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Introductory Kiswahili Course Description
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 Kmtyw 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
1.Introduction – lesson review
2.Overview – outline learning objectives
3.Lesson - using listening, speaking, reading and other activities
4.Introduce new vocabulary
5.Exercises and practice
6.Recap the day's lesson and assign week's homework.
Lesson Components (presented in any order)
1.Mazungumzo (dialogue) i.e using the language
2.Mazoezi (exercises), i.e reciting numbers, place names/locations, etc...
3.Zoezi la kusikia na kuelewa (listening and comprehension exercises)
4.Zoezi la kusoma na kuandika (reading and writing exercises)
5.Habari za utamaduni (cultural notes) i.e. the Kiswahili speaking worldview and customs
6.Habari za sarufi (grammar notes)
7.Zoezi la nyumbani (homework)
8.Msamiati (vocabulary)
Greetings Family,
My name is Ahoto Wimana and I have not visited the site in a while. I would like to take Kiswahili in the Summer as soon as I finish this semester at Interdenominational Theological Center.
I studied Kiswahili several years ago; first by myself and then with a teacher from Tanzania. The book that I used was entitled " Kiswahili kwa Kitendo"- which means Swahili in Action. I learned so much from that book but now I want to study so that i may speak like water- sema kama maji (fluently). I always surprise the people from East Kmt who speak Swahili. Many have not heard AA speak the language.
I hope others will join me on the journey.
Peace and Blessings,
Ahoto Wimana
My interest to learn Kiswahili was ignited when I listened to an interview that Baba Medahochi gave some time ago. I had heard this interview several times, but when Baba Medahochi spoke about a "universalized Kmtyw language" my ears were prepared to truly listen and receive. Baba's concept involved Kiswahili. Kiswahili is an intersting Kmtyw language partly because it does not belong to any one ethnic group. Baba Medahochi advocated Kiswahili as a Pan-Kmtyw language that can be used and advanced by Kmtyws in Amerikkka. All the aAmwic words would be replaced with vocabulary from all Kmtyw languages. This concept sounds practical and presents many advantages.
In the ongoing pursuit of total ReKmtywization/Dewhitenization, my family has decided that Twi will be our official language with Kiswahili being our second language. I can not think of a better place than Abibitumi Kasa to carry out our Kmtyw vision. Only the work remains...