossly different meanings. Secondly, the book doesn't provide passages to serve as reading material but instead provides Ak'sè words and sentences to be read or learnt. From the reading of words, the reader progresses to reading Akósè sentences. This is achieved through the numerous sentence drill tables in the book. Numerous exercises have been provided in the book for oral or written work. Anyone who goes through the sentence drill tables and exercises provided will undoubtedly be able to write, read and speak Akósè with comparative ease and fluently.