Introductory
Kiswahili Course Description
Class begins Saturday April 10th at 12PM EST
Classes meet for 8 weeks, every Saturday at 12PM EST
Course Description
Introductory Kiswahili is an eight week course where
you will learn the essentials to function in a Kiswahili-speaking
environment within an East Afrikan cultural context. You will learn
greetings, introductions and basic conversational skills. You will
learn pronunciation, sentence structure, regular verb tenses and noun
classes. Cultural lessons are part of language learning and you will
learn how to count and tell time, how the family and community are
structured, how to address different people, proverbs and the names of
important food, places, items etc... Learning activities are
appropriate for all ages and will include listening, speaking, singing,
reading, role-playing, writing and games. You will be expected to
reinforce learning between classes by completing homework assignments
and by learning and using vocabulary words. A practical assessment of
acquired skills concludes the course.
Course Materials
Access to downloadable/streamed files containing
entire lessons with notes, exercises, assignments and multimedia
learning activities in addition to a list of supplementary learning
resources will be made available.
Introductory
Kiswahili Course Syllabus
Course Topics Outline
Somo la kwanza:
matamshi (pronounciation) of vowels, digraphs and syllables, greetings
Somo la pili:
Kujitambulisha (introductions), numbers, more greetings, syntax
Somo la tatu:
Family members, days of the week, months, years, at home, nouns and
verbs
Somo la nne:
Community members, time, in the community, verb tenses and
conversation
Somo la tano:
City life, directions, asking questions, adjectives
Somo la sita:
Village life, events and customs, parts of the body, food, noun
classes
Somo la saba:
Proverbs, music, clothing, animals, colours, more sentence structures
Somo la nane:
Review, practical assignment/project due date and assessment
Lesson Structure
- Introduction – lesson review
- Overview – outline learning objectives
- Lesson - using listening, speaking, reading and
other activities
- Introduce new vocabulary
- Exercises and practice
- Recap the day’s lesson and assign week’s homework.
Lesson Components (presented
in any order)
- Mazungumzo (dialogue) i.e using the
language
- Mazoezi (exercises), i.e reciting
numbers, place names/locations, etc…
- Zoezi la kusikia na kuelewa
(listening and comprehension exercises)
- Zoezi la kusoma na kuandika
(reading and writing exercises)
- Habari za utamaduni (cultural
notes) i.e. the Kiswahili speaking worldview and customs
- Habari za sarufi (grammar notes)
- Zoezi la nyumbani (homework)
- Msamiati (vocabulary)
To access the online member classroom, you must register for the
Abibitumi Kasa site at http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/register.php
You'll need to do this if you don't have an account already.
If you already have an account at the site, login at this link: http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/login.php
From there click on the link to member classroom on any page at
the site at class time or visit the link to the member classroom here
directly at http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/chat/flashchat.php
Learn to hook up your audio and/or webcam for class and more at: http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/video-tutorials-how-abibitumi-kasa/
This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 28 February, 2010.
