Objective
By the end of this lesson, the learners should be able to: 1) know the Igbo names of animals. 2) Have a discussion in Igbo about animals, the ones loved and the ones not so loved. 3) Able to have a conversation about a “trip to the zoo.”
Introduction
We love animals, just the same way that we love other aspects of life. Some animals have grown to be our pets and friends, living in the same houses with us, others, we raise in our barns for food and other domestic purposes. The wild animals are left in the forests or caged in the zoo for recreational purposes. This yields money for the society. The dog especially plays an important role in the Igbo households. It provides adequate security for its Igbo family owners by barking and alerting them that an intruder is at hand. Sometimes the dog fights off the intruder alone, other times it gets help from its owners.