First-Year Swahili, Second Quarter

Continuation of AMELANG 106A. This is a five-unit introductory Swahili language course for students who have little or no previous experience in studying the Swahili language.The primary focus is on developing communicative skills in Swahili through listening, speaking , reading and writing basic grammatical structures, with special insight into the Swahili culture.The course emphasizes the development of communicative functionality and competence through active language use; hence, classes will be geared towards real experience in spoken Swahili. This makes class participation an essential component of the course.